http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20191013-112414-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/how-an-eu-directive-on-access-to-a-lawyer-became-a-weapon-for-secret-arrests/ How an EU Directive on Access to a Lawyer Became a Weapon for Secret Arrests Vassileva, Radosveta eng 2019-10-13 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 access to a lawyer Criminal Proceedings Human Rights Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Directive 2013/48/EU of 22 October 2013 ‘on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings’ had an unfortunate fate in Bulgaria. In particular, the transposition is troublesome because the government used the Directive as a pretext to revive a totalitarian practice ­­– secret arrests.