8. Calls for a clear and consistent application by all Member States of Union law regarding procedural rights in criminal proceedings linked to the use of the EAW; including the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings; the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and on the right to communicate upon arrest; and the right to information in criminal proceedings;

Question No. 205 Hon. Marlene Jennings: With regards to application of Section 117 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) since September 2007: (a) which criteria contained in the Federal Prosecution Service Deskbook does the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions use in determining whether it is in the public interest to charge humanitarian aid workers under Section 117 of the IRPA; (b) what directives has the Director of Public Prosecutions given to regional Canadian Border Services Agents and regional officers in the Public Prosecution Service of Canada regarding the application of these criteria; and (c) what d ...[+++]irectives has the Attorney General issued to the Director of Public Prosecutions in relation to the application of section 117 of the IRPA in cases where charges have been laid against humanitarian aid workers?

From the Public Prosecution Service of Canada, we have Mr. Brian Saunders, acting director of public prosecutions; Mr. George Dolhai, acting deputy director of public prosecutions, headquarters; and Mr. Marc Fortin, acting general counsel and director, office of the general counsel and director.

In order to increase the effectiveness of the investigation and prosecution by law enforcement authorities of persons who have committed genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, the Council adopted Decision 2002/494/JHA on setting up a network of contact points on genocide and Decision 2003/335/JHA on the investigation and prosecution of serious international crimes.

Until the appointment of the director of public prosecutions, the current Assistant Deputy Attorney General (Criminal Law) will act as director of public prosecutions and they may choose two deputies of public prosecutions until the appointment of the director of the public prosecutions under the new act.

20. Welcomes the adoption of the laws amending the Penal Code, the law on the prosecution of civil servants and the law on combating organised crime; emphasises, however, that administrative and legal hurdles must be removed in order to enforce these laws; calls on the Turkish authorities to pursue their work to draw up a new Code of Criminal Procedure conforming with the standards of the European Union, and to revise as a matter of urgency paragraphs 312 and 159 of the Penal Code and Article 8 of the Anti-Terrorism Act in order to prevent people being prosecuted for their opinions; demands the release of Leyla Zana, winner of the Eur ...[+++]opean Parliament Sakharov Prize, and of the former MPs of Kurdish origin imprisoned because of the views they hold;