Guidebook
ANNEXES
ANNEX 1
OVERVIEW OF EU LEGAL INSTRUMENTS ON THE RIGHTS
OF SUSPECTS AND ACCUSED1
Adoption
Transposition
Measure A on translation and interpretation
Directive 2010/64/EU on the right to interpretation and
translation in criminal proceedings (Directive on
interpretation and translation
20 October 2010
27 October 2013
22 May 2012
2 June 2014
Directive 2016/800 on procedural safeguards for children who
are suspects or accused persons in criminal proceedings (Directive on children)
11 May 2016
11 June 2019
Recommendation from 27 November 2013 on procedural
safeguards for vulnerable persons suspected or accused in
criminal proceedings (Recommendation on vulnerable
persons)
27 November 2013
Not applicable
9 March 2016
1 April 2018
Measure C1 on legal advice
Measure F on pre-trial detention
* Directive 2013/48/EU on the right of access to a lawyer
in criminal proceedings and in European arrest warrant
proceedings, and on the right to have a third party informed
upon deprivation of liberty and to communicate with third
persons and with consular authorities while deprived of
liberty (Directive on access to a lawyer)
No legislative measures so far
22 October 2013
27 November 2016
Further instruments outside the Roadmap
Directive (EU) 2016/343 on the strengthening of certain
aspects of the presumption of innocence and of the right
to be present at the trial in criminal proceedings (Directive
on presumption of innocence)
Measure C2 on legal aid
Directive (EU) 2016/1919 on legal aid for suspects and
accused persons in criminal proceedings and for requested
persons in European arrest warrant proceedings (Directive
on legal aid)
26 October 2016
25 May 2019
1
Council of the European Union, ‘Resolution of the Council of 30 November 2009 on a
Roadmap for strengthening procedural rights of suspected or accused persons in criminal proceedings (Text with EEA relevance)’ OJ C 295, 4 December 2009. The European
Commission, ‘Commission Recommendation of 27 November 2013 on the right to legal
aid for suspects or accused persons in criminal proceedings’ OJ C 378, 24 December
2013, is not an integral part of this study. It should only be mentioned for the sake of
comprehensiveness.
*
Directive 2013/48/EU covers Measure C and D.
Measure D on communication with Relatives, Employers and Consular Authorities
* Directive 2013/48/EU on the right of access to a lawyer
in criminal proceedings and in European arrest warrant
proceedings, and on the right to have a third party informed
upon deprivation of liberty and to communicate with third
persons and with consular authorities while deprived of
liberty (Directive on access to a lawyer)
122
Transposition
Measure E on special safeguards for suspected or accused persons who are vulnerable
Measure B on information on the rights and information about the charges
Directive 2012/13/EU on the right to information in criminal
proceedings (Directive on the right to information)
Adoption
22 October 2013
27 November 2016
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