The Relationship between the Presumption of Innocence and the Prejudicial Statements of the Domestic Public Authorities Through the Lens of the European Court of Human Rights

Abstract

The present study started from our wish to present to the large audience the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights regarding the violation of the presumption of innocence principle, enshrined in article 6 paragraph (2) of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.…

It appears that, along the decades, the European Court of Human Rights has been invested with many criminal cases, in which it discovered a large variety of situations when this principle has been violated. A specific situation of violation consists in prejudicial statements made by the representatives of the Contracting States, that have attracted, under the Convention, the responsibility of the respective States.…