Rights areas:
The Criminal Law Committee of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) has invited FRA to participate in this meeting to discuss the rights of suspects and the accused in criminal proceedings.
The meeting will take place in Brussels from 29-30 January. The discussions with criminal legal practitioners will focus on a paper prepared by CCBE on the implementation of the EU interpretation and translation, right to information and access to a lawyer Directives. FRA will share the preliminary findings of its own research concerning specific criminal procedural rights of suspects and the accused across EU Member States.