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ACHRS publishes "The Right to a Fair Trial" Date: 10-10-2007
Author: ACHRS
ACHRS publishes "The Right to a Fair Trial"
The Amman Center for Human Rights Studies publishes: "The Right to a Fair Trial" in Arabic Language.

A comparative study of the Jordanian jurisprudence and jurisprudences and the international and regional conventions related to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.

By Judge Dr. Mohammad Al- Tarawneh, judge of Amman appeal cont
Contents:
 
Introduction
Identification of a Fair Trial                                                                              
A: The historical development of "the right to fair trial".                                            
B: The identification of the right to fair trial
C: The Principle of the right to fair trial and its nature
D: The international conventions' position on the right to fair trial
 
Chapter 1: basic principles of fair trial
A: The right to public hearing
B: The right of a verbal hearing
C: The right to a prompt appearance before the Judge to challenge the lawfulness of arrest and detention                        
D: To take the minutes of the proceeding of the session
E: The court should comply with the rules of the lawsuit
 
Chapter 2: Guarantees to protect the accused rights during the hearing
A: The right to a presumption of innocence   
B: The concept of equality before the Law
C: The legality of penal procedures
D: The right of appeal
E: The right of defense
F: Guaranteed rights to sentence appeal to court
 
Conclusion
Appendix:                               
A: Guide to a fair trial
B: References and resources
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