These country reports from EU Member States constitute the background material for the FRA report on Criminal detention and alternatives: fundamental rights aspects in EU cross-border transfers. The information in the country reports is prepared under contract by the FRA’s research network...

The European Arrest Warrant and Joint Investigation Teams are two instruments of cooperation in the field of EU Freedom, Security and Justice. They are both currently used by Member States, but to different extents. The 2002 Council Framework Decision adopting the European Arrest Warrant has...

The Annual Activity Report is a management report of the Director-General of DG Justice and Consumersto the College of Commissioners. It is the main instrument of management accountability within the Commission and constitutes the basis on which the Commission takes its responsibility for the...

The mission of the Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers is to uphold and strengthen the rights of people living in the European Union, whether they are acting as consumers, entrepreneurs or workers and the rights of EU citizens in the European Union and abroad. Our policies and our...

The Directorate-General for Justice had as its overriding mission to build a European Area of Justice for the benefit of everyone in the European Union. It aimed to vindicate and strengthen the rights of people living in the European Union, and to remove barriers to their full participation in...

The mission of the Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers is to upholdand strengthen the rights of people living in the European Union, whether they are acting as citizens, consumers, entrepreneurs or workers. The Directorate-General works to achieve Commissioner Jourová’s core goals...