LEAP considered this matter at a specific roundtable and has issued a paper (cited below) which sets
out some of the main activities. These include: (A) litigation and building the capacity of lawyers,
including through production of template pleadings using EU and comparative law arguments, and
training materials such as the present document; (B) participating in national implementation
exercises, including legislative processes but also the formulation of best practices and policies of
ministries of justice, courts etc.; (C) collating information and case examples documenting issues in
the implementation of the Directives, and communicating these to the European Commission which,
has enforcement powers; and (D) raising awareness of the Directives through journal articles and
publications. These are all things which we encourage you to consider doing and you should feel free
to approach Fair Trials, as coordinator of LEAP, to explore potential cooperation in your country.
Consult LEAP’s paper Strategies for effective implementation of the Roadmap
Directives: Towards an EU Defence Rights Movement.45 Make contact with Fair
Trials if you would like to discuss potential collaboration.
Consult the Fair Trials / LEAP Communiqué on Strategic approaches to litigation at
the CJEU on the European Arrest Warrant and Roadmap Directives.46
We hope you achieve results with the Directives. Good luck!
Fair Trials Europe
Legal Experts Advisory Panel
March 2015
This publication has been produced with the financial support of the Criminal Justice Programme
of the European Commission. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of Fair
Trials Europe and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Commission.
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Available at: http://www.fairtrials.org/wp-content/uploads/5A-IMPLEMENTATION-MOVEMENT-PAPER.pdf.
Available at: http://www.fairtrials.org/publications/report-of-the-meeting-on-18-june-2014-strategicapproaches-to-litigation-at-the-court-of-justice-of-the-eu-on-fair-trial-rights-in-criminal-cases-and-theeuropean-arrest-warrant/
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