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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10603

27 April 2012
SECTORAL POLICY / (ae) jha
Council adopts directive on suspects' right to information

Luxembourg, 26/04/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 26 April, EU27 home affairs ministers approved, in Luxembourg, the directive on the right to information in criminal proceedings, states a Council press release. The United Kingdom and Ireland chose to endorse the text, unlike Denmark. The main goal of the directive is to ensure that any person who is suspected or accused of having committed a criminal offence is provided with information concerning his or her fundamental procedural...

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