Enhancing the right of access to a lawyer for detained suspects and accused persons via videoconferencing: the situation in Germany and proposals for improvement

• Autores: Tomohiro Nakane
• Localización: Eucrim: the European Criminal Law Associations' fórum, ISSN 1862-6947, Nº. 3, 2024 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Digitalisation of Justice), págs. 230-237
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article discusses access to a lawyer via videoconferencing for detained suspects and accused persons. In today’s digital age, the introduction of videoconferencing leads to enhance the right of access to a lawyer for suspects and accused persons under Directive 2013/48/EU. The article first provides an overview of the current provisions of the Directive, then analyses the situation in Germany (which has already introduced access to a lawyer by means of videoconference), and lastly shows the benefits of access to a lawyer via videoconference. A revision of Directive 2013/48/EU in order to enshrine this right is proposed in the last section.