Adopting a practical perspective, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of the Directives adopted by the European Union concerning the rights of and safeguards for suspected and accused persons in criminal proceedings.

It is the result of a collaboration between scholars and legal practitioners, and the first work of its kind to examine all relevant rights and safeguards in a single volume. The book offers readers panoramic, functional and in-depth insights into the EU legal framework and related European case law, and highlights the main issues and gaps identified by the authors in legal practice. In addition, it provides recommendations, guidelines and effective solutions applicable to criminal proceedings.

Gathers best practices applicable to EU Directives on rights and safeguards in a single volume Every chapter has been co-authored by a scholar and a legal practitioner, offering the reader a dual perspective Includes up-to-date European case-law references, which are particularly useful for legal practitioners

Autorentext

Coral **Arangüena Fanego,** Professor in Procedural Law at the University of Valladolid.

Montserrat **De Hoyos Sancho,** Professor in Procedural Law at the University of Valladolid.

Alejandro Hernández López, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Procedural Law at the University of Valladolid.

Inhalt

Guide to Good Practices Relating to the Right to Translation and Interpretation of those Investigated and Accused by Jaime Campaner Muñoz and Nuria Hernández Cebrián .- Directive 2012/13/EU, Concerning the Right to Information in Criminal Proceedings. Good Practices for its Application by Coral Arangüena Fanego and Carmen Rodríguez-Medel Nieto .- Access to a Lawyer and Legal Aid (Directives 2013/48 and 2016/1919) by Vânia Costa Ramos and Begoña Vidal Fernández .- Directive 2016/343 on the Strengthening of Certain Aspects of the Presumption of Innocence in Criminal Proceedings by Montserrat de Hoyos Sancho and Salvador Guerrero Palomares .- Guide to Good Practices in Procedural Treatment of Minor Offenders. The Procedural Guarantees of Suspected or Accused Minors in Criminal Proceedings by Francisco Javier Garrido Carrillo and Jorge Jiménez Martín .