The Legal Digest of International Fair Trial Rights aims at building the capacity of legal practitioners to conduct professional trial monitoring by providing them with a comprehensive description of fair trial rights coupled with practical checklists based on the experience of OSCE trial monitoring operations.
Foreword
Introduction
User Guide
Chapter I – Fair Trial Standards: Scope of Application
Chapter II – Rights of Access to Justice and Equality in the Administration of Justice
Chapter IV– Right to a Public Hearing
Chapter V – Right to be Presumed Innocent and Privilege against Self-Incrimination
Chapter VI – Equality of Arms and Rights to a Fair Hearing
Chapter VII – Participation and Protection of Victims and Witnesses
Chapter VIII – Conviction or Acquittal in a Criminal Trial
Chapter IX – Right to a Public, Reasoned and Timely Judgment
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