Terror Suspects and the Right to Presumption of Innocence: Alarming Violations by Kenya

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodger Owiso ◽  
Alefiyah Mohammed
Keyword(s):  
Presumption Of Innocence ◽  
The Right

scholarly journals How Silent is the Right to Silence?

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Biber
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Fundamental Principle ◽  
Presumption Of Innocence ◽  
Religion And Psychology ◽  
Right To Silence ◽  
The Law ◽  
Critical Interpretation ◽  
The Right

A long-held and fundamental principle of our criminal justice system is that people accused of crimes have a right to silence, arising from the presumption of innocence. Rules of evidence try to protect this ‘right’ during trial, by ensuring that juries understand that adverse inferences cannot be drawn from the silence of the accused. Silence, in court, can mean nothing, and we are not to speculate about what might motivate an accused person to remain silent, or what they might have said had they spoken. However, an examination of the jurisprudence in this area shows that the law is often not dealing with actual silence; sometimes when the law refers to the ‘right to silence’, it seems to mean a ‘refusal to hear’. In other instances, there is actual silence, and yet the law refuses to subject that silence to any critical interpretation, insisting that we cannot infer anything from it. While we have learned, from theatre, music, linguistics, religion and psychology, to develop sophisticated means for interpreting silence, the law demands that we set aside these interpretive tools, hearing silence that isn’t there, and inferring nothing about something.

PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE OF LEGAL PERSONS

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (77) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Edgars Golts
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Fair Trial ◽  
Legal Person ◽  
Presumption Of Innocence ◽  
The Public ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
Equity Principle ◽  
Principle Of Justice ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Right

There is a link between a presumption of innocence and the right to a fair trial. The rights of a legal person, to be regarded as innocent, protection is ensured by the guarantees in law. The Court of Justice has recognized that the right to the presumption of innocence, the legal persons does not apply in the same way as natural persons. The Constitution reinforces the presumption of innocence is to be subject to the right to a fair trial arising from the principle of justice. The Constitution stipulates that the rights of the person may be limited to the benefit of the public, but not the right to the presumption of innocence. In the article the author expresses the conviction, nowadays, the development of such rights, – the environment, animal, unborn children, deceased persons and other types of law; it is obvious that, on the basis of an equity principle, human rights are extended translated and applied. Justice fully embraces the principles of equality law, which allows concluding on the physical and legal persons to equality before the law and the courts.

The Law of Interim Release in the Jurisprudence of the International Criminal Tribunals

2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 589-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clemens Müller
Keyword(s):  
International Criminal ◽  
Case Law ◽  
The Other ◽  
Presumption Of Innocence ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
International Criminal Tribunals ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
Rules Of Procedure ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Right

AbstractThe right of interim release during trial is an international recognized fundamental right of the accused which is deduced from the presumption of innocence. Although the ICTY has shifted to a more liberal practice, the other tribunals and the ICC are still applying the law of interim release in a restrictive manner. Decisions on interim release are not guided by clearly decisive factors to be applicable for every single accused in each case. Rather an examination of the particular facts of the case and the personality or character of the accused, surrounded by a framework of requirements set forth in the Rules of Procedure and Evidence, determine the practice on interim release. The way international criminal tribunals apply the law of interim release is, like international criminal proceedings as such, of a design sui generis. This article summarises the case-law concerning interim release at the international criminal tribunals. It gives an in-depth study on the requirements set forth in the Rules of Procedure and Evidence which the accused must fulfil to be provisional released.

scholarly journals La inútil prolongación de la agonía del artículo 294 de la Ley Orgánica del Poder Judicial (Comentario a las SSTC 8/2017, de 19 de enero, y 10/2017, de 30 de enero)

2017 ◽  
pp. 269-291
Author(s):  
Silvia DEL SAZ
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Presumption Of Innocence ◽  
Derechos Humanos ◽  
European Court ◽  
The Right

LABURPENA: Giza Eskubideen Europako Auzitegiaren jurisprudentziaren ondorioz, Konstituzio Auzitegiak aurreko doktrina zuzendu behar izan du. Horretarako, errugabetasun-presuntziorako eskubidearen irismena zabaldu behar izan du, eta, administrazio-ebazpen zehatzaileetatik eta zigor-epaietatik harago, kalte-ordaina ukatzen duten erabakietara zabaldu du hori, Botere Judizialaren Lege Organikoaren 294. artikuluak eskatzen duen bezalaxe, errugabetasun-presuntzioaren printzipioa ezarri ostean akusatua absolbitu egin den baina delituzko egintzak egon ez zirela frogatu ez den kasuetarako. RESUMEN: Fruto de la jurisprudencia del Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos, el Tribunal Constitucional se ha visto obligado a rectificar su doctrina anterior extendiendo el alcance del derecho a la presunción de inocencia, más allá de las resoluciones administrativas sancionadoras y sentencias penales, a los pronunciamientos que, tal y como exige el art. 294 LOPJ, deniegan la indemnización en atención a que el acusado fue absuelto en aplicación del principio de presunción de inocencia sin que haya quedado probado que los hechos delictivos no existieron. ABSTRACT: As a result of the case law by the European Court of Human Rights, the Constitutional Court was compelled to rectify its former doctrine by broadening the scope of the right to the presumption of innocence beyond punitive administrative resolutions and criminal judgments to rulings that as art. 294 of Judiciary Act requires, deny the award of damages on the ground that the accused was acquitted due to the application of the principle of innocence without having been proved that the criminal offences did not exist.

scholarly journals Simulated Legal Phenomena in the System of Principles of the Administrative Process

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-191
Author(s):  
D. A. Kirillov
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Criminal Responsibility ◽  
Presumption Of Innocence ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Administrative Process ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right ◽  
Principle Of Legality

With the inclusion of the category “simulation” in the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offences an interest arose in studying “simulation” in the system of principles of the administrative process. The purpose of the study is to formulate general recommendations for neutralizing the negative consequences of manifestations of feign in the system of principles of the administrative process. The methodological basis of the research is materialistic dialectics and elements of conceptual analysis. The methods of analogy and generalization allow us to justify the use of the construction of “simulated legal phenomenon” for the study of the principles of the administrative process. The survey revealed obstacles to the implementation of certain aspects of the presumption of innocence. The comparative legal analysis allows us to establish the comparability of the volumes of state repression in the measures of administrative and criminal responsibility, a clearly negative assessment of simulation in administrative law compared to its neutral assessment in civil law, to identify a number of obstacles to the functioning of the principles of the administrative process. Other standard research methods are also used. The expediency of analyzing the simulation of the system of principles of the administrative process is justified; a simplified model of the system of principles of the administrative process is used for the analysis; from the standpoint of assessing legal simulation, the analysis of the principle of legality, the principle of procedural equality, the principle of guilt, the principle of presumption of innocence, as well as the principle of respect for the honor and dignity of the individual was carried out. In order to reduce the level of obvious simulation in the system of principles of the administrative process, in particular, it is recommended: in the doctrine of the administrative process to consider the principle of legality not as a reality, but as a goal; in the laws, replace the term “legality” with the term “lawfulness”; in the laws, the wording “the principle of equality before the law” and the like should be replaced with “the principle of equality of rights”; part 1 of Article 1.5 of the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offences should be amended as follows: “a person is subject to administrative responsibility only for those socially harmful actions (acts of inaction) in respect of which his guilt is established”; part 3 of Article 1.5 of the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offences after the words: “...is not obliged to prove his innocence” should be supplemented with the words “but has the right to disagree with all or part of the arguments confirming his guilt, or to refute them”. It is also recommended to amend the legislation in order to unify the approach to the differentiation of administrative offenses and crimes.

scholarly journals Wzmocnienie praw procesowych jednostki w postępowaniu karnym w Unii Europejskiej - propozycje Komisji Europejskiej z listopada 2013 r.

2015 ◽  
pp. 103-139
Author(s):  
Anastazja Gajda
Keyword(s):  
European Commission ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Presumption Of Innocence ◽  
Legal Regulations ◽  
Legal Aid ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Judicial Cooperation ◽  
The Right ◽  
Criminal Matters ◽  
The Eu

The aim of the study is to present the proposals of legal regulations presented by the European Commission in one of the fields of Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (JHA), i.e. within the framework of judicial cooperation in criminal matters. The European Commission’s proposals aim at strengthening of the rights of suspects/defendants in criminal proceedings in the EU. They consist of the right to a fair trial and include: strengthening of the presumption of innocence principle and the right to be present at the trial, special safeguards for children suspected or accused of a crime and the right to provisional legal aid for citizens suspected or accused of a crime. In the paper I analysed the most important provisions of the projects and showed that these proposals are intended to ensure the protection of fundamental rights within the JHA.

scholarly journals Perlindungan Hukum Terhadap Penangkapan dan Penahanan Tersangka dalam Perspektif Hak Azasi Manusia

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-114
Author(s):  
Martono Martono
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Law Enforcement Officers ◽  
Presumption Of Innocence ◽  
Mental Attitude ◽  
Police Station ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
The Right

This research was conducted to find out the form of the implementation of the rights of suspects at the level of investigation at the Wajo Regional Police Station, as well as what factors influence the implementation of the rights of the suspect at the investigation level of investigations at the Wajo Regional Police Station. This type of research was conducted in the Wajo district police jurisdiction, and data were obtained from in-depth observations, through interviews and then analyzing existing data. The results of the study were analyzed quantitatively by describing data and also using quantitative analysis with descriptive. Protection of Human Rights in the Judicial Act concerning the principles of quick and low-cost justice, the principle of non-discrimination, the principle of presumption of innocence, and guarantees of Human Rights for all Indonesian citizens under the 1945 Constitution. The results obtained by this article are: shows that the implementation of the rights of the suspect at the investigation level investigation at the Wajo Resort Police, in particular the right to obtain legal assistance, the right to be examined immediately, the right to provide information freely, and the right to be informed of his arrest and detention based on the principle of presumption of innocence, based on the results of the study, have been carried out although not optimal due to several factors, namely (1) the quality of investigative Human Resources is still low, the number of personnel is still lacking and is not balanced with the number of cases, investigators who are not professional and (2) the mental attitude of the investigator which is not good, and the level of awareness the law of society which is paternalism so that it causes resignation to law enforcement officers while supporting factors in the form of the increased budget allocated for the settlement of cases. Abstrak:Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan bertujuan untuk mengetahui wujud implementasi hak-hak tersangka pada tingkat penyidikan di Polres Wajo, serta  faktor-faktor apa yang mempengaruhi implementasi hak-hak tersangka pada pemeriksaan tingkat penyidikan di Polres Wajo. Tipe penelitian  ini dilakukan di wilayah hukum Polres Wajo, dan data diperoleh dari pengamatan yang mendalam, melalui wawancara  kemudian menganalisis data yang ada. Hasil penelitian dianalisi secara kuantitatif dengan mendeskripsikan data dan juga menggunakan analisis kuantitatif dengan deskriptif. Perlindungan Hak Azasi Manusia dalam Undang-Undang kehakiman mengenai azas peradilan cepat dan biaya ringan, azas non diskriminasi, azas praduga tidak bersalah, dan jaminan Hak Azasi Manusia bagi seluruh warga Negara Indonesia berdasarkan Undang- undang Dasar 1945. Hasil yang diperoleh oleh artikel ini adalah: menunjukkan bahwa wujud implementasi hak-hak tersangka pada pemeriksaan tingkat penyidikan di Kepolisian Resort Wajo, khususnya hak memperoleh bantuan hukum, hak untuk segera diperiksa, hak untuk memberikan keterangan secara bebas, dan hak untuk diberitahukan penagkapan dan penahanannya berdasarkan azas praduga tak bersalah, berdasarkan hasil penelitian,  sudah dilaksanakan meskipun belum optimal yang disebabkan karena beberapa faktor, yaitu (1) kualitas Sumber Daya Manusia  penyidik yang masih rendah, jumlah personil yang masih kurang dan tidak seimbang dengan banyaknya perkara, penyidik yang tidak profesional dan (2) sikap mental penyidik yang kurang baik, serta tingkat kesadaran hukum masyarakat yang paternalisme, sehingga menyebabkan sikap pasrah kepada aparat penegak hukum, sedangkan faktor pendukung berupa meningkatnya anggaran yang dialokasikan untuk penyelesaian perkara.

16. Equality before the law—the right to a fair trial

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhona K. M. Smith
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Fair Trial ◽  
Presumption Of Innocence ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Right

This chapter discusses the right to be recognized as a person before the law; the equality of persons before the law; the prohibition on retroactive penal legislation; the position of courts under the law; the presumption of innocence; and those rights that accrue primarily to accused persons. It argues that the right to equality before the law is one of the major embodiments of the freedom from discrimination advocated by the United Nations. The right to a fair trial and the equality of arms of parties to a legal dispute are fundamental to the operation of the rule of law.

scholarly journals Ireland: Curtailment of the right to silence through statutory adverse inferences

2021 ◽  
pp. 203228442110283
Author(s):  
Yvonne M. Daly
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Presumption Of Innocence ◽  
Legal Assistance ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
European Court ◽  
Right To Silence ◽  
The Right ◽  
Right Of Access ◽  
Police Questioning

In Ireland, the right to silence has been significantly impacted by the legislative introduction of adverse inference provisions. In specified circumstances, with varying threshold requirements, a suspect’s failure to answer questions or provide information during Garda (police) questioning can form the basis of an inference against them at trial. Ireland has not opted in to either Directive 2016/343/EU on the strengthening of certain aspects of the presumption of innocence or Directive 2013/48/EU on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings. This article examines the constitutional and common law context of the protection of the right to silence in Ireland; the operation, and expansion, of the statutory inference regime; the lack of legislative provision for a right to legal assistance during Garda interview; and relevant European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence. While there are some benefits to overt legislation and safeguards attached to the drawing of inferences from pre-trial silence, the question must be asked whether a detained suspect in Ireland truly has a protected right to silence in real terms, given the proliferation of inference provisions.

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