ECBA: European Arrest Warrant - General Project Information

PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT
The European Arrest Warrant Project of the ECBA aims to create a network of criminal defence lawyers with particular experience in European Arrest Warrant (EAW) surrender cases and to create a knowledge centre on defence rights of suspects in surrender cases.

RESEARCH METHOD
In each EU Member State a criminal defence lawyer with experience in surrender cases was contacted to participate in this project. Each participant completed a questionnaire on basic elements of criminal procedural law in their own jurisdiction, including pre-trial detention, legal assistance, pre-trial investigation: interrogation and access to the file / information, investigation at trial, post-trial and specialised lawyers.

The participants also identified noteworthy case law on defence rights of suspects in surrender cases. Summaries of the case law is published on the website.

The participants are invited to attend two expert meetings to discuss the practical implementation and actual use of the EAW. The progress of the project will also be presented during these meetings.

GENERAL DISCLAIMER
The ECBA maintains this website to provide and disseminate information on criminal procedure in the EU and, in particular, procedure and case law in EAW surrender cases. The contents of the website relies on contacts in each jurisdiction and although our aim is to keep this information accurate, the ECBA accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of the content.

Information on this website is considered public information (unless otherwise noted) and may be distributed or copied. Our goal is to keep this information timely and accurate. If errors are brought to our attention, we will try to correct them.
However, for the documents available on this website the ECBA does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, reliability or usefulness.

Some of the documents on this website may contain links to information created and maintained by other organizations. Please note that the ECBA does not control and cannot guarantee the accuracy of these materials.