Vertaling van "Defence witness " (Engels → Nederlands) :

K. whereas since 16 April 2012 Ms Ingabire had been boycotting her trial in protest at the intimidation and illegal interrogation procedures used against some of her co-accused, namely former FLDR members Lieutenant-Colonel Tharcisse Nditurende, Lt Colonel Noël Habiyaremye, Captain Jean Marie Vianney Karuta and Major Vital Uwumuremyi, as well as against the Court’s decision to shorten the hearing of a defence witness Michel Habimana, who accuses the Rwandan authorities of fabricating evidence; whereas these circumstances have not been confirmed by the Rwandan authorities;

K. whereas since 16 April 2012 Ms Ingabire had been boycotting her trial in protest at the intimidation and illegal interrogation procedures used against some of her co-accused, namely former FLDR members Lieutenant-Colonel Tharcisse Nditurende, Lt Colonel Noël Habiyaremye, Captain Jean Marie Vianney Karuta and Major Vital Uwumuremyi, as well as against the Court’s decision to shorten the hearing of a defence witness, Ms Kayitesi Claire, who accuses the Rwandan authorities of fabricating evidence; whereas these circumstances have not been confirmed by the Rwandan authorities;

While bringing added protection to suspects, victims, witnesses and vulnerable persons, it should be ensured that videoconferencing is not detrimental to the defence’s rights; special care must be taken to ensure the principles of immediacy, equality of arms and contradiction are respected.

4. Firmly believes that a common minimum standard relating to procedural safeguards of suspects and defendants in criminal proceedings throughout the European Union will ensure that any individual present within the territory of a Member State (irrespective of his or her nationality and situation) is entitled to assistance from and representation by a lawyer and/or, where appropriate, a procurator (a professional practitioner who, in Spain, France and Portugal represents a party before the courts), from the moment when, as a suspect of complicity in crime, he or she is placed under arrest, taken into custody or charged with an offence by a public authority appropriately empowered to do so, and that such assistance or representation is provi ...[+++]ded free of charge if the suspect or defendant has insufficient means to pay for it and the provision of such services is required in the interests of justice; the technical defence of suspects and defendants shall be compulsory and indefeasible at every stage and level of criminal proceedings; considers that the right to legal assistance should embrace, at every stage and all tiers of the proceedings, the complete confidentiality of contacts between the defence lawyer and the suspect or defendant, the presence of the defence lawyer each time the suspect or defendant is questioned and his right to put questions both to the suspect or defendant and to any witnesses, and the right of the defence lawyer to submit evidence in exoneration;

3. The Council reviewed progress on the European Security and Defence Policy, underlining that the year 2003 has witnessed remarkable progress in the field of ESDP, notably by the successful launch and conduct of three crisis management missions: two EU-led military operations (CONCORDIA in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and ARTEMIS in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) and a police mission (EUPM in Bosnia and Herzegovina), while the launch of a further police mission in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (EUPOL P ...[+++]ROXIMA) is imminent.

The extension of the EUSEC RD Congo Mission by one year, until 30 June 2009, is witness to the European Union's ongoing commitment to supporting SSR in the field of defence and to the stabilisation of the Great Lakes Region.