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Project

Digitalisering van de verdedigingsrechten in strafprocedures (DigiRights)

The COVID-19 pandemic saw the transition to digitalisation occur at startling speed across many domains, including criminal justice proceedings.  Focussing on the procedural right which are susceptible to digitalisation-namely the rights to interpretation, translation, access to the case file, legal assistance and legal aid, and to be present at trial, the DigiRights project will map and assess the existing practices of digitalisation of these rights with a view to proposing a set of European guidelines for their digital application.  The ultimate goal is to promote a digitalisation of procedural rights that ensures a uniform and adequate standard of protection across the EU.  Through national legal and empirical research, considering Belgium, Croatia, Estonia, Germany, Hungary and Italy, and a European and comparative study, the project will evaluate the degree to which digitalisation of procedural rigts is equivalent to their classic recognition.  Particular attention will be paid to the use of videoconferencing to connect the accused with their lawyer, interpreter or the court itself, and to the use of artifical intelligence to ensure access to the case file or the translation of legal documents.  In directing its guidelines toward national en EU authorities, and law and policy makers, DigiRights aspires to guide current interpretations and future adaptation of EU criminal law on the rights of accused persons, to contribute to the effective and coherent application of such rights, and to aid mutual trust and recognition across Member States.

Datum:1 dec 2022 →  Heden
Trefwoorden:E-Justice/e-law, Human rights, Legal studies, procedural law, procedural rights
Disciplines:Mensenrechtenwetgeving