Documents: Fundamental rights - Procedural safeguards - Liberty and security

 Annual insight on EU rule of law 2023

  •  29 December 2023
  •  National
  •  Non-governmental organization
  •  Report

EPI’s work is focused on the needs and constraints of North Macedonia, a country that awaited the start of the accession negotiations for more than a decade while experiencing a decline in support for European Union membership and political instability in recent years. Within its rule of law programme, it closely monitors the level of compliance with the rule of law principle in member states of the EU

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 Rule of Law in View of EU Accession – April-June 2023

  •  24 July 2023
  •  Ardita Abazi Imeri, Angela Delevska, Beba Zhagar, Juljana Karai
  •  National
  •  Non-governmental organization
  •  Report

This brief summarises the key developments about the rule of law in view of EU accession in North Macedonia from April to June 2023. It includes monitoring the fundamentals of EU accession, including key developments in the functioning of democratic institutions, public administration reform and chapter 23: judiciary and fundamental rights.

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 Rule of Law in View of EU Accession – January-March 2023

  •  27 April 2023
  •  Angela Delevska, Angel Mojsovski, Beba Zhagar, Naum Lokoski
  •  National
  •  Non-governmental organization
  •  Report

This brief summarises the key developments about the rule of law in view of EU accession in North Macedonia from January to March 2023. It includes monitoring the fundamentals of EU accession, including key developments in the functioning of democratic institutions, public administration reform and chapter 23: judiciary and fundamental rights.

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 Rule of Law in View of EU Accession – October-December 2022

  •  31 January 2023
  •  Angela Delevska, Angel Mojsovski, Beba Zhagar
  •  National
  •  Non-governmental organization
  •  Report

This brief summarises the key developments in relation to rule of law in view of EU accession in North Macedonia for the period October – December 2022. It includes monitoring the fundamentals of EU accession, including key developments in the functioning of democratic institutions, public administration reform, and Chapter 23: judiciary and fundamental rights.

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 Извештај во сенка за Поглавје 23 за периодот октомври 2021 – септември 2022

  •  29 December 2022
  •  National
  •  Non-governmental organization
  •  Report

 Presentation 11 CH23 detention standards

  •  28 October 2022
  •  EU
  •  Official
  •  Other

Article 4 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and various procedural rights lay out detention standards in the EU. The United Nations have established the following instruments in this area: Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and its Optional Protocol and UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Nelson Mandela Rules), while the Council of Europe also sets out detention standards in the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

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 Presentation 10 CH 23 Rights of Victims of Crime

  •  28 October 2022
  •  EU
  •  Official
  •  Other

EU Legislation on victims' rights includes: • Victims' Rights Directive 2012/29/EU - Ensures minimum rights for all victims, all crimes • Directive European Protection Order 2011/99/EU + Regulation 606/2013 - Two instruments providing for mutual recognition of protection orders • Compensation Directive 2004/80/EC – Entailing obligation to set up national compensation scheme for victims of violent intentional crime

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 Presentation 3 CH 23 Charter of Fundamental rights

  •  28 October 2022
  •  EU
  •  Official
  •  Other

The Charter of Fundamental Rights was formally proclaimed in Nice in December 2000 by the European Parliament, Council and Commission and on 1 December 2009, with the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the Charter was given binding legal effect equal to the Treaties. The Charter entrenches all the rights found in the case law of the Court of Justice of the EU; the rights and freedoms enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights; other rights and principles resulting from the common, constitutional traditions of EU countries and other international instruments. It creates legal certainty in the EU, by making fundamental rights clearer and more visible.

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 Presentation 9 CH 23 Procedural rights

  •  28 October 2022
  •  EU
  •  Official
  •  Other

The strengthening of procedural rights of suspected or accused persons in criminal proceedings in the European Union is done by adopting and implementing the following: • Directive 2010/64/EU (27/10/2013) - Right to interpretation and translation • Directive 2012/13/EU (02/06/2014) - Right to information • Directive 2013/48/EU (27/11/2016) - Right of access to lawyer • Directive (EU)2016/343 (01/04/2018) - Presumption of innocence and right to be present at one's trial • Directive (EU) 2016/800 (11/06/2019) - Procedural safeguards for children • Directive (EU) 2016/1919 (26/10/2016) - Legal aid

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 Rule of Law in View of EU Accession – July-September 2022

  •  25 October 2022
  •  Angela Delevska, Angel Mojsovski, Beba Zhagar
  •  National
  •  Non-governmental organization
  •  Report

This brief summarises the key developments in relation to the rule of law in view of EU accession in North Macedonia for the period of July– September 2022. It includes monitoring the fundamentals of EU accession, including key developments in the functioning of democratic institutions, public administration reform, and chapter 23: judiciary and fundamental rights.

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Key documents
  • European Commission Screening report for the Republic of Croatia
  • European Commission: Urgent Reform Priorities for the Republic of Macedonia
  • The Treaty on European Union
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