Brussels, 29/04/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has suggested a first modest step towards the harmonisation of defence rights in criminal trials, proposing a framework decision which reiterates existing rights, and recommends that they be sent to people accused of a crime, in the form of a "declaration of rights". The proposal "will make existing rights, including those under the European Convention of Human Rights, more visible and therefore more widely used", said the...