This practitioners guide provides the prospective trial observer with practical advice on how to carry out a trial observation. It outlines the various criteria and operational aspects that need to be borne in mind when preparing for, and conducting, a trial observation. It also provides a systematic overview of the international norms and standards relating to fair trial and due process in criminal proceedings. The ten chapters deal with: practical preparation, conducting the trial observation, the trial observation report, general standards for fair trials, standards applicable to arrest and pre-trial detention in criminal proceedings, standards applicable to trial procedures, special cases, the rights of victims and criminal proceedings, criminal trials and impunity, and the right to an effective remedy and to obtain reparation for violations of the right to a fair trial.
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