Alde hearing on right of defence

Video summary of the ALDE Hearing "Towards the harmonisation of European rules and practices on the right of defence" Event dates: 18/10/07 to 19/10/07 Location: Room ASP 5G2 (18th Oct), room ASP 3G3 (19th Oct), European Parliament, Brussels The objective of the Hearing is to discuss and analyse EU Member States enforced domestic legislation and praxis in relation to the safeguard of the rights of defence, especially in pre-trial criminal proceedings and in cases in which cross-borders elements are involved, with the goal to find grounds for European common minimum standards governing procedural law which could lead to ensure a uniform safeguard of fundamental human rights all over the EU. Since the adoption of the Amsterdam Treaty and the subsequent European Council of Tampere in 1999, the EU has made great strides in promoting, through the application of the principle of mutual recognition, closer co-operation between police, prosecutors and judges in the fight against ...