Scarica Educazione civica in inglese e più Schemi e mappe concettuali in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) protects the human rights of people in countries that belong to the Council of Europe. All 47 Member States of the Council, including the UK, have signed the Convention. Its full title is the ‘Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms’. The Convention consists of numbered ‘articles’ protecting basic human rights. The UK made these rights part of its domestic law through the Human Rights Act 1998. The Council of Europe was founded after the Second World War to protect human rights and the rule of law, and to promote democracy. The Member States’ first task was to draw up a treaty to secure basic rights for anyone within their borders, including their own citizens and people of other nationalities. Originally proposed by Winston Churchill and drafted mainly by British lawyers, the Convention was based on the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was signed in Rome in 1950 and came into force in 1953. The Convention guarantees specific rights and freedoms and prohibits unfair and harmful practices. Articl 6 - righ t fair tria We have the right to a fair and public trial, within a reasonable amount of time, by an independent and unbiased judge. In the determination of his civil rights and obligations or of any criminal charge against him, everyone is entitled to a fair and public hearing within a reasonable time by an independent and impartial tribunal established by law. Judgment shall be pronounced publicly but the press and public may be excluded from all or part of the trial in the interests of morals, public order or national security in a democratic society, where the interests of juveniles or the protection of the private life of the parties so require, or to the extent strictly necessary in the opinion of the court in special circumstances where publicity would prejudice the interests of justice. Everyone charged with a criminal o ence shall be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law. Everyone charged with acriminal o ence has the following minimum rights: -to be informed promptly, in a language which he understands and in detail, of the nature and cause of the accusation against him; -to have adequate time and facilities for the preparation of his defence; -to defend himself in person or through legal assistance of his own choosing or, if he has not su cient means to pay for legal assistance, to be given it free when the interests of justice so require; -to examine or have examined witnesses against him and to obtain the attendance and examination of witnesses on his behalf under the same conditions as witnesses against him; -to have the free assistance of an interpreter if he cannot understand or speak the language used in court.
