3 Amendments of Traian UNGUREANU related to 2013/0407(COD)
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Although the Member States are parties to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, experience has shown that this in itself does not always provide a sufficient degree of trust in the criminal justice systems of other Member States.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Stockholm Programme31 put a strong focus on theOn 30 November 2009, the Council adopted a Resolution on a Roadmap for strengthening of the rights of individuals in criminal proceedings. In its point 2.4, the European Council invited the Commission to put forward proposals setting out a step by step approach to strengthening the rights of suspects or accused persons. The EU agenda on procedural rightsprocedural rights of suspected or accused persons in criminal proceedings ('the Roadmap'). Taking a step-by-step approach, the Roadmap calls for the adoption of measures regarding the right to translation and interpretation (measure A), the right to information on rights and information about the charges (measure B), the right to legal advice and legal aid (measure C), the right to communicate with relatives, employers and consular authorities (measure D), and special safeguards for suspects or accused persons who are vulnerable (measure E). The Roadmap emphasises that the order of the rights is only indicative and thus implies that it may be changed in accordance with priorities. The Roadmap is designed to operate as a whole, o. Only when all its components are implemented will its benefits be felt in full. ____________ 31 OJC 115, 4.5.2010, p. 1.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) InOn 11 December 2009, the European Council welcomed the Roadmap and made it part of the Stockholm Pprogramme the European Council invited— An open and secure Europe serving and protecting citizens (point 2.4). The European Council underlined the non- exhaustive character of the Roadmap, by inviting the Commission to examine further elements of minimum procedural rights for suspects orand accused persons, and to assess whether other issues, for instance the presumption of innocence, need to be addressed, in order to promote better cooperation in that area.