RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL IN CRIMINAL MATTERS. PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL IN CRIMINAL MATTERS. PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE

Summary/Abstract: Article 6 from the European Convention of Human Rights consecrates the right to a fair trial. The compliance with the right to a fair trial in criminal matters represents, in addition to the recognition of other rights, a link between the individual and a democratic society, an expression of his belonging to a state that protects him against his own abuses. The presumption of innocence is the procedural pledge that guarantees a fair trial to the individual, this principle being consecrated by numerous juridical instruments, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, the European Convention of Human Rights.

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