احترام حق الدفاع ضمانة للمحاكمة العادلة

Abstract EN

It is known that the accused has during the trial, several guarantees including those relating to the authority that consider the suit , and which should be independent and impartial, and some of them are related to the basic principles of criminal procedure like the principle of legality , the principle of non-retroactivity of criminal law and the principle of non-prosecution on the same crime twice in a court of law.

And other guarantees relating to the basic rules organizing those procedures , like the principle of publicity in the trial , the codification of its procedures, the compliance with its limits with the presence of the same defendant.

There are other guarantees concerning to the right of the accused to defense, which relates to the need to treat him equally in criminal proceedings by the competent authority which is that it should be treated equally in criminal proceedings by the competent authority , and to have the same rights as his adversary , after being informed to its accusation and its content , and its right to have a lawyer and an interpreter if he does not speak or understand the language of the court, in addition to its right to listen to the witnesses and accountability, and not forcing him to testify on himself.