Right to fair trail Any person suspected or charged with a criminal offence shall be entitled to fair criminal proceedings conducted within a reasonable time. (Article 5 (1) PCPC) Any deprivation of liberty and in particular detention on remand in criminal proceedings shall be reduced to the shortest time possible. (Article 5 (3) PCPC) The court, the public prosecutor and the police participating in criminal proceedings must truthfully and completely establish the facts which are important to rendering a lawful decision. (Article 7 (1) PCPC) 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. (…) (Article 6 (1) ECHR) Everyone charged with a criminal offence shall be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law. (Article 6 (2) ECHR) Everyone charged with a criminal offence has the following minimum rights: (Article 6 (3) ECHR) to be informed promptly, in a language which he understands and in detail, of the nature and cause of the accusation against him; (Article 6 (3) (a) ECHR) to have adequate time and facilities for the preparation of his defence; (Article 6 (3) (b) ECHR) to defend himself in person or through legal assistance of his own choosing or, if he has not sufficient means to pay for legal assistance, to be given it free when the interests of justice so require; (Article 6 (3) (c) ECHR) 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; (Article 6 (3) (d) ECHR) to have the free assistance of an interpreter if he cannot understand or speak the language used in court. (Article 6 (3) (e) ECHR) All persons shall be equal before the courts and tribunals. In 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. (…) (Article 14 (1) ICCPR) Everyone charged with a criminal offence shall have the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law. (Article 14 (2) ICCPR) 16