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European Commission Adopts Draft Directive on the Right to Have Access to a Lawyer

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Published date01 September 2011
DOI10.1177/203228441100200302
Date01 September 2011
Subject MatterDedicated Section
New Journal of Eur opean Crimina l Law, Vol. 2, Issue 3, 2011 255
DEDICATED SECTION ON THE RIGHT
OF ACCESS TO A LAWYER
is section conta ins four papers, all relati ng to the rig ht of access to a lawyer in
crimina l proceedings. ey are:
a) e Statement of the European Criminal Bar Association on the Commission’s
Proposal for a Directive on t he Right to have Access to a Lawyer (pp. 256–258);
b) e text of the Note f rom Belg ium, France , Ireland , the Netherlands and the
United Kingdom stating thei r reservations about the proposal (pp. 259–262);
c) e Open Letter from Amnesty Internat ional, ECBA, I rish Council for Civil
Liberties, Justice and the Open Society Justice Initiative of 29 September 2011
countering the reser vations Note (pp. 263–269);
d) A short art icle from Fair Trials International demonstrating, on the basis of actual
cases, what can go w rong if access to a lawyer is denied (pp. 270–281).

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