The protection of fundamental freedoms and human rights is central to the European and Luxembourg legal systems, particularly in criminal matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Luxembourg is committed to guaranteeing the rights enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the European Convention on Human Rights, which are directly applicable in national courts and form an essential basis for the defense of human rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Criminal law, by its very nature, must constantly strike a balance between the need to fight crime and the preservation of individual freedoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Human rights serve as a shield against the excesses of criminal law and criminal procedure, and are a bulwark against arbitrariness and unilateral procedures. The sacrosanct principles prohibiting the imposition of any inhuman or degrading punishment, absolute respect for the adversarial process, access to justice, fair trial and, above all, in criminal matters, respect for the presumption of innocence are all fundamental principles that our lawyers uphold in the coercive and repressive proceedings for which they are responsible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ECLIPSE thus ensures that any restriction on a fundamental freedom is provided for by law, meets a legitimate objective of general interest or protection of the rights of others, and is strictly necessary and proportionate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ECLIPSE has recognized expertise in fundamental freedoms and human rights as applied to criminal law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The team is involved at all stages of criminal proceedings to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ECLIPSE uses all necessary means to ensure compliance with essential procedural guarantees such as the right to a fair trial, the right to the presumption of innocence, protection against arbitrary detention, torture and inhuman or degrading treatment, and respect for private and family life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The protection of fundamental freedoms and human rights is central to the European and Luxembourg legal systems, particularly in criminal matters. Luxembourg is committed to guaranteeing the rights enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the European Convention on Human Rights, which are directly applicable in national courts and form […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-909","focus","type-focus","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n