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Date: April 30, 2024 Tue
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2 results foundAuthor: Leonaite, Erika Title: Inside Police Custody 2. Suspects' Procedural Rights in Lithuania Summary: Data obtained by police during the first questioning of the suspect is often of vital importance for the case. Thus, it is important to ensure that during the questioning the main procedural rights of suspects - right to interpretation, right to information, right to effective defence - are respected. These procedural rights are enshrined both in European Union directives and in Lithuanian law, regulating criminal procedure. In order to find out how procedural rights operate in day-to-day practice of police investigators, researchers from the Human Rights Monitoring Institute conducted observation-based research. Researchers observed questionings of arrested suspects and conducted qualitative interviews with police investigators and defence lawyers. This research, based on data from real-life questionings, enabled us to identify the main areas of concern, revealing gaps between legal regulation and daily practice of police investigators. At the same time, examples of good practices, applied by some investigators and demonstrating professional attitude towards procedural standards, were observed as well. This research conducted in Lithuania is part of a wider-scale regional project, carried out in eight other EU countries - Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Romania, and Spain. Details: Vilnius, Lithuania: Human Rights Monitoring Institute (HRMI), 2018. 115p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 4, 2019 at: https://hrmi.lt/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/National_report_Lithuania_2018.pdf Year: 2018 Country: Lithuania URL: https://hrmi.lt/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/National_report_Lithuania_2018.pdf Shelf Number: 155663 Keywords: Accused PersonsCriminal ProcedurePolice CustodyPolice InvestigationsPolice ProceduresProcedural RightsSuspects Rights |
Author: Lloyd-Cape, Ed Title: Inside Police Custody 2: Comparative Report Summary: In 2009, the European Union adopted a 'roadmap’ of procedural rights in criminal proceedings, with the aim of introducing EU legislation covering a range of procedural rights for suspected and accused persons, to come into force over a number of years. The first three Directives adopted under the programme - on the right to interpretation and translation, the right to information, and the right of access to a lawyer - came into effect in October 2013, June 2014, and November 2016 respectively. Under the Directives, member states were required to introduce the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to give effect to the provisions contained in them. The report 'Inside Police Custody 2' is the first to examine the implementation in practice of all three Directives. This comparative report is based on empirical research carried out by partner organisations in nine EU member states, examining the rights of suspects and accused persons as they are applied and experienced in practice at the investigative stage of the criminal process. Details: Dublin: Irish Council for Civil Liberties, 2018. 94p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 4, 2019 at: https://www.fairtrials.org/sites/default/files/publication_pdf/Inside-Police-Custody-2-JUSTICIA-Comparative-Report.pdf Year: 2018 Country: Europe URL: https://www.fairtrials.org/sites/default/files/publication_pdf/Inside-Police-Custody-2-JUSTICIA-Comparative-Report.pdf Shelf Number: 155665 Keywords: Accused PersonsCriminal Procedure Police Custody Police Investigations Police Procedures Procedural Rights Suspects Rights |