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EU: THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE: Council of the European Union developing its negotiating position

25 September 2014

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"While a majority of delegations in CATS confirmed that they would in principle favour maintaining a provision in the Directive on the right to be present at one's trial, many Member States stated that Article 8 as currently drafted was not acceptable to them."

See document: Proposal for a Directive on the strengthening of certain aspects of the presumption of innocence and of the right to be present at trial in criminal proceedings - Orientation debate / Request for guidance on Article 8 (Doc no: 12955/14, pdf) See also document: 11632-14 (pdf)

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