This joint ECBA, JUSTICE and ICJ report published in 2012, and part funded by the European Commission, was the culmination of a two year study reviewing defence of EAWs in practice in ten EU member states. It raised concerns about the absence of effective procedural safeguards for requested persons and made five key recommendations:
- Provision of training for defence lawyers;
- Availability of dual representation in both Executing and Issuing States;
- A peer reviewed database through which Issuing State lawyers may be accessed;
- Updates to the Schengen Information System, to remove inappropriate alerts;
- Provision of legal interpretation and translation for EAW proceedings.