Sentences with phrase «fair trial rights»

This program will raise awareness among the Cambodian people of their rights and the judicial process by producing video clips on fair trial rights such as the right to be presumed innocent, the right to legal representation, the right to liberty, and juveniles» rights.

Indeed, the criminal law is preferable to immigration law because of its emphasis on fair trial rights and the presumption of innocence.

In my view, both of these extremes must be rejected in favour of a third option: allowing the witness to testify with her face covered unless this unjustifiably impinges on the accused's fair trial rights.

The CCLA has taken on a prominent role in emerging global debates on issues like illegal government spying and fair trial rights.

Nonetheless, in light of this finding, the requested person was discharged on the basis that his extradition would be incompatible with Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR — fair trial rights).

The Supreme Court of Canada's decision on the matter sought to strike a balance between the fair trial rights of the accused and the religious freedom of witnesses, stating that these decisions need to be made on a case - by - case basis by the trial judge.

The Court suggested that the non-publication order in the present case be scaled back (by agreement of the parties) as it unnecessarily covered information that would not have a negative impact on fair trial rights, i.e. background information that is readily available to and known to the public.

«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.

«The right to a fair trial is also generating a lot of litigation around the relationship between commercial proceedings in this country and fair trial rights abroad.»

Not exact matches

Manafort, who faces two federal indictments, seeks a hearing about the source of leaked information that he said interferes with his right to a fair trial in Alexandria, Virginia, where Special Counsel Robert Mueller signed an indictment accusing him of bank and tax fraud.

«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.

«We urge the African Union and the wider international community, to challenge Sudan on its treatment of the pastors and its failure to protect and promote freedom of religion or belief and the right to a fair trial.»

It is not the judges right or duty to express his personal opinions or beliefs while sitting on the bench, especially while giving a verdict.Judges are there to make sure due process and a fair and impartial hearing or trial takes place for all those involved.this particular judge's rant on the muslim world based on his views from serving in the military had absolutely no bearing on the case and should not have even been brought up much less used to chastise the victim with.

But we have the right and the responsibilty to protect ourselves and each other for s - i - ns against man r - a-p-e and pe - do - ph - il - ia are s - i - ns against man and we should jud - ge them and pun - ish the cri - mi - nals after a fair trial with real eviden - ce none of the vi - gi - lan - ty stuff.

With 1,500 of them out there converting two Chin - amen apiece per annum against an uphill birth rate of 33,000 pagans per day, it will take upward of a million years to make the conversions balance the output and bring the Christianizing of the country in sight to the naked eye; therefore, if we can offer our missionaries as rich a field at home at lighter expense and quite satisfactory in the matter of danger, why shouldn't they find it fair and right to come back and give us a trial?

Among them are life, liberty, security of person, freedom from slavery and from torture and inhumane treatment; equality before the law; the right to judicial remedies for wrongs; freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention; fair trials and due process of law, including the presumption of innocence; privacy; freedom of movement; equal rights in marriage; freedoms of speech, press, assembly and association; and free elections.

Bryan is being proved right in other ways as well, as we can glean from Larson's fair and meticulous recounting of other fatal crossroads that were encountered in the circumstances surrounding the Scopes Trial.

The NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, is marking World Teachers» Day today (Friday) by urging members to stand up for two teachers who have been arrested and imprisoned without a fair trial for campaigning for better rights for teachers.

The accused's right to fair trial must always be guaranteed and protected by the state.

The parliamentary assembly of the European Court has called the scale of GCHQ's spying «stunning» and found it in violation of rights to privacy, free expression and a fair trial.

The Geneva Convention allows them to be «detained or prosecuted under the domestic law of the detaining state for such action; subject of course to international treaties on justice and human rights such as everyone's right to a fair trial.»

When the barons squeezed concessions out of a reluctant King John back in 1215, out popped the foundations of justice as it's supposed to be - the right to a fair defence and a fair trial.

There were also civilian detentions in military facilities, often based on flimsy evidence; denial of fair public trial; executive influence on the judiciary; infringement on citizens» privacy rights; restrictions on freedoms of speech, press, assembly, and movement

The various Articles of the Convention proclaim the following: the right to life (Article 2); the prohibition of torture (Article 3); the prohibition of slavery and forced labour (Article 4); the right to liberty and security (Article 5); the right to a fair trial (Article 6); the prohibition of extra-legal punishment (Article 7); the right to respect for private and family life (Article 8); freedom of thought, conscience and religion (Article 9); freedom of expression (Article 10); freedom of assembly and association (Article 11); the right to marry (Article 12); the prohibition of discrimination (Article 14).

Coulson's lawyer accused the prime minister of an «astonishing and unprecedented» intervention which endangered his client's right to a fair trial.

A six - day hearing will consider whether the restrictions placed on some subjects violate their right to liberty and the right to a fair trial.

«Every accused person has a right to a fair trial, which includes the right to be informed of the charge with sufficient detail to answer it.

Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver pleaded not guilty today to federal corruption charges as his lawyer accused U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of turning the public against him and undermining his right to a fair trial.

Globally, citizens lost free movement, equality rights, or fair trials.

The Law Society said: «It is a fundamental aspect of the right to a fair trial that the defendant in a criminal trial is able to challenge the evidence adduced against them.

The Law Society says that this clause goes against the principles of the right to a fair trial and potentially leaves the door open to anonymity becoming routine.

At noon, federal and state judges, lawyers and journalists explore the interplay of First Amendment rights when attending and reporting on criminal trials as well as the Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial, New York State Bar Association, 1 Elk St., Albany.

Irrespective of what Articles 126 (2) and 19 (12) say, Articles 14 (1) right to liberty, 19 (1) right to fair trial and Article 19 (11) can not and should be truncated or abrogated in «ex facie curiae» contempt.

«We are seeking ways to protect the administration of justice and the defendant's right to a fair trial while keeping to a minimum interference with the right of media organisations and private individuals to publish.»

In his letter, Laufer argues Sugarman or someone at the state Board of Elections may have broken the law by leaking the memo, which could constitute interference with an ongoing law enforcement investigation, or could deprive people of their right to a fair trial.

I want to further sate that your rights to fair hearing and other fundamental human rights would be adhered to throughout this trial.

Adegboruwa claimed that sections 221 and 306 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015, which prohibited his client from seeking a stay of proceedings in his trial before Justice Ibrahim Buba, were infringing on his constitutional rights to fair hearing.

The unanimous ruling by four justices says the appeal failed to show the dog's presence was impermissible under state law or impaired his right to a fair trial.

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — President Trump's deportation policies have immigration officers swooping into courthouses, making arrests in record numbers, and preventing legal citizens from exercising their right to a fair trial, according to allegations from New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

The premise of the «Article 15» Project is that, just as governments are expected to adopt measures to respect the rights to freedom of expression and a fair trial, so too are they obligated to uphold the right to the benefits of scientific progress.

In a motion filed on Oct. 6 with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, the districts said that the landmark St. Louis plan, if allowed to continue, could compromise their right «to a fair and orderly trial.»

The judiciary is controlled by the state and there is no right to a fair public trial.

(7) records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent that the production of such law enforcement records or information (A) could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings, (B) would deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or to an impartial adjudication, (C) could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, (D) could reasonably be expected to disclose the identity of a confidential source, including a State, local or foreign agency or authority or any private institution which furnished information on a confidential basis, and, in the case of a record or information compiled by criminal law enforcement authority in the course of a criminal investigation or by an agency conducting a lawful national security intelligence investigation, information furnished by a confidential source, (E) would disclose techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or would disclose guidelines for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions if such disclosure could reasonably be expected to risk circumvention of the law, or (F) could reasonably be expected to endanger the life or physical safety of any individual; [the law enforcement exemption]

The suit was sent right back to where it started: with Judge Alsup in San Francisco, for a second jury trial, and on May 26th, 2016, a jury found fair use in favor of Google.

Then, Mr Melloni filed a constitutional petition before the SCC, claiming that his right to a fair trial had been violated.

After summarising the CJEU's decision, the judgment notes that the response of the EU Court will be «of great utility» in determining the absolute content of the fundamental right to a fair trial as protected by the Constitution.

But Bailey argued that prejudicial publicity in the case had trampled the delicate boundaries between a right to public information and Sheppard's right to a fair trial.

Nevertheless, the Court fails to clearly explain why it lowers the constitutional protection of the right to a fair trial.

Also, the judge is within his rights to punish the potential juror if he determines that the potential juror is actually lying about his ability to be impartial in an effort to evade jury service rather than because he sincerely believes that he can't be fair, and judges have wide authority to determine the credibility and truthfulness of statements made to him in open court (i.e. if the trial judge finds that you are lying, this determination will almost always be honored by an appellate court considering the judge's actions).

Recently there has been a case of the ECHR in which it elaborates on this issue regarding the expulsion of a Jordanian national to his country of origin where he ran the risk of violation of the right to a fair trial.