Amendment No. 1 | Doc. 14267 | 24 February 2017

Securing access of detainees to lawyers

Signatories: Mr Georgii LOGVYNSKYI, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Volodymyr ARIEV, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Boriss CILEVIČS, Latvia, SOC ; Mr Axel FISCHER, Germany, EPP/CD ; Mr Jordi XUCLÀ, Spain, ALDE

Origin - 2017 - March Standing Committee

In the draft resolution, paragraph 6.1, replace the words “of detainees to a lawyer of their choice” with the following words:

“of suspects, accused and convicted persons (deprived of liberty or not), as well as participants to the criminal proceedings, to a lawyer of their choice at any stage of criminal proceedings, especially”.