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Legal Digest of International Fair Trial Rights

The Legal Digest of International Fair Trial Rights aims at building the capacity of legal practitioners to conduct professional trial monitoring by providing them with a comprehensive description of fair trial rights coupled with practical checklists based on the experience of OSCE trial monitoring operations.

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

User Guide

Chapter I – Fair Trial Standards: Scope of Application

Chapter II – Rights of Access to Justice and Equality in the Administration of Justice

Chapter III – Right to a Hearing by a Competent, Independent and Impartial Tribunal Established by Law

Chapter IV– Right to a Public Hearing

Chapter V – Right to be Presumed Innocent and Privilege against Self-Incrimination

Chapter VI – Equality of Arms and Rights to a Fair Hearing

Chapter VII – Participation and Protection of Victims and Witnesses

Chapter VIII – Conviction or Acquittal in a Criminal Trial

Chapter IX – Right to a Public, Reasoned and Timely Judgment

Chapter X – Right to Appeal

Chapter XI – Annexes

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