PROCEDURAL RIGHTS DURING CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
(16874/06, 5119/07, 5872/07)
Letter from the Chairman to Rt Hon Lord
Goldsmith, Attorney General, Office for Criminal Justice Reform,
Home Office
This proposal has been considered by Sub-Committee
E.
We note that efforts have been made to address
the concerns highlighted in our recent Report Breaking the
deadlock: what future for EU procedural rights? (2nd Report
of Session 2006-07, HL Paper 20) in particular through closer
alignment of the text of the Framework Decision with the ECHR
and the Strasbourg Court and a more considered approach to distinguishing
between rights based around Article 5 ECHR and those derived from
Article 6 ECHR. It seems to us that some progress is being made,
although it remains to be seen whether changes to either text
will make it sufficiently attractive to achieve agreement in the
Council.
We have decided to retain the proposal under
scrutiny and would be grateful if you would keep us up to date
with developments.
13 March 2007
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