Amendment No. 5 | Doc. 14267 | 24 February 2017

Securing access of detainees to lawyers

Signatories: Mr Georgii LOGVYNSKYI, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Volodymyr ARIEV, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Boriss CILEVIČS, Latvia, SOC ; Mr Axel FISCHER, Germany, EPP/CD ; Mr Jordi XUCLÀ, Spain, ALDE

Origin - 2017 - March Standing Committee

In the draft resolution, paragraph 9, after the first sentence, insert the following sentence:

“The Assembly insists that the effective access of suspects, accused and convicted persons (deprived of liberty or not), as well as participants to criminal proceedings, to a lawyer of their choice can be limited only in cases of derogation, in time of emergency, under the rules of Article 15 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”