51As noted in recital 19 of Directive 2012/13, the right to be informed of one’s rights aims to safeguard the fairness of criminal proceedings and to guarantee the effectiveness of the rights of the defence, from the first stages of those proceedings. As is clear from point 24 of the Commission Proposal for a Directive of 20 July 2010 (COM(2010) 392 final), which led to Directive 2012/13, the period immediately following the deprivation of liberty is when there is the greatest risk of improper extraction of confessions, so that ‘it is essential that a suspected or accused person is informed of his rights promptly, i.e. without delay after his arrest and in the most effective way’.
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