Fair trial is a trial which is "conducted fairly, justly, and with procedural regularity by an impartial judge".
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13 Facts About Fair trial
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Various rights associated with a fair trial are explicitly proclaimed in Article 10 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and Article 6 of the European Convention of Human Rights, as well as numerous other constitutions and declarations throughout the world.
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Right to fair trial is very helpful to explore in numerous declarations which represent customary international law, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Some years after the UDHR was adopted, the right to a fair trial was defined in more detail in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
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The right to a fair trial is protected in Articles 14 and 16 of the ICCPR which is binding in international law on those states that are party to it.
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Right to a fair trial is enshrined in articles 3,7 and 26 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights.
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Right to a fair trial is enshrined in articles 5,6 and 7 of the European Convention on Human Rights and articles 2 to 4 of the 7th Protocol to the convention.
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Right to a fair trial is furthermore enshrined in articles 3,8,9 and 10 of the American Convention on Human Rights.
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Closely related to the right to a fair trial is the prohibition on ex post facto law, or retroactive law, which is enshrined in human rights instrument separately from the right to fair trial and can not be limited by states according to the European Convention on Human Rights and the American Convention on Human Rights.
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Right to a fair trial has been defined in numerous regional and international human rights instruments.
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The right to a fair trial is one of the most litigated human rights and substantial case law that has been established on the interpretation of this human right.
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European Court of Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights have clarified that the right to a fair trial applies to all types of judicial proceedings, whether civil or criminal.
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Under Article 6 of the ECHR, the right to a fair trial implies that accused and public must be able to understand the verdict.
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