Justice and Home Affairs

Crime victim perspective and rights of a crime suspect

The Swedish Presidency will promote a section on the rights of crime victims in the upcoming Stockholm Programme. The aim is to increase opportunities for promoting efforts to strengthen support to crime victims in the EU. As part of these eff orts, the Presidency also plans to draft and negotiate Council conclusions on a coordinated strategy and practical measures to support crime victims. The Council conclusions will create a framework for various measures that are intended to strengthen support to crime victims and to specify the focus of future work.

Rights of a crime suspect
Cooperation within the EU in the area of criminal law is based on the trust of the Member States’ in each another’s legal systems. The principle of mutual recognition and enforcement of each other’s judgments and decisions is of fundamental importance to this cooperation. Confidence-building measures are necessary for cooperation to develop and become more effective. For example, the rights of a person suspected of a crime must be strengthened. The Swedish Presidency will arrange a conference in Stockholm on judicial cooperation from the individual’s perspective. 

Transfer of proceedings
The Presidency will take the initiative for a proposal on transfer of proceedings, which means that a person suspected of a crime in one country is brought to trial in another country. The reason for transferring a proceeding is that it should be conducted where it is most appropriate, such as in the country where the suspect lives or in the country where the suspect is on trial for other crimes.

 

 

 

Police cooperation and asylum policy are discussed

The JHA Council usually meets every other month. It deals with issues such as asylum, cooperation to combat terrorism, and EU-wide judicial cooperation in criminal matters. The Member States are represented by their ministers for justice, home affairs or migration. During Sweden’s six months as president, an informal meeting will also be held in Stockholm in July, hosted by Minister for Justice Beatrice Ask and Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy Tobias Billström.

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