The right to proper administration of justice in the Arab constitutions

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The aim of this article is to consider to what extent human rights are protected and recognized in Arab Constitutions.

It aims to analyze Articles 2 (3), 14 and 26 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).

Further, it examines some of the rights related to fair trial, equality before the law and protection against discrimination, presumption of innocence, the right to defense and public hearing.

It argues that there are many provisions and changes in ways that Arab Constitutions implement these provisions and therefore, there are changes in the practice and the manner of expressing and adopting these Articles in Arab Constitutions.

This article will also address the presumption of innocence under the provisions of ICCPR and its implementation by the different Arab Countries and the approach, with which these provisions are implemented in their Constitutions.

The study concluded that Arab Constitutions guarantee human rights in broad phraseology leaving it for the law to decide or regulate such rights and that most of the rights fall short of the ICCPR standard protection.