Deal making in criminal proceedings: the need for minimum standards for trial waiver systems

Recommendation 2142 (2018)

Author(s):

Parliamentary Assembly

Origin

Assembly debate on 12 October 2018 (36th Sitting) (see Doc. 14618, report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, rapporteur: Mr Boriss Cilevičs). Text adopted by the Assembly on 12 October 2018 (36th Sitting).

1. The Parliamentary Assembly refers to its Resolution 2245 (2018) Deal making in criminal proceedings: the need for minimum standards for trial waiver systems.

2. It invites the Committee of Ministers to:

2.1 undertake a comprehensive study on the use of trial waiver systems in Council of Europe member and observer States;

2.2 address a set of recommendations to member States designed to ensure that in the use of trial waiver systems the threat to human rights, in particular the right to a fair trial, is minimised.