Criminal Justice - Newsroom
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08-06-2012 - Criminal Justice
Consultation on Protecting the European Union's Financial Interests and Enhancing Prosecutions
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30-11-2011 - Criminal Justice
GREEN PAPER. Strengthening mutual trust in the European judicial area - A Green Paper on the application of EU criminal justice legislation in the field of detention.
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16-11-2011 - Criminal Justice
Supporting victims of crime. Play video
75 million Europeans each year become victims of crime. The European Union is guaranteeing their right to support, protection and access to justice. Wherever you are in the EU. Also, 8 million Europeans a year are accused or suspected of a crime. The EU is defending their rights to a fair trial: guaranteeing the right to information, translation and interpretation, access to a lawyer, and to contact their family and consulate when in another EU country.
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16-11-2011 - Criminal Justice
Fair trial rights: EU governments agree on the right to information in criminal proceedings
European Commission - Press release Brussels, 16 November 2011 – EU Member State representatives today agreed on a draft law that will ensure defendants’ right to information in criminal proceedings wherever they are in the EU....
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15-11-2011 - Criminal Justice
Commission strengthens the justice and fundamental rights dimension of future EU budgets
European Commission - Press release Brussels, 15 November 2011 – People in Europe need to feel at ease when they live, travel, or shop in a Member State other than their own. They should be able to rely on access to justice no matter where they are in ...
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20-10-2011 - Criminal Justice
Criminal sanctions for insider dealing and market abuse
Investors who trade on inside information and manipulate markets by spreading false information or rumours may face sanctions under proposed EU-wide rules.
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20-09-2011 - Criminal Justice
Towards a reasonable use of criminal law to better enforce EU rules and help protecting taxpayers' money
European Commission - Press release Brussels, 20 September 2011 – Fighting crime is a priority for Europeans (see Annex). Citizens expect that criminals cannot hide behind borders or exploit differences between national legal systems....
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08-09-2011 - Criminal Justice
Victims' rights factsheets
Throughout the EU, more than 75 million people are victims of serious crime every year. The following factsheets provide guidance for victims to safeguard their rights.
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16-06-2011 - Criminal Justice
Environmental crimes: Commission asks 12 Member States to implement EU rules
European Commission - Press release Brussels, 16 June 2011 - The European Commission has given 13 Member States two months to transpose EU rules laying down criminal penalties against sea pollution and other environmental offences....
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14-06-2011 - Criminal Justice
European Commission seeks views on detention in the EU's area of justice
European Commission - Press release Brussels, 14 June 2011 – Europeans must have confidence that they will be treated to similar standards of protection no matter where they are in the European Union. EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding presented a ...
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09-06-2011 - Criminal Justice
Viviane Reding Vice-President of the European Commission, EU Justice Commissioner Putting Victims first – Better protection and support for
SPEECH/11/424 Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great pleasure to be with you today to discuss victims rights. First of all, I want to thank the European Law Academy – ERA for organising this conference. I very much appreciate the central role of ERA in promoting ...
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08-06-2011 - Criminal Justice
European Commission to guarantee suspects’ rights to speak with a lawyer, inform family of arrest
European Commission - Press release Brussels, 8 June 2011 – A 22-year-old man went on holiday abroad to attend a football match. Following the game, he went to a bar with his friends. A riot broke out and he was arrested....
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01-06-2011 - Criminal Justice
European Commission welcomes foundation of the European Law Institute
European Commission - Press release Paris, 1 June 2011 – Viviane Reding, the European Union’s Justice Commissioner, marked the foundation of the European Law Institute as an important contributor to the EU’s wider goal of building a European area of justice. ...
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23-05-2011 - Criminal Justice
Viviane Reding Vice-President of the European Commission, EU Justice Commissioner Moving Justice centre-stage Plenary session of the Council o
SPEECH/11/371 Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great pleasure for me to be taking part in your plenary this morning. I am conscious that I am the first Commissioner with dedicated responsibilities for the Justice portfolio....
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19-05-2011 - Criminal Justice
Viviane Reding Vice-President of the European Commission, EU Justice Commissioner Ensuring better protection of crime victims Press Conference Brussels, 18 May 2011
SPEECH/11/353 Any one of us can fall victim to a crime, be it at home, be it abroad. Just imagine that you walk out of your home, you go to the cinema, and you are attacked by two people. You are knocked down, punched in the face, they grab your wallet, ...
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18-05-2011 - Criminal Justice
European Commission ensures better protection of crime victims - Press Pack
A tourist from Poland is mugged and badly injured while visiting Paris. An Italian teenager is attacked outside a metro station in Helsinki. Throughout the EU, an estimated 75 million people may be victims of crime every year. Such events can have devastating physical, emotional and financial consequences for victims and their families...
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18-05-2011 - Criminal Justice
Victims' rights: Frequently asked questions
MEMO/11/310 Brussels, 18 May 2011 How many people are victims of crime in the EU? Crime can affect us all. In fact, many millions of people in the European Union fall victim to crime every year. According to Eurostat data, around 30 million criminal offences ...
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09-12-2010 - Criminal Justice
Call for proposals - Criminal Justice Operating Grants 2010
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03-12-2010 - Criminal Justice
Fair trial rights: EU governments endorse law ensuring suspects’ right to information in criminal proceedings
IP/10/01/1652 Brussels, 3 December 2010 EU Member States today backed a draft law that ensures defendants’ right to information in criminal proceedings just four months after the Commission’s proposal (see IP/10/989 )....
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15-09-2010 - Criminal Justice
Call for proposals - Criminal Justice "Action grants" 2010
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15-07-2010 - Criminal Justice
EU launches public consultation on improving rights of victims of crime and violence
IP/10/953 Brussels, 15 July 2010 About 30 million serious crimes in the EU are reported annually. The EU supports cooperation to bring criminals to justice, but what happens to the millions of crime victims? Their devastating experience can be made worse ...
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16-06-2010 - Criminal Justice
Procedural rights: European Parliament fully backs EU proposal for stronger rights in criminal proceedings
IP/10/746 Brussels, 16 June 2010 European Union plans for rules ensuring translation and interpretation rights in criminal proceedings are one step closer to taking effect following approval by the European Parliament today....
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09-03-2010 - Criminal Justice
European Commission acts to ensure fair trial rights in the EU
IP/10/249 Brussels, 9 March 2010 From the Italian tourist involved in a traffic accident in Sweden who was not allowed to talk to an Italian-speaking lawyer during trial to the Polish suspect who could not see written translations of evidence used against ...
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09-03-2010 - Criminal Justice
Right to interpretation and to translation in criminal proceedings – frequently asked questions
MEMO/10/70 Brussels, 9 March 2010 1. What is the issue at stake? More and more Europeans travel, study and work outside their home country. 1 European Union citizens are entitled to "move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States," according ...
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15-05-2008 - Criminal Justice
Call for proposals - Criminal Justice "Action grants" 2008