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PDF - Human rights and criminal procedure - The case law of the European Court of Human Rights (2009)
This handbook is intended to assist judges, lawyers and prosecutors to take account of the many requirements of the European Convention on Human Rights - both explicit and implicit - for the criminal process when interpreting and applying Codes of Criminal Procedure and comparable or related legislation.It does so through extracts from key rulings of the European Court of Human Rights and the former European Commission of Human Rights dealing with complaints about violations of Convention rights and freedoms in the course of the investigation, prosecution and trial of alleged offences, as well as in the course of appellate and various other proceedings linked to the criminal process.The extracts are significant not only because the mere text of the Convention is insufficient to indicate the scope of what is entailed by it but also because the circumstances of the cases selected give a sense of how to apply the requirements in concrete situations.
Introduction
Criminal charge
Investigation stage
Obligations regarding investigation
Apprehension and custody
Detention on remand
Gathering evidence
Interrogation
Discontinuance of proceedings
Trial stage
Court
Public hearing
Burden of proof
Witnesses
Expert witness
Admissibility of evidence
Right to an interpreter
Defence
Rights of victims
Trial in absentia
Judgment
Appeal
Appeal
Reopening of proceedings
Trial within a reasonable time
Compensation and costs
Compensation
Reimbursement of costs
Child-related issues
Index of cases
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