307. The right to a fair hearing under the European Convention on Human Rights.

The European Convention on Human Rights provides that everyone, in the determination of his civil rights and obligations or of any criminal charge against him¹, is entitled to a fair and public hearing² within a reasonable time³ by an independent and impartial tribunal established by law⁴. The Convention also requires that everyone charged with a criminal offence be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law⁵ and have the right:

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   (1)     to be informed promptly, in a language which he understands and in detail, of the nature and cause of the accusation against him⁶;

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   (2)     to have adequate time