Procedural Safeguards

Vulnerable Suspects

Children, persons with disabilities, and others in vulnerable situations require special protection to ensure they understand proceedings and can fully exercise their rights. Procedural Safeguards for vulnerable persons must adequately compensate for their vulnerabilities.

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Advancing the Rule of Law Through Effective Defence Rights

The establishment and enhancement of Procedural Safeguards across the European Union and Council of Europe member states is a key policy objective of the ECBA.
Our entire organization — including all working groups — contributes to this crucial area of work, which is overseen by the Executive Committee.

Particular leadership is provided by our Chair, Vânia Costa Ramos, and Vice-Chairs Amedeo Barletta, Rebecca Niblock, Miroslav Krutina, and Gwen Jansen - de Wolf (pictured from left to right).

If you are an ECBA member and would like to take a more active role in advancing our work on Procedural Safeguards and Defence Rights, please contact the Secretariat and include a brief outline of your interest and relevant experience.

 

Contact: procedural.safeguards@ecba.org

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If you are an ECBA member interested in joining our Procedural Safeguards Group, please email the secretariat at secretariat@ecba.org, providing a brief outline of your reasons for wanting to join.