Firstly, the Supreme Court in Mentuck held that once information has entered the public domain of the courtroom, access to disseminate this information should be denied only where its publication would present a real and substantial risk to the proper administration of justice (e.g. a risk to the accused's section 11 (d)
Charter right to a fair trial), and where the salutary effects of denying access outweigh the deleterious effects.
Not exact matches
«That Sudan continues
to prosecute these men, and without even allowing them free access
to their legal team, makes a mockery of the judicial process and is a clear violation of
fair trial principles, as articulated in Article 7 of the African
Charter on Human and Peoples
Rights (ACHPR) and Article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights (ICCPR),
to which Sudan is a party.
The protection against self - incrimination derives from the
right to a
fair trial and the presumption of innocence enshrined in Article 6 of the European Convention on Human
Rights and Articles 47 and 48 of the
Charter of Fundamental
Rights of the EU.
58 It is apparent, furthermore, from the case - law of the European Court of Human
Rights that the right to a fair trial, guaranteed by Article 6 (1) of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, signed at Rome on 4 November 1950, which corresponds to the second paragraph of Article 47 of the Charter, does not preclude «summons by public notice», provided that the rights of those concerned are properly protected (see Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in Nunes Dias v Portugal [2003], Reports of Judgments and Decisions 2003
Rights that the
right to a
fair trial, guaranteed by Article 6 (1) of the European Convention on Human
Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, signed at Rome on 4 November 1950, which corresponds to the second paragraph of Article 47 of the Charter, does not preclude «summons by public notice», provided that the rights of those concerned are properly protected (see Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in Nunes Dias v Portugal [2003], Reports of Judgments and Decisions 2003
Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, signed at Rome on 4 November 1950, which corresponds
to the second paragraph of Article 47 of the
Charter, does not preclude «summons by public notice», provided that the
rights of those concerned are properly protected (see Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in Nunes Dias v Portugal [2003], Reports of Judgments and Decisions 2003
rights of those concerned are properly protected (see Judgment of the European Court of Human
Rights in Nunes Dias v Portugal [2003], Reports of Judgments and Decisions 2003
Rights in Nunes Dias v Portugal [2003], Reports of Judgments and Decisions 2003 - VI).
«Two sets of
Charter rights are potentially engaged — the witness's freedom of religion and the accused's
fair trial rights, including the
right to make full answer and defence.
Facts of the case The Opinion of AG Bot under consideration deals with a similar conflict, namely between the Spanish constitutional
right to a
fair trial and the way in which that
right is protected under Framework Decision 2009/299 and the
Charter.
Citing the accused's
right to life, liberty and security of the person and his
right to a
fair trial (under Sections 7 and 11 of the Canadian
Charter of
Rights and Freedoms, respectively), the Court stayed the criminal negligence charges.
Moreover, given the fact that sensational, high - stakes criminal cases attract most publicity, the judge may be simultaneously under pressure
to allow extensive
trial coverage
to ensure the accused's
right to a
fair trial under section 11 (d) of the
Charter.
He specialises in the
right to liberty and security and the
right to a
fair trial in criminal matters under the ECHR and the EU
Charter of fundamental
rights.
However, a separate agreement could make the
Charter applicable
to these instruments or incorporate the Roadmap Directives on Procedural
rights, which effectively develops
Charter rights concerning the
right to a
fair trial.
There are also some interesting comments by the CJEU in relation
to the application of the
Charter and in particular the
right to an effective remedy and a
fair trial (art. 47
Charter).
And it follows that prosecuting non-lawyers because they give legal advice
to people who can not obtain lawyers at reasonable cost, and can not afford present unreasonable costs, is
to bar the people so advised and aided by those non-lawyers from their constitutional
rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, in particular, s. 7 (fundamental justice), s. 11 (d)(fair trial), and s. 15 (equality ri
rights under the Canadian
Charter of
Rights and Freedoms, in particular, s. 7 (fundamental justice), s. 11 (d)(fair trial), and s. 15 (equality ri
Rights and Freedoms, in particular, s. 7 (fundamental justice), s. 11 (d)(
fair trial), and s. 15 (equality
rightsrights).
Second, the referring court indeed questioned the CJEU whether the above interpretation of Article 4a (1) FD EAW is in conformity with the
right to a
fair trial and
to an effective remedy in Article 47 EU
Charter, as well as with the
rights of defence granted by Article 48 (2) EU
Charter.
Many of the provisions likely violate the
Charter of
Rights and Freedoms and threaten the
right to a
fair trial.
In R v Lyons, [1987] 2 SCR 309 Justice Gerald La Forest stated the general rule, at para. 88, that s. 7 of the
Charter of
Rights entitles a defendant
to a
fair trial.
(Obviously the
right to a
fair trial is guaranteed by the
Charter and can not be taken away by the POA.)
Chief Justice McLachlin, writing for the majority of the court, stated that the
Charter of
Rights and Freedoms «guarantees a
fair trial to everyone charged with a crime», and described the question at hand as follows:
Since it went beyond what was required by international law, the application of immunity
to the Claimants amounted
to an unlawful breach of the ECHR, art 6 (the
right to a
fair trial) as well as
to the similar provisions of
Charter of Fundamental
Rights of the European Union (art 47).
The Canadian
Charter of
Rights and Freedoms guarantees a
fair trial to everyone charged with a crime.
[199] In Dagenais, Lamer C.J. struck down the common law rule governing publication bans which emphasize the
right of a
fair trial over the free expression interests of those affected by the ban, saying that the balance that rule struck was inconsistent with the principles of the
Charter, in particular the equal status given
to section 2 (b) and 11 (d) of the
Charter.