Sentences with phrase «safeguards of a criminal trial»

Not exact matches

The obligation imposed on an individual to stand criminal trial regardless of previously established statutes of limitations periods interferes undoubtedly with the fundamental right to effective judicial protection, safeguarded by Article 47 of the Charter.

«It entrenches the effect of the presumption of innocence at the pre-trial stage of the criminal trial process and safeguards the liberty of accused persons.»

Since the EU included criminal law as a field of cooperation, the UK showed a deep distrust in the fair trial guarantees available in other member states, and demanded additional safeguards.

The safeguards of cross-examination and perjury are something, but that's really what happens after a criminal trial goes ahead, not from the fact of the complaint itself.

If the proceeding involved is criminal, there must be a right to a jury trial, a right to counsel, and all the other safeguards necessary to assure due process of law.

It constitutes a waiver not only of the accused's right to require the Crown to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt by properly admissible evidence, but also of the related procedural safeguards in the criminal trial process, some of which are constitutionally enshrined and protected.

To preclude a civil litigant from relitigating an issue previously found against him in a criminal prosecution is less severe than to preclude him from relitigating such an issue in successive civil trials, for there are rigorous safeguards against unjust conviction, including the requirements of proof beyond a reasonable doubt and of a unanimous verdict, the right to counsel, and a record paid for by the state on appeal.