European Convention on Human Rights
Article 6 (2)
Everyone charged with a criminal offence shall be presumed
innocent until proved guilty according to law.
The ECHR is an international convention to protect human rights and political freedoms in Europe. It was drafted in 1950 by the then newly formed Council of Europe, the convention entered into force on 3 September 1953.
What is it?
Everyone charged with a criminal offence has lots of different, and minimum rights.
Article 6 (3)
Everyone is entitled to a public hearing within reasonable time, and judgement shall be pronounced publicly. However, the press and public may be excluded from all (or part) of the trial for various reasons: to have private life protected, special circumstances or in the interests of morals, public order or national security.
Article 6, right to a fair trial (1)
What are these rights?
(a) to be informed promptly, in a language which he
understands and in detail, of the nature and cause of the
accusation against him; (b) to have adequate time and facilities for the preparation of
his defence; (c) to defend himself in person or through legal assistance of
his own choosing or, if he has not sufficient means to pay
for legal assistance, to be given it free when the interests
of justice so require; (d) to examine or have examined witnesses against him and
to obtain the attendance and examination of witnesses on
his behalf under the same conditions as witnesses against
him; (e) to have the free assistance of an interpreter if he cannot
understand or speak the language used in court.
ECHR
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European Convention on Human Rights
Article 6 (2)
Everyone charged with a criminal offence shall be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law.
The ECHR is an international convention to protect human rights and political freedoms in Europe. It was drafted in 1950 by the then newly formed Council of Europe, the convention entered into force on 3 September 1953.
What is it?
Everyone charged with a criminal offence has lots of different, and minimum rights.
Article 6 (3)
Everyone is entitled to a public hearing within reasonable time, and judgement shall be pronounced publicly. However, the press and public may be excluded from all (or part) of the trial for various reasons: to have private life protected, special circumstances or in the interests of morals, public order or national security.
Article 6, right to a fair trial (1)
What are these rights?
(a) to be informed promptly, in a language which he understands and in detail, of the nature and cause of the accusation against him; (b) to have adequate time and facilities for the preparation of his defence; (c) to defend himself in person or through legal assistance of his own choosing or, if he has not sufficient means to pay for legal assistance, to be given it free when the interests of justice so require; (d) to examine or have examined witnesses against him and to obtain the attendance and examination of witnesses on his behalf under the same conditions as witnesses against him; (e) to have the free assistance of an interpreter if he cannot understand or speak the language used in court.