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The Act on Amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure and Amendments to Other Related Laws, which expands the rights of victims in criminal proceedings

avaldatud riigiteatajasEstonia· Riigikogu· ET

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14 September 2015

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The purpose of the bill is to better protect the rights of victims and strengthen their procedural status. The bill ensures better protection of the victim's rights in criminal proceedings, strengthens the procedural status of the victim and creates a clear and unambiguous regulation for the processing of claims arising from the crime. The corresponding EU directive, which establishes the rights of crime victims and the support and protection provided to them, will be adopted into Estonian law minimum requirements. The procedure for the enforcement of the victim's property claims, i.e. the procedure for proceeding with a civil lawsuit, is specified. The state, as a victim in criminal proceedings, is also enabled to file a public claim in addition to a civil action. With the bill, the EU directive is adopted into Estonian law, which deals with the right to a defense attorney in criminal proceedings and in proceedings related to the European Arrest Warrant, as well as the right to have a third party informed of the deprivation of liberty and communicate with third parties and consular authorities during deprivation of liberty.

Machine translation from Estonian. The official text remains authoritative.

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