Aldis Alliks (Latvia, VARUL), Catharine Almond (Ireland, Sheehan and Partners), Joao Barroso Neto (Portugal, Carlos Pinto de Abreu), Rachel Barnes (UK, 3 Raymond Buildings), Myrddin Bouwman (Netherlands, Van Appia & Van der Le), Inga Botyriene (Lithuania, I.Botyrienės ir R.A.Kučinskaitės Vilniaus advokatų kontora), Danut-Ioan Bugnariu (Romania, Bugnariu Avocati), Ben Cooper (UK, Doughty Street Chambers), Vania Costa Ramos (Portugal, Carlos Pinto de Abreu), Scott Crosby (Belgium, Kemmler Rapp Böhlke & Crosby), Anand Doobay (UK, Peters and Peters), Robert Eagar (Ireland, Sheehan & Partners), Andrejs Latvia Elksnins (Latvia, S.Varpins and A.Elksnins Law Office), Joanna Evans (UK, S.Varpins and A.Elksnins Law Office), Mike Evans (UK, Kaim Todner), Henry Feltenstein (Spain, Corporate Defense), Hans Gaasbeek (Netherlands, Lawyers without Borders), Cliff Gatzweiler (Germany, Self-Employed), Markku Fredman (Finland, Fredman and Mansson), George Gebbie (UK, Advocates Library), Orestis Georgiadis (Greece, Goulielmos D. And Partners in Thessaloniki), Carlos Gomez-Jara (Spain, Corporate Defence), Edward Grange (UK, Hodge Jones and Allen), Alexandru Grosu (Romania, Grosu & Asociatii Advocats), Fulvia Guardascione (Italy, Studio Legale Vetrano), Arturas Gutauskas (Lithuania, Varul Law Firm), Aurelijus Gutauskas (Lithuania, Justice of the Supreme Court of Lithuania and Academic, Mylokolas Romeris University), Marie Guiraud (France), Sanna Herlin (Sweden, Tre Advokater), John Jones (UK, Doughty Street Chambers), Hans Kjellund (Denmark, Advokaterne Sankt Knuds Tory P/S), Titia Korff (Netherlands, Pijnenburg Advocaten), Maciej Kusmierczyk (Poland, Małecki & Rychłowski and Academic), Dr. Ondrej Laciak (Slovakia, Laciak Law Office), Christiaan Luyckx (Belgium, Van Alsenoy & Partners), Gabor Magyar (Hungary, Magyar György és Társai), Asya Mandjukova (Bulgaria, Georgieva, Petrov, Nenkov, Georgiev Law Firm), Christophe Marchand (Belgium, JusCogens avocats-advocaten), Panayota Massouridou (Greece), Gary McAteer (Scotland, Beltrami and Company), David

McKie (Scotland, Levy and McRae Solicitors), Hugh Mercer QC (UK, Essex Court Chambers), Christian Mesia (Spain, RCD Legal & Tax Advisors), Jonathan Mitchell (UK, 25 Bedford Row), Sofia Monge (Portugal, Carlos Pinto de Abreu), Ondřej Múka (Czech Republic, Advokatni Kancelar), Patrick Musters (UK, BTMK and Andrew Keenan and Co), Karla Nahtigal (Slovenia, Nahtigal Ltd), Anders Németh (Denmark, Advokatselskabet Anders K Németh), Roumen Petrov (Bulgaria, Georgieva, Petrov, Nenkov, Georgiev Law Firm), Nicholas Philpot (UK), Mikolaj Pietrzak (UK, Pietrzak & Sidor), Renata Pinter (UK, Tuckers Solicitors), Georgios Pyromallis (Greece, George Pyromallis Law Office), Jozef Rammelt (Netherlands, Keizer Advocaten), Olivier Rangeon (France,), Tunde Marika Renner (Romania), Dara Robinson (Ireland, Sheehan & Partners), Federico Romoli (Italy, Studio Legale Romoli), Daniel Roos (Sweden, Advokatfirman Sederholm), Zuzanna Rudzińska (Poland, Wardyński and Partners), Nadine Sant (Malta, Great James Street Chambers), Roby Schons (Luxembourg, Barreau du Luxembourg), Jeroen Soeteman (Netherlands, Jebbink Soetetman), Elias Stephanou (Cyprus, KSCP Juris), Brian Storan (UK, Criminal Courts of Justice), Jakob Tamburski (Poland), Martynas Tamosaitis (Lithuania, APB Meidus ir Juzukonis), Jaanus Tehver (Estonia, Tehver & Partners), Karen Todner (UK, Kaim Todner), Janusz Tomczak (Poland, Wardynski and Partners), Dominique Tricaud (France, Tricaud-Traynard Avocats Associés), Alexandros Tsagkalidis (Greece, Anagnostopoulos Law Firm), Han Vallenduuk (Netherlands, Vallenduuk Advocaten), Wafa Shah (UK, Doughty Street Chambers), Oliver Wallasch (Germany, Wallasch & Koch), Johanna Wöran (Austria, Deutscher Bundestag), Wouter Van Ballegooij (Netherlands, European Parliament), Matyas Bencze (Hungary, University of Debrecen), James Brannan (UK, European Court of Human Rights), Emma Disley (UK, RAND Europe), Jacqueline Hodgson (UK, University of Warwick), Erika Jamborne (Hungary, University of Miskolc), Mar Jimeno-Bulnes (Spain, Universidad de Burgos), Marije Knapen (Netherlands, Avans Centre for Public Safety & Criminal Justice at the University of Tilburg), Bas Leeuw (Netherlands, University of Leiden), Katerina Mantouvalou (UK, Senior Consultant in ICF GHK’s European Social Policy Group), Ellen Ruth Moerman (Netherlands, Legal Interpreter), Fernando Niembro (Spain, Estudio Juridico), Ali Norouzi (Germany, Widmaier Norouzi Rechtsanwälte), Anna Ogorodova (Netherlands, University of Maastricht), Raphaele Parizot (France, l’Université Paris I Panthéon – Sorbonne), Erika Roth (Hungary, University of Miskolc), Demetra Sorviati (Cyprus, University of Nicoisa), Jørn Vestergaard (Denmark, University of Copenhagen), Marianne Wade (Germany, University of Birmingham), Liesbeth Baetens (Netherlands, Faber Inter), Jodie Blackstock (UK, JUSTICE), Cristinel Buzatu (Romania, APADOR), Theodora Christou (UK, AIRE Centre), Deirdre Duffy (Ireland, ICCL), Antonio Graziadei (Italy, Avocats sans Frontiers), Diana-Olivia Hatneanu (Romania, APADOR), Liam Herrick (Ireland, Irish Penal Reform Trust), Paolo Iorio (Italy, Avocats sans Frontieres), Marion Isobel (Hungary, Open Society Justice Initiative), Andras Kadar (Hungary, Hungarian Helsinki Committee), Dinko Kanchev (Bulgaria, Bulgarian Lawyers for Human Rights Foundation), Liese Katschinka (Netherlands, EULITA), Natacha Kazatchkine (Belgium, Amnesty International), Karolis Liutkevicius (Lithuania, Human Rights Monitoring Institute), Nuala Mole (UK, AIRE Centre), Grace Mulvey (Ireland, ICCL), Zaza Namoradze (Hungary, Open Society Justice Initiative), Neil Paterson (Belgium, Steunpunt Algemeen Welzijnswerk), Matthew Pinches (UK, Prisoners Abroad), Ilvija Puce (Latvia, European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment), Maria Chiara Ruzza (Italy, Avocats sans Frontieres), Balázs Tóth (Hungary, Hungarian Helsinki Committee), Sabine Zanker (UK, Hibiscus).

Over 120 leading criminal justice and human rights experts from across Europe are calling on the European Union to continue its crucial work to improve respect for the fundamental human right to a fair trial.

Fair Trials International’s vision: a world where every person’s right to a fair trial is respected, whatever their nationality, wherever they are accused.

LEAP is coordinated by:

Upholding fair trial rights within the European Union

Aldis Alliks (Latvia, VARUL), Catharine Almond (Ireland, Sheehan and Partners), Joao Barroso Neto (Portugal, Carlos Pinto de Abreu), Rachel Barnes (UK, 3 Raymond Buildings), Myrddin Bouwman (Netherlands, Van Appia & Van der Le), Inga Botyriene (Lithuania, I.Botyrienės ir R.A.Kučinskaitės Vilniaus advokatų kontora), Danut-Ioan Bugnariu (Romania, Bugnariu Avocati), Ben Cooper (UK, Doughty Street Chambers), Vania Costa Ramos (Portugal, Carlos Pinto de Abreu), Scott Crosby (Belgium, Kemmler Rapp Böhlke & Crosby), Anand Doobay (UK, Peters and Peters), Robert Eagar (Ireland, Sheehan & Partners), Andrejs Latvia Elksnins (Latvia, S.Varpins and A.Elksnins Law Office), Joanna Evans (UK, S.Varpins and A.Elksnins Law Office), Mike Evans (UK, Kaim Todner), Henry Feltenstein (Spain, Corporate Defense), Hans Gaasbeek (Netherlands, Lawyers without Borders), Cliff Gatzweiler (Germany, Self-Employed), Markku Fredman (Finland, Fredman and Mansson), George Gebbie (UK, Advocates Library), Orestis Georgiadis (Greece, Goulielmos D. And Partners in Thessaloniki), Carlos Gomez-Jara (Spain, Corporate Defence), Edward Grange (UK, Hodge Jones and Allen), Alexandru Grosu (Romania, Grosu & Asociatii Advocats), Fulvia Guardascione (Italy, Studio Legale Vetrano), Arturas Gutauskas (Lithuania, Varul Law Firm), Aurelijus Gutauskas (Lithuania, Justice of the Supreme Court of Lithuania and Academimeris University), Marie Guiraud (France), Sanna Herlin (Sweden, Tre Advokater), John Jones (UK, Doughty Street Chambers), Hans Kjellund (Denmark, Advokaterne Sankt Knuds Tory P/S), Titia Korff (Netherlands, Pijnenburg Advocaten), Maciej Kusmierczyk (Poland, Małecki & Rychłowski and Academic), Dr. Ondrej Laciak (Slovakia, Laciak Law Office), Christiaan Luyckx (Belgium, Van Alsenoy & Partners), Gabor Magyar (Hungary, Magyar György és Társai), Asya Mandjukova (Bulgaria, Georgieva, Petrov, Nenkov, Georgiev Law Firm), Christophe Marchand (Belgium, JusCogens avocats-advocaten), Panayota Massouridou (Greece), Gary McAteer (Scotland, Beltrami and Company), David McKie (Scotland, Levy and McRae Solicitors), Hugh Mercer QC (UK, Essex Court Chambers), Christian Mesia (Spain, RCD Legal & Tax Advisors), Jonathan Mitchell (UK,

Justice in Europe: the challenge Across the EU, basic fair trial rights are violated every day in police stations, court rooms and prisons. Legal advice is not always provided; standards of interpreting are often poor; and people are imprisoned unnecessarily before trial. This destroys the lives of innocent people, causes miscarriages of justice, and undermines public faith in criminal justice.

Since 2009, the Legal Experts Advisory Panel (“LEAP”) has met to discuss the root causes of these problems. Through detailed briefings, joint letters to policy-makers and high-profile events in the European Parliament, our work has informed EU legal developments and encouraged law-makers to deliver the first EU laws on fair trial rights.

Although the EU has made major progress in this area, there is still much more work needed if fair trial rights are to be fully protected. Fair trial rights provide the basis for the European area of freedom, security and justice. Without them injustice will continue to undermine judicial cooperation measures (like the European Arrest Warrant) needed to fight crime.

Priority 1: Make existing laws work in practiceThree laws have now been adopted to protect core aspects of the right to a fair trial: interpretation and translation; information on rights and charges; and access to a lawyer (the “Directives”). Fair Trials International has hosted 5 meetings (in France, Hungary, Lithuania, the Netherlands and the UK) for LEAP members from 23 Member States to discuss the how these laws will be used.

These discussions have shown how frequently these rights are abused across Europe and, crucially, how the Directives could be used to tackle injustice in individual cases and to challenge some of the systemic causes of abuse.

The EU must ensure that the Directives are implemented and used effectively in Member States, and that the Commission takes enforcement proceedings against countries which fail to respect the crucial rights they protect.

In Portugal, there is no code of ethics regulating the work of interpreters, resulting in concerns about impartiality (in particular when interpreters are paid by police).

These examples show just some of the problems within EU criminal justice systems. For more information on injustices in all 28 Member States, visit www.fairtrials.org/justice-in-europe

In Romania, the majority of suspects are given no information about their rights and it can be very difficult to challenge the police for failing to provide this information.

In Austria, there are problems with lawyer/client confidentiality, with the law permitting the authorities to supervise these meetings in certain circumstances.

In the Czech Republic, suspects have no right to legal aid representation whilst in the police station - meaning that many cannot access a lawyer at this vital stage.

Priority 2: New Directives on crucial procedural rightsThe European Union has committed itself to passing a whole series of laws, each protecting a key aspect of the right to a fair trial but the work is not yet complete.

Given the interdependent nature of these rights, each Directive cannot be fully realised without the adoption and implementation of the other measures envisaged on fair trial rights.

The EU itself has recognised that the right to legal aid is essential to ensure that the right to a lawyer is effective in practice. Similarly, without protections for vulnerable suspects, large numbers of suspects caught up in Europe’s criminal justice systems will not be able to exercise their rights and participate in their trial.

The EU should continue its work on the remaining measures to which it has committed and agree effective Directives on legal aid, protections for children and other vulnerable suspects and the presumption of innocence.

Fair Trials International’s Chief Executive addresses

LEAP at the Annual Conference

Priority 4: Reform of the European Arrest WarrantThe European Arrest Warrant (“EAW”) has made fundamental changes to the way extradition works within the EU. While it is vital that Member States work together to tackle crime, the EAW has resulted in avoidable cases of injustice and abuse to people surrended by one EU country to another to face trial or serve a prison sentence.

Members of LEAP have worked together on extradition cases to ensure that suspects’ rights are upheld in both the receiving and requesting states. For many years, LEAP members have raised concerns about suspects being extradited to face trials for minor offences, spending months in pre-trial detention, or being subjected to serious violations of their fundamental rights.

The EU must deliver much-needed reforms to the European Arrest Warrant to ensure that extradition does not violate fundamental human rights and ensure that its laws on defence rights provide a sound base for mutual cooperation.

25 Bedford Row), Sofia Monge (Portugal, Carlos Pinto de Abreu), Ondřej Múka (Czech Republic, Advokatni Kancelar), Patrick Musters (UK, BTMK and Andrew Keenan and Co), Karla Nahtigal (Slovenia, Nahtigal Ltd), Anders Németh (Denmark, Advokatselskabet Anders K Németh), Roumen Petrov (Bulgaria, Georgieva, Petrov, Nenkov, Georgiev Law Firm), Nicholas Philpot (UK), Mikolaj Pietrzak (UK, Pietrzak & Sidor), Renata Pinter (UK, Tuckers Solicitors), Georgios Pyromallis (Greece, George Pyromallis Law Office), Jozef Rammelt (Netherlands, Keizer Advocaten), Olivier Rangeon (France,), Tunde Marika Renner (Romania), Dara Robinson (Ireland, Sheehan & Partners), Federico Romoli (Italy, Studio Legale Romoli), Daniel Roos (Sweden, Advokatfirman Sederholm), Zuzanna Rudzińska (Poland, Wardyński and Partners), Nadine Sant (Malta, Great James Street Chambers), Roby Schons (Luxembourg, Barreau du Luxembourg), Jeroen Soeteman (Netherlands, Jebbink Soetetman), Elias Stephanou (Cyprus, KSCP Juris), Brian Storan (UK, Criminal Courts of Justice), Jakob Tamburski (Poland), Martynas Tamosaitis (Lithuania, APB Meidus ir Juzukonis), Jaanus Tehver (Estonia, Tehver & Partners), Karen Todner (UK, Kaim Todner), Janusz Tomczak (Poland, Wardynski and Partners), Dominique Tricaud (France, Tricaud-Traynard Avocats Associés), Alexandros Tsagkalidis (Greece, Anagnostopoulos Law Firm), Han Vallenduuk (Netherlands, Vallenduuk Advocaten), Wafa Shah (UK, Doughty Street Chambers), Oliver Wallasch (Germany, Wallasch & Koch), Johanna Wöran (Austria, Deutscher Bundestag), Wouter Van Ballegooij (Netherlands, European Parliament), Matyas Bencze (Hungary, University of Debrecen), James Brannan (UK, European Court of Human Rights), Emma Disley (UK, RAND Europe), Jacqueline Hodgson (UK, University of Warwick), Erika Jamborne (Hungary, University of Miskolc), Mar Jimeno-Bulnes (Spain, Universidad de Burgos), Marije Knapen (Netherlands, Avans Centre for Public Safety & Criminal Justice at the University of Tilburg), Bas Leeuw (Netherlands, University of Leiden), Katerina Mantouvalou (UK, Senior Consultant in ICF GHK’s European Social Policy Group), Ellen Ruth Moerman (Netherlands, Legal Interpreter), Fernando Niembro (Spain, Estudio Juridico), Ali Norouzi (Germany, Widmaier Norouzi Rechtsanwälte), ANuala Mole (UK, AIRE CentBalázs Tóth (Hungary, Hungarian Helsinki Committee), Sabine Zanker (UK, Hibiscus).

In Hungary, recent proposals would amend the Hungarian Criminal Code to allow the indefinite pre-trial detention of suspects accused of murder. This would lead to suspects (some of whom may be cleared at trial) detained for years on end without trial.

In Greece, although alternatives to detention (including electronic tagging) exist in law, these are not used in practice. Suspects are frequently detained on the seriousness of the offence alone and in breach of Greek law.

In Lithuania, detention orders are frequently “rubber-stamped” by young and inexperienced judges who do not consider the suspect’s personal circumstances.

In Spain, the power of secreto sumarial allows judges to prevent defendants and their lawyers receiving the case file, making it impossible to challenge detention.

Priority 3: Pre-trial detentionIn past year, Fair Trials International has coordinated LEAP meetings in 6 EU countries (France, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland and Spain) to discuss the way pre-trial detention is used in different EU countries and to identify opportunities for reform.

These meetings have shown how frequently suspects across Europe are routinely detained for minor offences or without proper consideration of the facts of the case, often for long periods and without adequate access to a lawyer.

In June 2011, the European Commission published its Green Paper on pre-trial detention, acknowledging that excessively long periods of pre-trial detention jeopardise effective judicial cooperation between Member States.

Fair Trials International and members of LEAP have led the calls for EU-wide standards on pre-trial detention with the publication of a major report launched at the European Parliament. In December 2011, the European Parliament voted for urgent action on pre-trial detention.

The EU must bring forward effective legal safeguards against the use of excessive and unjustified pre-trial detention.

In September 2013, 22 NGOs signed a joint letter to Vice-President of the European Commission Viviane Reding calling on the Commission to include action on pre-trial detention within its next legislative programme. For the full text of the letter see www.fairtrials.org.

Ms Viviane Reding Vice-President of the European Commission Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship B-10409 Brussels Belgium

10 September 2013

Dear Vice-President Reding

Pre-trial detention in the EU

As the European Commission, Council and Parliament have recognised, ‘excessively long periods of pre-trial detention are detrimental to the individual, can prejudice cooperation between the Member States, and do not represent the values for which the European Union

Ms Viviane Reding Vice-President of the European Commission Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship B-10409 Brussels Belgium

10 September 2013

Dear Vice-President Reding

Pre-trial detention in the EU

As the European Commission, Council and Parliament have recognised, ‘excessively long periods of pre-trial detention are detrimental to the individual, can prejudice cooperation between the Member States, and do not represent the values for which the European Union

Ms Viviane Reding Vice-President of the European Commission Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship B-10409 Brussels Belgium

10 September 2013

Dear Vice-President Reding

Pre-trial detention in the EU

As the European Commission, Council and Parliament have recognised, ‘excessively long periods of pre-trial detention are detrimental to the individual, can prejudice cooperation between the Member States, and do not represent the values for which the European Union

Ms Viviane Reding Vice-President of the European Commission Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship B-10409 Brussels Belgium

10 September 2013

Dear Vice-President Reding

Pre-trial detention in the EU

As the European Commission, Council and Parliament have recognised, ‘excessively long periods of pre-trial detention are detrimental to the individual, can prejudice cooperation between the Member States, and do not represent the values for which the European Union

“We will only have mutual trust in Europe, once each and every Member State has earned that trust, by showing its neighbours it has a criminal justice system that guarantees fair trials.”

Vice-President of the European Commission Viviane Reding, March 2010

The Legal Experts Advisory Panel (LEAP)LEAP provides a unique opportunity for strategic networking between criminal justice and human rights experts in Europe, currently bringing together 85 expert defence practitioners, 20 NGOs and 17 academics from 28 EU countries. Members have in-depth knowledge of Europe’s many criminal justice systems and a broad understanding of the many barriers to justice.

LEAP meets regularly to discuss criminal justice issues, identify common concerns, share examples of best practice and identify priorities for reform of law and practice. Fair Trials International (as coordinator of LEAP) has convened 12 LEAP meetings in the last year (taking place in Belgium, France, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK) involving over 200 participants. LEAP has identified clear priorities (set out in this document) for future work by the European Union to make fair trial rights a reality in Europe.

LEAP’s Annual Conference took place in October 2013, bringing together over 70 experts representing 23 Member States to discuss the future of criminal justice in Europe. A detailed report following the meeting will be published in 2014 and launched at the European Parliament.

If you are interested in joining LEAP, or receiving regularly updates on its work, please email office@fairtrials.net.

Aldis Alliks (Latvia, VARUL), Catharine Almond (Ireland, Sheehan and Partners), Joao Barroso Neto (Portugal, Carlos Pinto de Abreu), Rachel Barnes (UK, 3 Raymond Buildings), Myrddin Bouwman (Netherlands, Van Appia & Van der Le), Inga Botyriene (Lithuania, I.Botyrienės ir R.A.Kučinskaitės Vilniaus advokatų kontora), Danut-Ioan Bugnariu (Romania, Bugnariu Avocati), Ben Cooper (UK, Doughty Street Chambers), Vania Costa Ramos (Portugal, Carlos Pinto de Abreu), Scott Crosby (Belgium, Kemmler R a p p Böhlke & Crosby), Anand Doobay (UK, Peters and Peters), Robert Eagar (Ireland, Sheehan & Partners), A n d r e j s L a t v i a Elksnins (Latvia, S.Varpins and A.Elksnins Law Office), Joanna Evans (UK, S.Varpins and A.Elksnins L a w O ffi c e ) , Mike Evans (UK, Kaim Todner), Henry Feltenstein (Spain, Corporate Defense), H a n s G a a s b e e k

(Netherlands, Lawyers without Borders), Cliff Gatzweiler (Germany, Self-Employed), Markku Fredman (Finland, Fredman and Mansson), George Gebbie (UK, Advocates Library), Orestis Georgiadis (Greece, Goulielmos D. And Partners in Thessaloniki), Carlos Gomez-Jara (Spain, Corporate Defence), Edward Grange (UK, Hodge Jones and Allen), Alexandru Grosu (Romania, Grosu & Asociatii Advocats), Fulvia Guardascione (Italy, Studio Legale Vetrano), Arturas Gutauskas (Lithuania, Varul Law Firm), Aurelijus Gutauskas (Lithuania, Justice of the Supreme Court of Lithuania and Academic, Mylokolas Romeris University), Marie Guiraud (France), Sanna Herlin (Sweden, Tre Advokater), John Jones (UK, Doughty Street Chambers), Hans Kjellund (Denmark, Advokaterne Sankt Knuds Tory P/S), Titia Korff (Netherlands, Pijnenburg Advocaten), Maciej Kusmierczyk (Poland, Małecki & Rychłowski and Academic), Dr. Ondrej Laciak (Slovakia, Laciak Law Office), Christiaan Luyckx (Be lg ium, Van Alsenoy & Partners), Gabor Magyar (Hungary, Magyar György és Társai), Asya Mandjukova (Bulgaria, Georgieva, Petrov, Nenkov, Georgiev Law Firm), Christophe Marchand (Belgium, JusCogens avocats-advocaten), Panayota Massouridou (Greece), Gary McAteer (Scotland, Beltrami and Company), David McKie (Scotland, Levy and McRae Solicitors), Hugh Mercer QC (UK, Essex Court Chambers), Christian Mesia (Spain, RCD Legal & Tax Advisors), Jonathan Mitchell (UK, 25 Bedford Row), Sofia Monge (Portugal, Carlos Pinto de Abreu), Ondřej Múka (Czech Republic, Advokatni Kancelar), Patrick Musters (UK, BTMK and Andrew Keenan and Co), Karla Nahtigal (Slovenia, Nahtigal L t d ) , A n d e r s N é m e t h (Denmark, Advokatselskabet Anders K Németh), Roumen Petrov (Bulgaria, Georgieva, Petrov, Nenkov, Georgiev Law Firm), Nicholas Philpot (UK), Mikolaj Pietrzak (UK, Pietrzak & Sidor), Renata Pinter (UK, Tuckers Solicitors), Georgios Pyromallis (Greece, George Pyromallis Law Office), Jozef Rammelt (Netherlands, Keizer Advocaten), Olivier Rangeon (France,), Tunde Marika Renner (Romania), Dara Robinson (Ireland, Sheehan & Partners), Federico Romoli (Italy, S t u d i o Legale Romoli), Daniel Roos (Sweden, Advokatfirman Sederholm), Zuzanna Rudzińska (Poland, Wardyński and Partners), Nadine Sant (Malta, Great James Street Chambers), Roby Schons (Luxembourg, Barreau du Luxembourg), Jeroen Soeteman (Netherlands, Jebbink Soetetman), Elias Stephanou (Cyprus, KSCP Juris), Brian Storan (UK, Criminal Courts of Justice), Jakob Tamburski (Poland), Martynas Tamosaitis (Lithuania, APB Meidus ir Juzukonis), Jaanus Tehver (Estonia, Tehver & Partners), Karen Todner (UK, Kaim Todner), Janusz Tomczak (Poland, Wardynski and Partners), Dominique Tricaud (France, Tricaud-Traynard Avocats Associés), Alexandros Tsagkalidis (Greece, Anagnostopoulos Law Firm), Han Vallenduuk (Netherlands, Vallenduuk Advocaten), Wafa Shah (UK, Doughty Street Chambers), Oliver Wallasch (Germany, Wallasch & Koch), Johanna Wöran (Austria, Deutscher Bundestag), Wouter Van Ballegooij (Netherlands, European Parliament), Matyas Bencze (Hungary, University of Debrecen), James Brannan (UK, European Court of Human Rights), Emma Disley (UK, RAND Europe), Jacqueline Hodgson (UK, University of Warwick), Erika Jamborne (Hungary, University of Miskolc), Mar Jimeno-Bulnes (Spain, Universidad de Burgos), Marije Knapen (Netherlands, Avans Centre for Public Safety & Criminal Justice at the University of Tilburg), Bas Leeuw (Netherlands, University of Leiden), Katerina Mantouvalou (UK, Senior Consultant in ICF GHK’s European Social Policy Group), Ellen Ruth Moerman (Netherlands, Legal Interpreter), Fernando Niembro (Spain, Estudio Juridico), Ali Norouzi (Germany, Widmaier Norouzi Rechtsanwälte), Anna Ogorodova (Netherlands, University of Maastricht), Raphaele Parizot (France, l’Université Paris I Panthéon – Sorbonne), Erika Roth (Hungary, University of Miskolc)Demetra Sorviati (Cyprus, University of Nicoisa), Jørn Vestergaard (Denmark, University of Copenhagen), Marianne Wade (Germany, University of Birmingham), Liesbeth Baetens (Netherlands, Faber Inter), Jodie Blackstock (UK, JUSTICE), Cristinel Buzatu (Romania, APADOR), Theodora Christou (UK, AIRE Centre), Deirdre Duffy (Ireland, ICCL), Antonio Graziadei (Italy, Avocats sans Frontiers), Diana-Olivia Hatneanu (Romania, APADOR), Liam Herrick (Ireland, Irish Penal Reform Trust), Paolo Iorio (Italy, Avocats sans Frontieres), Marion Isobel (Hungary, Open Society Justice Initiative), Andras Kadar (Hungary, Hungarian Helsinki Committee), Dinko Kanchev (Bulgaria, Bulgarian Lawyers for Human Rights Foundation), Liese Katschinka (Netherlands, EULITA), Natacha Kazatchkine (Belgium, Amnesty International), Karolis Liutkevicius (Lithuania, Human Rights Monitoring Institute), Nuala Mole (UK, AIRE Centre), Grace Mulvey (Ireland, ICCL), Zaza Namoradze (Hungary, Open Society Justice Initiative), Neil Paterson (Belgium, Steunpunt Algemeen Welzijnswerk), Matthew Pinches (UK, Prisoners Abroad), Ilvija Puce (Latvia, European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment), Maria Chiara Ruzza (Italy, Avocats sans Frontieres), Balázs Tóth (Hungary, Hungarian Helsinki Committee), Sabine Zanker (UK, Hibiscus).

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