The appeal regarding the duration of the criminal trial – an inefficient remedy for the observance of the right to a fair trial
The appeal regarding the duration of the criminal trial – an inefficient remedy for the observance of the right to a fair trial
Author(s): Constantin SimaSubject(s): Criminal Law
Published by: Editura Hamangiu S.R.L.
Keywords: fair trial; trial duration; remedies; criminal trial duration;
Summary/Abstract: In 2000, the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers began monitoring the effectiveness of national remedies in the event of a breach of the reasonable length of proceedings. On 26 April 2000 the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) issued a decision in Kudla v. Poland, imposing the need for effective remedies to protect the right to settling a case within a reasonable amount of time. Romania included the principle of a reasonable duration of solving the case in art. 21 of the Constitution, on the occasion of the revision of 2003, and in 2013 introduced in the Code of Criminal Procedure (CPC) a chapter entitled "Appeal regarding the duration of the criminal process". And yet, the Romanian criminal procedure does
Journal: Conferința Internațională de Drept, Studii Europene și Relații Internaționale
- Issue Year: VIII/2020
- Issue No: VIII
- Page Range: 90-95
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English
