Difference between revisions of "Togo(en)"
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==The judicial organisation in Togo== | ==The judicial organisation in Togo== | ||
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+ | ==Type of legal system== | ||
==The sources of the rights of the defence== | ==The sources of the rights of the defence== | ||
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+ | ===National sources of the rights of the defence=== | ||
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==The organs of the criminal trial== | ==The organs of the criminal trial== | ||
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+ | ===The judicial police=== | ||
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+ | ===The Public Prosecutor's Office=== | ||
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+ | ===The investigating judge and the indictment division=== | ||
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+ | ===The trial courts=== | ||
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+ | ==Legal aid situation== | ||
==The rights of the accused== | ==The rights of the accused== | ||
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+ | ===Free Justice=== | ||
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+ | ===Principle of legality and non-retroactivity of criminal law=== | ||
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+ | ===The right to be tried within a reasonable time=== | ||
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+ | ===The abolition of the death penalty=== | ||
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+ | ===Procedural guarantees=== | ||
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+ | ===Presumption of innocence=== | ||
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+ | ===The rights of the defence=== | ||
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+ | ===Information on the inculpation charges=== | ||
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+ | ===The right to have witnesses heard=== | ||
==Pre-trial criminal proceedings== | ==Pre-trial criminal proceedings== | ||
+ | ===Investigations in the criminal procedural system in Togo=== | ||
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+ | ===The investigating judge=== | ||
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+ | ===The constitution of a civil party=== | ||
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+ | ===Transportation, searches and seizures=== | ||
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+ | ===The hearing of witnesses=== | ||
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+ | ===Questions and confrontations=== | ||
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+ | ===Mandates and their execution=== | ||
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+ | ===Preventive detention=== | ||
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+ | ===The Letter of Request=== | ||
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+ | ===Expertise=== | ||
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+ | ===Nullity of information=== | ||
==Procedure during the trial== | ==Procedure during the trial== | ||
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+ | ===Before the Assize Court=== | ||
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+ | ===Before the Court of First Instance=== | ||
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+ | ===Debates=== | ||
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+ | ===The judgment=== | ||
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+ | ===The appeal and the appeal in cassation=== |
Revision as of 10:49, 5 August 2019
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Background
Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a West African country with Lomé as its capital. It is one of the smallest African states, bordered to the north by Burkina Faso, to the south by the Gulf of Guinea, to the east by Benin and to the west by Ghana. The population is estimated at about 7.6 million in 2017.
On 27 September 1992, the Constitution of the Fourth Togolese Republic was adopted by referendum, which enshrines a number of provisions on the rights, freedoms and duties of citizens in Title II "Rights, freedoms and duties of citizens" (articles 10 to 50) and affirms the principles of separation of powers and independence of the judiciary and Title VIII "Judicial power" (articles 112-129). The fundamental objective of this Constitution was to include Togo in the circle of democratic states that respect human rights and the rule of law.