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Presumption of Innocence and EU Law

Proceeding contribution from Lord Beith (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Monday, 10 February 2014. It occurred during Debate on Presumption of Innocence and EU Law.

The point that I am about to make will not necessarily appeal to all the Minister’s colleagues. Would it not be rather unsatisfactory if we found ourselves in a situation in which the right to a fair trial was justiciable in the European Court of Justice, rather than being dealt with in the European Court of Human Rights and by the application of the European convention on human rights in UK domestic law, which are the ways in which we have long agreed that such matters should be resolved?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
575 c668 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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