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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10005

24 October 2009
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha council
EU gives suspects right to interpretation and translation in criminal cases

Luxembourg, 23/10/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 23 October, the European justice ministers adopted new measures to better protect the rights of the accused in criminal proceedings. "This is a great day for individual rights", said Swedish Justice Minister Beatrice Ask after the meeting. In Luxembourg, the ministers reached an agreement in principle on a proposed framework decision to harmonise rights to interpretation and translation during criminal proceedings within the Union, in order...

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