The long Path towards minimum common Standards for procedural rights of Minors involved in criminal Proceedings
Data tell us that there are more than one million minors in the EU who are involved to some extent in police investigation or judicial proceedings as suspects or accused. There are some fundamental rights that these children should fully enjoy no matter where they live but this is not the reality yet, since Member States (MS) have different rules on this issue. This is why the European Commission presented on the 27th of November 2013 a package on the procedural rights to guarantee fair trial for all citizens, suspected and accused in criminal proceedings. This package is being discussed now in the European Parliament (EP) and in the Council but the outcome is still uncertain. The proposal for directive regarding Procedural safeguards for children suspected or accused in criminal proceedings is a part of the package, however there are some issues which pose a great challenge to the achievement of a common agreement. (suite…)
À la suite de la tragédie à Lampedusa du 3 octobre 2013, l’Italie lançait l’opération Mare Nostrum. Plus que 100 000 vies sauvées et 3mille morts d’après certaines évaluations(OIM, missing migrant project 2014), l’Union Européenne s’apprête à intervenir pour soutenir les efforts italiens : à partir du mois du novembre, Triton, sous l’égide de Frontex, sera opérationnel dans les eaux de la Méditerranée. Cependant, dans les derniers mois, beaucoup d’europarlementaires au sein de la commission LIBE, ont soulevé des doutes et des perplexités, notamment de la part des membres italiens. (pour une vision approfondie de la question, voir nos articles dans « Pour en savoir Plus) 
