2 Amendments of Simon BUSUTTIL related to 2011/0154(COD)
Amendment 44 #
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1 – point 1a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 1a (new)
1a. Approves its statement annexed to this resolution; For information, the text of the statement is: ‘Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union provides that legal aid shall be made available to those who lack sufficient resources in so far as such aid is necessary to ensure effective access to justice. The Roadmap on procedural rights underlines that the right to legal aid should ensure effective access to the right to legal advice. Having regard to these provisions, considering the need for all the persons to have an effective access to justice and emphasizing the importance of ensuring equal access to justice for all the citizens, The European Parliament calls on the Commission to come up with a proposal on legal aid at the earliest.’
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) To be effective, access to a lawyer should entail the possibility for the lawyer to carry out all the wide range of activities which pertain to legal counselling, as the European Court of Human Rights has held. This should include active participation in any interrogation or hearing, meetings with the client to discuss the case and prepare the defence, the search for exculpatory evidence, support to a distressed client and control of detention conditions;