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Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence. | Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence. | ||
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| + | == Regional Instruments == | ||
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| + | ===American Convention on Human Rights=== | ||
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| + | '''Article 8''' - | ||
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| + | 2.Every person accused of a criminal offense has the right to be presumed innocent so long as his guilt has not been proven according to law... | ||
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| + | ===European Convention on Human Rights=== | ||
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| + | '''Article 6''' - | ||
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| + | 2. Everyone charged with a criminal offence shall be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law. | ||
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| + | ===African [Banjul] Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights=== | ||
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| + | '''Article 7 (1)''' - | ||
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| + | (b) the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty by a competent court or tribunal; | ||
== Examples of Presumption of Innocence == | == Examples of Presumption of Innocence == | ||
