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This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee, aims to provide background information and policy recommendations concerning prisons and detention conditions in the EU, on the basis of European and national regulations, legislation, policies and practices.

Protests in Iran over the death of Mahsa Amini

Εν συντομία 30-09-2022

For the past two weeks, Iran has seen massive protests over the death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish woman arrested for allegedly violating Iran's compulsory veiling laws. Protests have spread to more than 150 cities across Iran, including universities. The government has reacted violently to the protests, leading to at least 75 deaths and over a thousand arrests. Iranians are protesting not just against Amini's death, but also against an increasingly repressive regime that ...

Since the Syrian conflict began in 2011, thousands of EU nationals have travelled or attempted to travel in conflict zones in Iraq and Syria to join insurgent terrorist groups, such as ISIL/Da'esh ('Islamic State'). Of those, it has been estimated that around 30 % have already returned to their home countries. The issue of foreign fighters has been high on the political agenda at both Member State and EU level for the last five years and touches upon a wide range of policies: policies related to ...

Upon request by the LIBE Committee, this internal note provides background information for the delegation of the Committee on civil liberties, justice and home affairs (LIBE) to Italy on the situation of prisons on 26-28 March 2014. After a preliminary overview of some initiatives on detention conditions at EU level (by the European Parliament and the European Commission), the note analyses the Italian situation regarding overcrowding of prisons and conditions of detention, defined by the Council ...

On 17 June 2013, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) requested a European Added Value Assessment (EAVA) to support its work on the legislative initiative report of Baroness Ludford which recommends to the Commission the revision of the European Arrest Warrant (2013/2109(INL)). This assessment builds on expert research commissioned specifically for this purpose and provided by: ANNEX I - A. Weyembergh, Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) with the assistance ...

The right of access to a lawyer

Εν συντομία 05-09-2013

In the European criminal justice area, the procedural rights of suspected or accused persons in criminal proceedings are an essential component of measures harmonising EU law or foreseeing mutual recognition mechanisms. The proposed Directive on the right of access to a lawyer follows a 2009 Council road map on rights of suspects and accused persons.

Nearly five thousand Palestinians are held by Israel in a 'parallel' justice system reserved for those accused of offenses against the state. Instead of entering the Palestinian legal system, these prisoners are tried by Israel's military courts and often held in Israel, in conditions that violate international humanitarian and human rights conventions. Children and elected officials are among them, subject to ill-treatment — including prolonged solitary confinement, abuse and a lack of due process ...

Detention conditions in the European Union

Εν συντομία 07-12-2011

Sub-standard detention conditions in some EU Member States (MS) pose a threat to the functioning of judicial cooperation in criminal matters and raise fundamental rights issues. The Commission has been investigating paths for an EU response to the problem.