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  2. Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights

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    Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights is a provision of the European Convention which protects the right to a fair trial.In criminal law cases and cases to determine civil rights it protects the right to a public hearing before an independent and impartial tribunal within reasonable time, the presumption of innocence, right to silence and other minimum rights for those charged ...

  3. European Union and the European Convention on Human Rights

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    Among other factors, ECJ noted that to do so would give an external body the power to review the application of EU law. [7] ECJ gives the European Convention on Human Rights "special significance" as a "guiding principle" in its case law. [9] The European Court of Justice uses a set of general principles of law to guide its decision-making process.

  4. Right to a fair trial - Wikipedia

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    A fair trial is a trial which is "conducted fairly, justly, and with procedural regularity by an impartial judge". [1] Various rights associated with a fair trial are explicitly proclaimed in Article 10 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, and Article 6 of the European Convention of Human ...

  5. European Convention on Human Rights - Wikipedia

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    The article states that a criminal offence is one under either national or international law, which would permit a party to prosecute someone for a crime which was not illegal under domestic law at the time, so long as it was prohibited by international law. The Article also prohibits a heavier penalty being imposed than was applicable at the ...

  6. List of European Court of Human Rights judgments - Wikipedia

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    In the case M.S.S. v Belgium and Greece, the Court judged on 21 January 2011 that both the Greek and the Belgian governments violated the European Convention on Human Rights when applying the EU law (Dublin Regulation) on asylum seekers, and they were given fines to the tune of some €6,000 and €30,000, respectively.

  7. European Court of Human Rights - Wikipedia

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    Despite the European Union's failure to accede to the Convention, the ECtHR has consistently held that member states are bound by ECHR guarantees even when executing and implementing EU law. [29] Nevertheless, the Court has simultaneously sought to promote international cooperation and avoid interfering in internal Union affairs.

  8. Bosphorus Airways v. Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Bosphorus Hava Yolları Turizm ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi v. Ireland, Application no. 45036/98 (30 June 2005), was a decision taken by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) which held that the Court's role is confined to ascertaining whether the effects of Member States' national adjudications are compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights.

  9. R v Horncastle - Wikipedia

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    Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights guarantees a fair trial to anybody charged with a criminal offence. As a subset of this general right, accused persons are entitled to benefit from a number of "minimum rights", one of which under Article 6(3)(d) is the right to cross-examine prosecution witnesses.