IMPARTIALITY OF THE COURT IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS – CURRENT ISSUES
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.46763/SCGW25112g57iAbstract
The right to an independent and impartial tribunal is one of the most important guarantees ofthe right to a fair trial, according to the most important international documents belonging to European human rights law, but also according to the practice of the European Court of Human Rights.It is precisely from the jurisprudence of the unofficial, but de facto highest judicial institution in Europe that the impartiality of the court is "acting without prejudice and bias."The impartiality of the court in criminal proceedings is particularly important, given the seriousness of the consequences that the outcome may have for the defendant.It is therefore crucial that the national normative framework offers adequate preventive and protective mechanisms, which ensure that the accused has the right to a defense, which will be opposed not only to the public prosecutor, but also to the court.The author will present the achieved European standards regarding the impartiality of the criminal court, as well as as well as a critical analysis of one of the judgments against the Republic of Serbia, with the aim of finding an adequate formula for achieving this important segment of fair criminal proceedings.
Keywords: the right to an independent and impartial court, the right to a fair trial, criminal proceedings;
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