EU Offenders to Get Better Rights if Tried Abroad

Report from an Informal Meeting of EU Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs, Brdo, Slovenia, 24-26 January 2008. The DW features highlights the discussion on absentia trials - criminal suspects -- but also ordinary citizens who cause trouble while on holiday abroad - are to be granted better rights when tried in a different EU member state.

Slovenia: EU Presidency: Press Release, 26.1.08: Conclusion of informal council meeting of justice and home affairs ministers: to strengthen legal safety and fundamental rights in an area of freedom, security and justice http://www.eu2008.si/en/News_and_Documents/Press_Releases/January/0126JHA_MP_sporo__ilo.html

---