International Human Rights Lexicon

International Human Rights Lexicon

Online Companion

Fair Trial

Core Documents

African (Banjul) Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights

American Convention on Human Rights

American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man

Arab Charter of Human Rights

European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Universal Documents

Treaties

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Convention on the Rights of the Child

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

Instruments

Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary

Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers

Guidelines on the Role of Prosecutors

International Courts and Tribunals

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

Rules of Procedure and Evidence for the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

UN Treaty Body General Comments

Human Rights Committee General Comment 13 on the Right to a Fair Trial

Human Rights Committee General Comment 29 on States of Emergency

Judgments of International Courts

Special Court for Sierra Leone

Prosecutor v Sam Hinga Norman (Decision of the Appeals Chamber)

Regional Documents

Regional Treaties

Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

Commonwealth of Independent States Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

Seventh Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights

Regional Instruments

African Commission on Human and People’s Rights

Resolution on the Right to Recourse Procedure and Fair Trial (1992)

Judgements and Decisions by Regional Courts and Bodies

African Commission on Human and People’s Rights

International Pen et al on behalf of Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr and Civil Liberties Organisation v Nigeria

Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Barrios Alto Case (Chumbipuma Aguirre and Others v Peru)

Barrios Alto Case (Chumbipuma Aguirre and Others v Peru) (Merits)

Castillo Petruzzi and Others v Peru

European Court of Human Rights

Incal v Turkey

Sander v United Kingdom

Other Documents

NGO Documents

Amnesty International “Fair Trials Manual”