PRINCIPIILE FUNDAMENTALE ALE PROCESULUI PENAL ROMÂN ÎN LUMINA NOULUI COD DE PROCEDURĂ PENALĂ

This article makes a brief presentation of the new basic principles of Romanian criminal proceedings, which represent general rules contained in the legislation of the Member States of the European Union, considered to be the basis of modern criminal proceedings. The validity and efficiency of these rules have been tested by the judicial practice in France, Italy, Belgium and others and by the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights.