The speakers discussed the overuse of pretrial detention, discrimination in the criminal justice system, and the reliance on new technologies in criminal justice without careful analysis and guidelines.
Speakers:
Didier Reynders, EU Commissioner for Justice
Dr. Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana, Member of the European Parliament
Constance Ascione Le Dréau, Associate at Visconti & Grundler (France)
Pierre-Arnaud Perrouty, Ligue des Droits Humains (Belgium)
Sarah Chander, European Digital Rights
Links to some of the reports mentioned during the webinar:
Beyond the Emergency of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for Defence Rights in Europe
Fair Trials’ letter urging the European Commission to include in its
Anti-racism Action Plan efforts to end structural racism in criminal justice systems in Europe:
Ligue des Droits Humains’ report, Abus policier et confinement
Fair Trials’ report on the use of pretrial detention in the EU, A measure of last resort?
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