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New Horizons for Justice in Europe Aldis Alliks (Latvia, VARUL), Catharine Almond (Ireland, Sheehan and Partners), Joao Barroso Neto (Portugal, Carlos Pinto de Abreu), Rachel Barnes (UK, 3 Raymond Buildings), Myrddin Bouwman (Netherlands, Van Appia & Van der Le), Inga Botyriene (Lithuania, I.Botyrienės ir R.A.Kučinskaitės Vilniaus advokatų kontora), Danut-Ioan Bugnariu (Romania, Bugnariu Avocati), Ben Cooper (UK, Doughty Street Chambers), Vania Costa Ramos (Portugal, Carlos Pinto de Abreu), Scott Crosby (Belgium, Kemmler Rapp Böhlke & Crosby), Anand Doobay (UK, Peters and Peters), Robert Eagar (Ireland, Sheehan & Partners), Andrejs Latvia Elksnins (Latvia, S.Varpins and A.Elksnins Law Office), Joanna Evans (UK, S.Varpins and A.Elksnins Law Office), Mike Evans (UK, Kaim Todner), Henry Feltenstein (Spain, Corporate Defense), Hans Gaasbeek (Netherlands, Lawyers without Borders), Cliff Gatzweiler (Germany, Self-Employed), Markku Fredman (Finland, Fredman and Mansson), George Gebbie (UK, Advocates Library), Orestis Georgiadis (Greece, Goulielmos D. And Partners in Thessaloniki), Carlos Gomez-Jara (Spain, Corporate Defence), Edward Grange (UK, Hodge Jones and Allen), Alexandru Grosu (Romania, Grosu & Asociatii Advocats), Fulvia Guardascione (Italy, Studio Legale Vetrano), Arturas Gutauskas (Lithuania, Varul Law Firm), Aurelijus Gutauskas (Lithuania, Justice of the Supreme Court of Lithuania and Academic, Mylokolas Romeris University), Marie Guiraud (France), Sanna Herlin (Sweden, Tre Advokater), John Jones (UK, Doughty Street Chambers), Hans Kjellund (Denmark, Advokaterne Sankt Knuds Tory P/S), Titia Korff (Netherlands, Pijnenburg Advocaten), Maciej Kusmierczyk (Poland, Małecki & Rychłowski and Academic), Dr. Ondrej Laciak (Slovakia, Laciak Law Office), Christiaan Luyckx (Belgium, Van Alsenoy & Partners), Gabor Magyar (Hungary, Magyar György és Társai), Asya Mandjukova (Bulgaria, Georgieva, Petrov, Nenkov, Georgiev Law Firm), Christophe Marchand (Belgium, JusCogens avocats-advocaten), Panayota Massouridou (Greece), Gary McAteer (Scotland, Beltrami and Company), David McKie (Scotland, Levy and McRae Solicitors), Stockholm’s Sunset: New horizons for justice in Europe March 2014 Hugh Mercer QC (UK, Essex Court Chambers), Christian Mesia (Spain, RCD Legal & Tax Advisors), Jonathan Mitchell (UK, 25 Bedford Row), Sofia Monge (Portugal, Carlos Pinto de Abreu), Ondřej Múka (Czech Republic, Advokatni Kancelar), Patrick Musters (UK, BTMK and Andrew KeenanOver and 120 Co), Karlaleading Nahtigal (Slovenia,criminal Nahtigal justice Ltd), Anders and Németh human (Denmark, rightsAdvokatselskabet experts Anders K Németh), Roumen Petrov (Bulgaria, Georgieva, Petrov, Nenkov, Georgiev Law Firm), Nicholas Philpot (UK), Mikolaj Pietrzak (UK, Pietrzak & Sidor), Renatafrom Pinter (UK, across Tuckers Solicitors), Europe Georgios are Pyromallis calling (Greece, Georgeon Pyromallisthe European Law Office), Jozef Union Rammelt (Netherlands, Keizer Advocaten),to continueOlivier Rangeon (France,),its crucial Tunde Marika work Renner (Romania),to improve Dara Robinson respect (Ireland, Sheehan for & Partners),the Federico Romoli (Italy, Studio Legale Romoli), Daniel Roos (Sweden, Advokatfirman Sederholm), Zuzanna Rudzińska (Poland, Wardyński and Partners), Nadinefundamental Sant (Malta, Great Jameshuman Street Chambers),right to Roby a Schonsfair trial. (Luxembourg, Barreau du Luxembourg), Jeroen Soeteman (Netherlands, Jebbink Soetetman), Elias Stephanou (Cyprus, KSCP Juris), Brian Storan (UK, Criminal Courts of Justice), Jakob Tamburski (Poland), Martynas Tamosaitis (Lithuania, APB Meidus ir Juzukonis), Jaanus Tehver (Estonia, Tehver & Partners), Karen Todner (UK, Kaim Todner), Janusz Tomczak (Poland, Wardynski and Partners), Dominique Tricaud (France, Tricaud-Traynard Avocats Associés), Alexandros Tsagkalidis (Greece, Anagnostopoulos Law Firm), Han VallenduukLEAP is coordinated (Netherlands, by: Vallenduuk Advocaten), Wafa Shah (UK, Doughty Street Chambers), Oliver Wallasch (Germany, Wallasch & Koch), Johanna Wöran (Austria, Deutscher Bundestag), Wouter Van Ballegooij (Netherlands, European Parliament), Matyas Bencze (Hungary, University of Debrecen), James Brannan (UK, European Court of Human Rights), Emma Disley (UK, RAND Europe), Jacqueline Hodgson (UK, University of Warwick), Erika Jamborne (Hungary, University of Miskolc), Mar Jimeno-Bulnes (Spain, Universidad de Burgos), Marije Knapen (Netherlands, Avans Centre for Public Safety & Criminal Justice at the University of Tilburg), Bas Leeuw (Netherlands, University of Leiden), Katerina Mantouvalou (UK, Senior Consultant in ICF GHK’s European Social Policy Group), Ellen Ruth Moerman (Netherlands, Legal Interpreter), Fernando Niembro (Spain, Estudio Juridico), Ali Norouzi (Germany, Widmaier Norouzi Rechtsanwälte), Anna Ogorodova (Netherlands, University of Maastricht), Raphaele Parizot (France, l’Université Paris I PanthéonGiving – Sorbonne), a voice to Erika criminal Roth (Hungary,justice experts University from of acrossMiskolc), Europe Demetra Sorviati (Cyprus, University of Nicoisa), Jørn Vestergaard (Denmark, University of Copenhagen),www.legalexpertsnetwork.org Marianne Wade (Germany, University of Birmingham), Liesbeth Baetens (Netherlands, Faber Inter), Jodie Blackstock (UK, JUSTICE), Cristinel Buzatu (Romania, APADOR), Theodora Christou (UK, AIRE Centre), Deirdre Duffy (Ireland, ICCL), Antonio Graziadei (Italy, Avocats sans Frontiers), Diana-Olivia Hatneanu (Romania, APADOR), Liam Herrick (Ireland, Irish Penal Reform Trust), Paolo Iorio (Italy, Avocats sans Frontieres), Marion Isobel (Hungary, Open Society Justice Initiative), Andras Kadar (Hungary, Hungarian Helsinki Committee), Dinko Kanchev (Bulgaria, Bulgarian Lawyers for Human Rights Foundation), Liese Katschinka (Netherlands, EULITA), Natacha Kazatchkine (Belgium, Amnesty International), Karolis Liutkevicius (Lithuania, Human Rights Monitoring Institute), Nuala Mole (UK, AIRE Centre), Grace Mulvey (Ireland, ICCL), Zaza Namoradze (Hungary, Open Society Justice Initiative), Neil Paterson (Belgium, Steunpunt Algemeen Welzijnswerk), Matthew Pinches (UK, Prisoners Abroad), Ilvija Puce (Latvia, European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment), Maria Chiara Ruzza (Italy, Avocats sans Frontieres), Balázs Tóth (Hungary, Hungarian Helsinki Committee), Sabine Zanker (UK, Hibiscus). About the Legal Experts Advisory Panel The Legal Experts Advisory Panel (“LEAP”) provides a unique opportunity for strategic networking between criminal justice and human rights experts in Europe, currently bringing together 85 expert defence practitioners, 20 NGOs and 17 academics from 28 EU countries (see Annex 1 for full list of members). Members have in-depth knowledge of Europe’s many criminal justice systems and a broad understanding of the many barriers to justice. LEAP meets regularly to discuss criminal justice issues, identify common concerns, share examples of best practice and identify priorities for reform of law and practice. During 2012 and 2013, 12 LEAP meetings took place in 9 EU countries (Belgium, France, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK) involving over 200 participants. In 2013, LEAP members also contributed to the development and delivery of four training workshops to 120 criminal lawyers on EU legislation on fair trial rights. LEAP has identified clear priorities for future work by the EU to make fair trial rights a reality in Europe which form the basis of this report. Hearsay views expressed in this report are not the views of individual LEAP members but rather representative of the conclusions reached during LEAP meetings. Coordinated by Fair Trials International Fair Trials International (“Fair Trials”) is a non-governmental organisation that works for fair trials according to internationally recognised standards of justice. Our vision is a world where every person's right to a fair trial is respected, whatever their nationality, wherever they are accused. Fair Trials helps people to understand and defend their fair trial rights; addresses the root causes of injustice through its law reform work; and undertakes targeted training and networking activities to support lawyers and other human rights defenders in their work to protect fair trial rights. Contact: Libby McVeigh Rebecca Shaeffer Alex Tinsley Head of Law Reform Law Reform Officer Law Reform Officer +44 (0)20 7822 2380 +44 (0)20 7822 2382 +44 (0)20 7822 2385 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] The Legal Experts Advisory Panel receives financial support from the Criminal Justice Programme of the European Commission. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of Fair Trials International and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Commission. 2 Contents Executive Summary................................................................................................................................. 5 Introduction............................................................................................................................................. 7 Part A: Achievements under the Stockholm Programme........................................................................ 9 Part B: Effective implementation of the Roadmap Directives............................................................... 16 Part C: Completion of the Roadmap...................................................................................................... 24 Part D: Minimum
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