   Do all suspects and accused persons have a right of access to a lawyer (detained or not) in all of the contexts above? Are there procedures in your national law whereby a person may be questioned when there is evidence against them yet they have no right to a lawyer? Is access to a lawyer ensured throughout the process, up until the resolution of all appeals? - Your answers here Identify specific areas where assistance is lacking  If minor offences (not involving custodial sanctions) are dealt with out of court subject to challenge before a court, the Directive applies to the proceedings before the court only. See Case C-216/14 Covaci iii(indicating that guarantees under the Right to Information Directive should apply for the purpose of bringing the challenge; by analogy, access to a lawyer should be ensured so as to enable the bringing of the challenge in the first place, and not only before the court once the challenge is brought). See the Opinion of Advocate-General Sharpston in Case C-60/12 Baláž,iv indicating that any court possessing a criminal jurisdiction (because it is the forum for such appeals) should observe the standards imposed by the Roadmap Directive in its proceedings. Your answers here Identify specific types of proceedings and identify the courts to which appeals are brought  Article 2(4) 16, 17, 18    Is your jurisdiction one in which minor offences may be handled by way of penalties etc. challengeable before a court? Is there a functioning system providing for access to a lawyer to enable the person to bring the challenge before the court? - 37

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