Legislation

Charter

• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU

Treaties

• Lisbon Treaty  
• Maastricht Treaty on European Union
• Treaty on the Functioning of the EU

Directives

• Directive 2012/29 of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime
• Directive establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime  
• Directive on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings
• Directive on the right to information in criminal procedings 
• Proposal for the Directive on the European Investigation Order
• Council Directive relating to compensation to crime victims

Regulations

• European Agency for the Management of External Borders - Frontex  
• Regulation on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters  

Decisions

• Eurojust decision
• Framework Decision on the European Evidence Warrant
• Council Decision on the EJN
• Council Framework Decision on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to judgments in criminal matters
• Council Framework Decision on probation decisions and alternative sanctions
• Framework Decision on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to confiscation orders
• Joint investigation teams  
• Council Framework Decision on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to financial penalties
  • Report on implementation of the Framework Decision on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to financial penalties
• Framework Decision on the execution in the European Union of orders freezing property or evidence
• Council Framework Decision on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between EU countries - Statements made by certain EU countries on the adoption of the Framework Decision
  • Report on implementation since 2007 of the Council Framework Decision of13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States(52 KB)  
    • Accompanying document to the third Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation since 2007 of the Council Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States(703 KB)  
  • Report on the implementation since 2005 of the Council Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States(151 KB)  
    • Annex to the report on the implementation since 2005 of the Council Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States(280 KB)  
  • Report based on Article 34 of the Council Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States
    (revised version)(131 KB)  
    • Annex to the report based on Article 34 of the Council Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States (revised version)(252 KB)  
• Council Framework Decision 2009/299/JHA of 26 February 2009 amending Framework Decisions 2002/584/JHA, 2005/214/JHA, 2006/783/JHA, 2008/909/JHA and
  2008/947/JHA, thereby enhancing the procedural rights of persons and fostering the application of the principle of mutual recognition to decisions rendered in the absence of the person concerned at the trial(83 KB)  
• Council Framework Decision on the standing of victims in criminal proceedings
• European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)  
• Framework for the exchange of liaison magistrates  

Conventions

• Europol: European Police Office  
• Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters
• Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement between the Governments of the States of the Benelux Economic Union, the Federal Republic of Germany and the French Republic on the gradual abolition of checks at their common borders
• Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (VCCR)
• European Convention on mutual assistance in criminal matters
  • Council Act establishing the Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between the EU countries
• European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR)
• Agreement on EU-US MLA
• Agreement on EU US extradition
• Agreement on EU JAPAN MLA
• Agreement on EU Iceland & Norway application of Convention 2000 MLA

Communications

• Action plan to implement the Stockholm programme
• Roadmap for strengthening procedural rights
• Roadmap on procedural rights
• Report from the Commission pursuant to Article 18 of the Council Framework Decision of 15 March 2001 on the standing of victims in criminal proceedings
• Report from the Commission on the basis of Article 18 of the Council Framework Decision of 15 March 2001 on the standing of victims in criminal proceedings
• Strengthening victims' rights in the EU  
• Programme of measures to implement the principle of mutual recognition of decisions in criminal matters
• Joint Action on the creation of a the EJN