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FULL-PROOF
Helping suspects and accused persons understand their procedural rights remains one of the key challenges in criminal proceedings, particularly at the early stages. This is the focus of an animation produced as part of the FULL-PROOF project. Its development was coordinated by the Polish Platform for Homeland Security.
Formally informing people of their rights does not necessarily mean that those rights are truly understood or can be exercised effectively in practice. The way procedural rights are communicated has a direct impact on the fairness of proceedings and on whether suspects and accused persons are actually able to make use of the safeguards available to them.
The animation released within the FULL-PROOF project shows why procedural rights need to be communicated clearly, accessibly and in a way that reflects the situation of the person concerned. Only then can they be fully understood and genuinely exercised.
“Failure in the proper communication of rights to suspects and accused, especially in the early stages of proceedings, may create substantial problems for all those involved,” notes João Gomes, FULL-PROOF Project Coordinator, IPS Innovative Prison Systems.
This marks the beginning of a wider awareness-raising campaign carried out as part of the FULL-PROOF project, through which animations and infographics will be published on the importance of procedural rights and their practical application. Further materials will be released in the coming months.
Watch the animation:
