TEORETICKOHISTORICKÝ POHĽAD NA PREZUMPCIU NEVINY V TRESTNOM KONANÍ

• Authors: Adrian Jalč

Title variants

EN

Principle of innocence in criminal law from the theoretical and historical point of view

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

This paper analyzes the principle of presumption of innocence, which means that, in criminal proceedings, anyone against whom criminal proceedings are held is deemed innocent until found guilty by a court rendering a final judgment of conviction. This principle is enshrined in Section 2(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The principle of presumption of innocence is closely intertwined with the principle of presumption of an honest person (presumptio boni viri), which is applied in Anglo-American procedural law and construed as a principle that everyone is deemed honest unless proven otherwise. Today, the presumption of innocence is enshrined in many international instruments, e.g. in Article 11(1) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in Article 6(2) of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. It is expressed also in Article 50(2) of the Constitution of the Slovak Republic.

Keywords

EN

PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE; CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE; CRIMINAL LAW; INTERNATIONAL LAW

• Publisher: Institute of State and Law of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Právny obzor. Teoretický časopis pre otázky štátu a práva (Juridical Review. Theoretical journal for the questions of state and law)
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 96
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 24 – 34

Contributors

author

Adrian Jalč

• Právnická fakulta Trnavskej univerzity, Katedra trestného práva a kriminólogie, Trnava, Slovak Republic