Sentences with phrase «to a fair trial»

This is a transfer of the cost of fair trials from society as a whole to a small group of lawyers.

So you are saying we only get fair trials if we have the most talented legal minds on the bench?

Thankfully, the judicial system remains as committed to fair trials for those accused of this most serious offence as it does in relation to any other offence on the books.

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

Victims and their families, as well as the accused in drunk driving cases, need fair trials.

It will be suggested that there is no reliable means to ensure that trial judges have the information they need to enforce fair trial rights through strong remedies.

In addition the law on contempt as applied in this case presumed the accused guilty and imposed on them the burden of proof of innocence contrary to the principles of fair trial.

Our public law practice advises clients on human rights issues around the world, including the right to property and fair trial rights, in a range of regulatory contexts.

The consequence to our justice system will be increased delays and expenditures as judges, crowns and duty counsel struggle to provide fair trials in complex cases where the stakes are high to self - represented individuals.

«Global Witness welcomes the swift steps taken by the Liberian government and believes that everyone investigated is entitled to due process under Liberian law and should receive fair trials.

Such a commission could also determine the extent to which, if any, Taylor's fundamental right to fair trial under Article 17 of the Statute of the SCSL was impacted.

Justice calls for identification, exposure, condemnation and proportionate punishment of individuals who violate fundamental norms recognized internationally as crimes, and it calls for reparations to victims, by means of fair investigations and fair trials by an authorized judicial body.

Lawyers for Canadian sentenced to prison in Cuba seeking to build case that he was denied fair trial, Reuters

The Judge said that it was wrong of the EFCC to have claimed that the defendants were indicted for N36B alleged fraud when such a bogus figure was not contained in the charge adding that such press statement will prejudice fair trial of the defendants.

Your Day in Court Under the US Constitution, everyone accused of a crime has a right to a free and fair trial at which the defendant can contest the evidence against them and plead their own case.

On December 14, 2017, the Alberta Court of Appeal released the per curiam ruling in R v Girou, 2017 ABCA 426 involving a rare case where the Crown and the defendant agreed that lost evidence breached the defendant's fair trial interests under s. 7 of the Charter of 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.

The organisation Fair Trials Abroad was set up to meet those concerns.

«I only wish the animals on Anacapa could have gotten the same fair trial I did,» he said.

The Jomati Foundation has provided multiyear funding to Fair Trials International to assist with their three year programme to expand the organisations reach and impact.

«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.

Sweden, which has summoned the Ecuadorian ambassador to the ministry to answer Quito's «serious» accusations, offered a stern denial that it would offer anything other than a completely fair trial for the 41 - year - old Australian.

While it may not have been a box office success, Pete Travis» Dredd is getting a much fairer trial on home video having topped the Blu - ray and DVD sales list for a 2012 new release.

He argued that his surrender to the Italian authorities would infringe his right to fair trial enshrined in Article 24 (2) of the Spanish Constitution, because he had been convicted for a very serious offence in absentia without him having the possibility of challenging his conviction.

English courts were also able to reject requests from countries which did not comply with European human righs» standards concerning prison conditions or UK fair trial guarantees, well before the CJEU rulings in Caldararu and Aranyosi (C - 404 / 2015).

Are fair trials heavily affected by the media?

Exceptions may only be made where that would cause delay and child detriment would outweigh fair trial detriment.

This concern about ad hoc tribunals that function in such a way as not to afford the individual before them basic fair trial guarantees also underlies United Nations Human Rights Committee's interpretation of the phrase «established by law» contained in Article 14, paragraph 1, of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Does it prevent Appellant from being tried - and having an equally fair trial (see Statute of the International Tribunal, art. 21)- before an international tribunal?

While the Human Rights Committee has not determined that «extraordinary» tribunals or «special» courts are incompatible with the requirement that tribunals be established by law, it has taken the position that the provision is intended to ensure that any court, be it «extraordinary» or not, should genuinely afford the accused the full guarantees of fair trial set out in Article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

In our challenge to C - 51, we note that there are section 7 violations caused by these amendments, as detention, and ultimately perhaps deportation without a fully fair trial may imperil the life, liberty and security of the person who is subject to the security certificate process.

MBA Civil Litigation Section Council Chair Jeffrey N. Catalano and MBA President David W. White, Jr. collaborated with Chief Justice Barbara J. Rouse and others in the Superior Court to present the first Firm and Fair Trial Date Town Hall at Suffolk University Law School on March 20, 2008.

It is probable that the «system» bent over backwards to not only evince but actually create an environment where Richards LJ had a scrupulously fair trial.

The virtues of the criminal law revolve around fair trials, but the criminal law is less restrained when it comes to offence definition as well as the pre - and post-trial stages of the criminal process.

And if they let the situation continue much longer, some New Yorker's may not get fair trials.

Compromised religious freedom, Fair trial in disciplinary hearings, Grand Chamber decisions and referrals, Admissibility

The Supreme Court rules that military tribunals can not be set up to try prisoners in the absence of Congressional authorization and that prisoners are entitled to fair trials under the Geneva Conventions (June 29).

On December 14, 2017, the Alberta Court of Appeal released the per curiam ruling in R v Girou, 2017 ABCA 426 involving a rare case where the Crown and the defendant agreed that lost evidence breached the defendant's fair trial interests...

First, on what basis can we say that the Parliament and Council should have extended the protection of fair trial rights in the way you suggest, and second, in what way can the Parliament and Council be criticized for lacking the «courage and ambition'to do something which, as a matter of EU law, it appears to have no competence to do?

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.

Liberty: Like JUSTICE, Liberty rejects the ideas in predictably strong terms: «It is no exaggeration to say that the proposals contained in the Justice and Security Green Paper will change that for all time, sweeping away centuries of fair trial protections.»

While there were dissenters, the Supreme Court found that Skilling's negative publicity didn't prevent him from receiving a fair trial — especially because Houston was the fourth - most - populous city in the country, allowing for a large jury pool.

Though public opinion seems to be split on whether or not her actually murdered Hae Min Lee, most listeners agree that he did not receive a fair trial.

Instead, he works out of a bullet - proof van, and defends the people no other lawyers want to represent: satanic - cult drug addicts, child molesters, you name it — all because he believes everyone deserves a fair trial, even if that means cheating the system to ensure his clients get one.

Kuprusevičius, who works for the law firm Cobalt, added that the decision of the U.S. Justice Department and Lithuania authorities not to name the companies infringed on Rimašauskas's rights to due process and a fair trial.

One of their former hostages says he wants them to be given a fair trial, while calling on the US not to detain the jihadis at Guantanamo Bay.