Highlights

  • Report / Paper / Summary
    21
    Juni
    2022
    Every child has a right to be protected even when they are accused or suspected of committing a crime. The basic principles of justice apply to adults and children alike. But children face specific obstacles during criminal proceedings, such as a lack of understandable information about their rights, limited legal support and poor treatment. The report looks at the practical implementation of Directive (EU) 2016/800 on procedural safeguards for children who are suspects or accused persons in criminal proceedings in nine Member States – Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Estonia, Italy, Malta, Poland and Portugal.
  • Handbook / Guide / Manual
    22
    Juni
    2016
    Der Zugang zur Justiz ist ein bedeutendes Element der Rechtsstaatlichkeit. Einzelne erhalten so die
    Möglichkeit, sich gegen eine Verletzung ihrer Rechte zu schützen, im Falle unerlaubter Handlungen
    Rechtsbehelfe geltend zu machen, die Exekutive zur Verantwortung zu ziehen und sich selbst in
    Strafsachen zu verteidigen. Dieses Handbuch fasst die zentralen Grundsätze des europäischen
    Rechts im Bereich des Zugangs zur Justiz zusammen.
  • Seite
    The Criminal Detention Database 2015-2022 combines in one place information on detention conditions in all 27 EU Member States as well as the United Kingdom.
  • Report / Paper / Summary
    25
    Juni
    2019
    This report is the EU Fundamental Rights Agency’s fourth on the topic of severe labour exploitation. Based on interviews with 237 exploited workers, it paints a bleak picture of severe exploitation and abuse. The workers include both people who came to the EU, and EU nationals who moved to another EU country. They were active in diverse sectors, and their legal status also varied.
Produkte
18
November
2015
This report, drafted in response to the European Parliament’s call for thorough research on fundamental rights protection in the context of surveillance, maps and analyses the legal frameworks on surveillance in place in EU Member States.
18
November
2015
Im April 2014 forderte das Europäische Parlament
die Agentur der Europäischen Union für Grundrechte
(FRA) auf, eine eingehende Untersuchung
zum Schutz der Grundrechte im Zusammenhang mit
der Überwachung durchzuführen. Dieser Aufforderung
kam die FRA nach und stellte einen Überblick
über die gültigen Rechtsrahmen von Überwachungstätigkeiten
in den 28 EU-Mitgliedstaaten zusammen
sowie eine Übersicht über die bestehenden Grundrechtsnormen.
Each year, an estimated 2.5 million children go through legal procedures. Two-thirds of children do not receive adequate information during proceedings. Their understanding of their rights and procedures is rarely checked. The behaviour of legal professionals affects to what degree children feel safe and comfortable. These videos provide practical guidelines about how to ensure justice is child-friendly.
Children should always be supported by a professional support person when they are involved in judicial proceedings, such as being at court. This could be, for example, a social worker or a legal counsellor.
Children should always be supported by a professional support person when they are involved in judicial proceedings, such as being at court. This could be, for example, a social worker or a legal counsellor.
During judicial proceedings, such as being at court, children should always be told what is going on. The information should be presented in a child-friendly and understandable way.
The freedom to conduct a business, one of the lesser-known rights of the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights, can help boost growth and jobs across the EU.
5
August
2015
This report seeks to demonstrate that the fulfilment of fundamental rights can help to improve the situation and achieve the strategic goals set out in the Europe 2020 growth strategy, which aims to establish a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy.
New strategic guidelines in the area of freedom, security and justice by the European Council placed increasing mutual trust, strengthening the protection of victims and reinforcing the rights of accused persons and suspects high on the EU policy agenda. Many EU Member States adopted new laws or reformed existing laws and policies in this area, while efforts continued at UN, Council of Europe and EU level to strengthen the rule of law, judicial independence and the efficiency of justice systems, as cornerstones of a democratic society.
2
Juni
2015
Worker exploitation is not an isolated or marginal phenomenon. But despite its pervasiveness in everyday life, severe labour exploitation and its adverse effects on third-country nationals and EU citizens - as workers, but also as consumers - have to date not received much attention from researchers.
5
Mai
2015
Wenn die Justizsysteme kindgerechter und kinderfreundlicher
gestaltet werden, so verbessert dies
den Schutz für Kinder, erleichtert deren sinnvolle
Beteiligung und verbessert zugleich die Arbeitsweise
der Justiz. Mit den in dieser Zusammenfassung
dargestellten Erkenntnissen erhalten die Mitgliedstaaten
ein hilfreiches Instrumentarium an die Hand,
mit dessen Unterstützung sich Hindernisse, Lücken
oder Schwachstellen bei Gerichtsverfahren – insbesondere
im Zuge der Umsetzung und Anwendung
der einschlägigen EU Richtlinien – ermitteln lassen.
5
Mai
2015
Each year thousands of children take part in criminal and civil judicial proceedings, affected by parental divorce
or as victims or witnesses to crime. Such proceedings can be stressful for anyone. The European Union Agency
for Fundamental Rights (FRA) investigated whether children’s rights are respected in these proceedings.
Kinder sollen in allen Angelegenheiten, die sie betreffen, beteiligt und angehört werden. Das gilt auch für das Justizsystem.
To mark the European Day for Victims of Crime on 22 February, FRA has created this infographic based on the the report: Victims of crime in the EU: the extent and nature of support for victims, published in January, 2015.
6
Februar
2015
Die vorliegende Zusammenfassung präsentiert die
Forschungsergebnisse der Agentur der Europäischen
Union für Grundrechte (FRA) zu den Unterstützungsdiensten
für Opfer von Straftaten in der EU unter
dem Aspekt der Grundrechte. Sie gibt einen Überblick
darüber, wie sich das derzeitige Angebot an
Opferhilfsdiensten in den 28 EU‑Mitgliedstaaten
in der Praxis ausnimmt, gemessen an den Zielen
und Vorgaben der Opferschutzrichtlinie. Dabei liegt
der Schwerpunkt auf Artikel 8 und 9 der Richtlinie
zum Thema Unterstützungsdienste, thematisiert
werden aber auch andere, eng damit verbundene
Bestimmungen.
26
Januar
2015
FRA was requested by the European Commission (EC) in January 2014 to provide practical guidance on the processing of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data for law enforcement purposes, in light of efforts by Member States to establish national PNR systems. As a result, in informal consultation with EC services and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) and building on opinions FRA, the EDPS and the Article 29 Working Party on PNR, FRA presented twelve fundamental rights considerations to EU Member States experts at technical level.
12
Januar
2015
The rights of victims of crime to access justice and to be protected against repeat victimisation may remain illusory in practice if the victim fails to receive professional advice and support. This research by the European Union Agency
for Fundamental Rights (FRA) examines support service provision for such victims across the 28 EU Member States, in line with the 2012 EU Victims’ Directive. It focuses not on abstract fundamental rights standards but on the final
practical results.