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119 Carver/Handley, pp 69 ff; CPT, ‘Juveniles deprived of their liberty under criminal
legislation: Extract from the 24th General Report of the CPT’ (2015) CPT/Inf(2015)1-part
rev1CPT.
120 Directive on access to a lawyer, Art 5(1) and 6.
121 Directive on access to a lawyer, Art 5(2) and (4).
122 Directive on access to a lawyer, Art 5(3) and Art 8(3).
123 Directive on access to a lawyer, Art 6(2).
124 Directive on access to a lawyer, Recital 35 and 36.
125 UN, Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or
Imprisonment, resolution 43/173 of 9 December 1988; Principle 16(1).
126 Directive on access to a lawyer, Art 9 (1).
127 Directive on access to a lawyer, Recital 43.
128 European Commission, COM (2019) 560 final, p 12.
129 ECHR: Art 5 (2); Art 6(1)(a)(b)(e); ICCPR: Art 14(2)(a)(b)(f); CRC: Art 40(2)(b)(vi.); CRPD: Art
13; UDHR: Art 11(1).
130 See e.g. Cuscani v UK, App no 32771/96 (ECtHR, 24 September 2002) § 38 (hereinafter
Cuscani v UK); Kamasinski v Austria, §74. See also FRA, ‘Rights of suspected and accused
persons across the EU: translation, interpretation and information in criminal proceedings’ (2016), p. 9 ff. (changes may have been made, report is from 2016 (hereinafter FRA,
‘Translation, Interpretation and information’ (2016)).
131 Directive on the right to interpretation and translation, Recital 14.
132 Directive on interpretation and translation, Art 2(1) and (2).
133 e.g. Hermi v Italy, App no 18114/02, (ECtHR, GC, 18 October 2006) § 69 (hereinafter Hermi v Italy).
134 Kamasinski v Austria, § 74; Hermi v Italy.
135 Diallo v. Sweden, App No 13205/07 (ECtHR, 5 January 2010) § 24 and 25.
136 Directive on interpretation and translation, Art 3(1).
137 K. v France, App No 10210/82 (ECtHR, 7 December 1983); See also UN HRC, Dominique
Guesdon v France, Communication No. 219/1986, CCPR/C/39/D/219/1986 (1990), 23
August 1990, § 10.2.
138 Directive on the right of interpretation and translation, Recital 22.
139 Kamasinski v Austria, §74; Cuscani v UK, §38. Cf UN HRC, Harward v Norway, Communication No 451/1991, CCPR/C/51/D/451/1991 (1994), 15 July 1994, §9.5.
140 See FRA, ‘Translation, Interpretation and information’ (2016), p 21.
141 Directive on interpretation and translation, Art 4.
142 Directive on interpretation and translation, Recital 19 and 20; Art 2(1) and (2).
143 X v Austria, App No 6185/73 (ECtHR, 29 May 1975) p68; FRA, ‘Translation, Interpretation
and information’ (2016), p 21.
144 Directive on interpretation and translation, Recital 17 and 30, Article 3(5).
145 Covaci, C-216/14 (CJEU, 15 October 2015).
146 Fair Trials, ‘Roadmap Practitioners Tools: Interpretation and Translation’, p 37 (hereinafter Fair Trials, ‘Roadmap: Interpretation and Translation’).
147 Hermi v. Italy, para 70.
148 Kamasinski v Austria, para 70; Fair Trials, ‘Roadmap: Interpretation and Translation’,
p 37.
149 Directive on interpretation and translation, Art 3(7) and 7.
150 Directive on interpretation and translation, Art 3(8) and 7.
151 Bayter v Turkey, App No 45440/04 (ECtHR, 14 October 2014).
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152 Salduz v Turkey, § 59.
153 Directive on interpretation and translation, Recital 21; Article 2(4). FRA, ‘Translation, Interpretation and information’ (2016), p 26.
154 Directive on interpretation and translation, Art 2(5) and 3(5).
155 Directive on interpretation and translation, Recital 27.
156 Directive on interpretation and translation, Art 2(8), 3(9) and 5(1).
157 Directive on interpretation and translation, Art 5(2).
158 Cuscani v UK; Gungor v Germany, App no 31540/96 (ECtHR, 17 May 2001); Kamasinski v
Austria; FRA, ‘Translation, Interpretation and information’ (2016), p 26 ff.
159 See FRA, ‘Translation, Interpretation and information’ (2016), p 26.
160 Directive on interpretation and translation, Recital 26, Art 2(5) and 3(5).
161 See FRA, ‘Translation, Interpretation and information’ (2016), p65.
162 Fair Project, ‘The Right to Interpretation and Translation in Criminal Proceedings:
Findings from Greece’ (26 July 2019).
163 Lloyd-Cape, p. 5.
164 Lloyd-Cape, p 5 ff.
165 Lloyd-Cape, p 23.
166 Lloyd-Cape, p 24.
167 Lloyd-Cape, p 24 ff.
168 See also Fair Trials, ‘Roadmap: Interpretation and Translation’, p 14.
169 Directive on the Right to information, Arts 3, 4, 6 and 7.
170 FRA, ‘Translation, Interpretation and information’ (2016), pp 22 ffreplace with: ; Fair Trials,
‘Roadmap Practitioner Tools: Right to Information Directive’, p 14 (hereinafter Fair Trials,
‘Roadmap: Right to Information’).
171 Directive on the right to information, Arts 3(1) and (2), 4(1). If the Letter of Rights is not
available in a language that the suspects or accused persons understand, they should
be informed orally. A Letter of Rights in a language they understand should be given to
them nevertheless without undue delay. Directive on the right to information, Art 4(5).
172 Directive on the right to information, Recital 28.
173 Directive on the right to information, Art 6; Fox and others v UK, App No 3455/05 (ECtHR,
GC; 19 February 2009) (hereinafter Fox and others v UK); Murray v UK, App No 14310/88
(ECtHR, 28 October 1994).
174 Kolev a.o., C-612/15 (CJEU, 5 June 2018).
175 Directive on the right to information, Art 5(3) ECHR and Article 7(3).
176 Directive on the right to information, Art 7. See also FRA, ‘Translation, Interpretation and
Information’ (2016), p22.
177 Directive on the right to information Art 3.
178 Panovits v Cyprus, § 72; FRA, ‘Translation, Interpretation and Information’ (2016), p 28
179 Directive on the Right to information, Art 4(2) and (3). See also FRA, ‘Translation, Interpretation and Information’ (2016), p109.
180 Directive on the right to information, Art 4.
181 Directive on the right to information, Art 6(3). ECHR: Art 5(3); See also ECHR: Art 6(1)(a)
(b) and ICCPR: Art 9(2) and 14 (3)(a). Fox and others v UK, § 40; UN General Assembly, A/
HRC/30/37, 6 July 2015.
182 Murray v UK, App No 14310/88 (ECtHR, 28 October 1994); H.B. v Switzerland, App No
26899/95 (ECtHR, 5 April 2001); see also FRA, ‘Translation, Interpretation and Information’ (2016), p 22; Petko Petkov v Bulgaria, App No 2834/06 (ECtHR, 19 February 2013),
§ 61 (hereinafter Petkov v Bulgaria).
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