Access to information: Letters of Rights

In order to have meaningful access to justice and ensure a fair criminal procedure, it is crucial that people who have been arrested and/or are facing detention understand their rights. EU law requires Member States to provide anyone who has been arrested with a written document that explains their rights in a simple way. However, in practice, these are usually lengthy and complex documents. People in vulnerable situations often don't read or cannot understand these documents and as a result, they might not know their rights or how to exercise them. Fair Trials has produced plain language Letters of Rights in 13 EU languages, learn more here: www.fairtrials.org/letters-of-rights This video was developed as part of the EU project ´From law to practice: Strengthening procedural rights in police custody (ProRPC)’ led by the LBI-GMR, in cooperation with APADOR-CH, Fair Trials, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, and Rights International Spain. You can read a factsheet on this topic by LBI-GMR here: https://gmr.lbg.ac.at/wp-content/uplo...