Procedural Safeguards for Children in Criminal Proceedings: Initial Appraisal of the Commission's Impact Assessment
This note seeks to provide an initial analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the European Commission's Impact Assessment accompanying the Commission's proposal for a Directive on procedural safeguards for children suspected or accused in criminal proceedings (COM (2013) 822 final), which was transmitted on 28 November 2013. It analyses whether the principal criteria laid down in the Commission’s own Impact Assessment Guidelines, as well as additional factors identified by the Parliament in its Impact Assessment Handbook, appear to be met by the IA. It does not attempt to deal with the substance of the proposal. It is drafted for informational and background purposes to assist the relevant parliamentary committee and Members more widely in their work.
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- cooperation policy
- criminal procedure
- criminal proceedings
- demography and population
- drafting of EU law
- economic analysis
- ECONOMICS
- European construction
- European judicial area
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union law
- impact study
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- judicial cooperation in criminal matters in the EU
- justice
- LAW
- mentally disabled person
- right to justice
- rights and freedoms
- rights of the defence
- social affairs
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- young person