What is a Fair Trial? A Basic Guide to Legal Standards and Practice

Author

Pejic, Jelena; Lesnie Vanessa

Publisher

Lawyers Committee for Human Rights

Place of Publication

New York, NY, USA

Year of Publication

2000

Language

English

This guide is designed for trial observers and litigation lawyers. It addresses the question of what are the basic legal standards that should be used in evaluating the fairness of a trial. The second part of the guide describes how a trial observation mission should be prepared and carried out in practice, in both substantive and practical terms.
Training of Professional Groups
TP: Lawyers and paralegals, TP: Judges and prosecutors, TP: Human rights monitors
Freedom from discrimination, Right to fair trial, Human rights-based approach

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