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"In order to overcome the deadlock in the Council since 2004, it was decided at the Justice and Home Affairs Council of 30 November 2009 to initiate a step-by-step approach, in which procedural rights in the context of criminal proceedings should be dealt with in stages, and a road map was agreed setting out six measures as the basis for future action.
The first measure, approved last year, consists of the right to translation and interpretation. This initiative is the second of these measures and consists of the right to information in criminal proceedings, setting out minimum standards to be applied regarding the information to be provided to those suspected or accused of having committed a criminal offence – irrespective of legal status, citizenship or nationality – on their rights and the charges brought against them. The information must be provided in simple and accessible language, and in a language that the individual in question understands. Knowledge of their rights is a first step towards ensuring that these will be respected, since failure to observe them does not just jeopardise equality in criminal proceedings, but could also lead to judicial errors.
I therefore voted for the compromise reached, and I hope that the Member States will implement it quickly, particularly by drafting the Letter of Rights."@en1
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