Contents
5.
The Right to Trial within a Reasonable Time or to Release
pending Trial.....................................................................................................190
5.1
5.2
6.
The notion of “reasonable time”...................................................................191
Alternatives to detention on remand: guarantees to appear at trial..........195
The Right to Have the Lawfulness of the Detention Decided
Speedily or Without Delay by a Court..........................................................197
6.1
6.2
The legal procedures complying with this requirement .............................199
The notions of “speedily” and “without delay” ..........................................206
7.
The Right of Access to and Assistance of a Lawyer...................................208
8.
The Right to Compensation in the Event of Unlawful
Deprivation of Liberty ....................................................................................209
9.
Incommunicado Detention..................................................................................210
10. Concluding Remarks .......................................................................................211
Chapter 6
The Right to a Fair Trial:
Part I – From Investigation to Trial ..............................213
Learning Objectives.................................................................................................213
Questions ..................................................................................................................213
Relevant Legal Instruments....................................................................................214
1.
Introduction......................................................................................................215
2.
The Effective Protection of the Right to a Fair Trial:
A Global Challenge..........................................................................................215
3.
The Legal Texts................................................................................................216
4.
The Right to Equality before the Law and Equal Treatment
by the Law.........................................................................................................217
5.
The Right to be Presumed Innocent: the Overall Guarantee from
Suspicion to Conviction or Acquittal............................................................219
6.
Human Rights during Criminal Investigations............................................223
6.1
6.2
6.3
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The right to respect for one’s private life, home and
correspondence.................................................................................................223
6.1.1 Wire tapping............................................................................................224
6.1.2 Searches ...................................................................................................227
6.1.3 Interference with correspondence.................................................................228
The right to be treated with humanity and the right to freedom
from torture.......................................................................................................230
The right to be notified of the charges in a language one
understands .......................................................................................................232
Human Rights in the Administration of Justice: A Manual on Human Rights for Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers