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All persons shall be equal before the courts and tribunals.

the determination of any criminal charge against him, or of his

rights and obligations in a suit at law, everyone shall be entitled

to a fair and public hearing by a competent, independent and

impartial tribunal established by law. The press and the public may

be excluded from all or part of a trial for reasons of morals, public

order (ordre public) or national security in a democratic society, or

when the interest of the private lives of the parties so requires, or

to the extent strictly necessary in the opinion of the court in

special circumstances where publicity would prejudice the interests

of justice; but any judgment rendered in a criminal case or in a suit

at law shall be made public except where the interest of juvenile

persons otherwise requires or the proceedings concern matrimonial

disputes or the guardianship of children.

[cf. ICCPR Art. 14.1]

Article 11

Rights of persons charged with or convicted of criminal offence

(1)

Everyone charged with a criminal offence shall have the

right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law.

(2)

In the determination of any criminal charge against him,

everyone shall be entitled to the following minimum guarantees, in

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