{"id":1842,"date":"2009-01-01T13:40:08","date_gmt":"2009-01-01T19:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackactivistwg.org\/blog\/?p=1842"},"modified":"2013-02-23T14:54:39","modified_gmt":"2013-02-23T20:54:39","slug":"trial-observation-manual-for-criminal-proceedings-practitioners-guide-no-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.blackactivistwg.org\/blog\/trial-observation-manual-for-criminal-proceedings-practitioners-guide-no-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Trial Observation Manual for Criminal Proceedings: Practitioners Guide No. 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

Larry Pinkney’s 1981 United Nations ruling victory was cited in the International Commission of Jurists’ Trial Observation Manual for Criminal\u00a0Proceedings: Practitioners Guide No. 5<\/em>, by Paul Richmond and\u00a0Federico Andreu Guzm\u00e1n,\u00a0ISBN: 978-92-9037-141-2, Geneva, 2009, under “the right\u00a0to be\u00a0tried within a\u00a0reasonable time.”<\/p>\n

Excerpts from pages 128-129:<\/p>\n

The elements and rights inherent in the right to a fair trial must be observed by the higher tribunal when considering a challenge or review of\u00a0a conviction.228<\/sup><\/p>\n

They include:<\/p>\n

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  1. the presumption of innocence;229<\/sup><\/li>\n
  2. the right to adequate time and facilities to prepare the appeal;<\/li>\n
  3. the right\u00a0to a lawyer\u00a0of one\u2019s choosing;230<\/sup><\/li>\n
  4. the right to equality of arms (including the right to be notified of the opposing party\u2019s submissions);<\/li>\n
  5. the right\u00a0to be\u00a0tried within a\u00a0reasonable time;231<\/sup> and<\/li>\n
  6. the right to a\u00a0public and reasoned judgment within a\u00a0reasonable time.232<\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The right to have counsel appointed to represent the appellant on appeal is\u00a0subject to similar conditions as the right to have counsel appointed at trial \u2013 it must be deemed to be in\u00a0the interests of justice. If the lawyer who defended the\u00a0accused in the \ufb01rst trial does not intend to appeal the conviction or sentence or submit arguments to a higher tribunal or court\u00a0(because, for example, he or she does not\u00a0think there are grounds to challenge the court\u2019s verdict), the defendant has the right to be so informed as well as to appoint another lawyer so that his or her concerns can be examined on appeal. The higher tribunal must take steps to ensure that this right is made effective.233<\/sup><\/p>\n

    The right to a public hearing does not necessarily apply to all procedures for challenging conviction or sentence.234<\/sup> However, when national legislation provides for the participation of the guilty party in person at the appeal proceedings and\/or public hearing related to it, the relevant international standards relating to the latter two rights must be applied (see points 2\u00a0and 7 of this\u00a0chapter). If the review procedure is carried out only in writing, the higher court is, nevertheless, required to examine in detail the facts of the case, the allegations against the person found guilty and the items of\u00a0evidence presented at trial and on appeal.235<\/sup>
    \n…<\/p>\n

    231. Human Rights\u00a0Committee, Views\u00a0of 29 March\u00a01984, Antonio Viana Acosta v. Uruguay<\/em>, Communication No. 110\/1981, paras. 13.2 and 15, Views of 29 October 1981,\u00a0Larry James\u00a0Pinkney\u00a0v. Canada,<\/em> Communication No. 27\/1978, para. 35; and Views of 25 October 2001, Boodlal Sooklal v. Trinidad and Tobago<\/em>, Communication No. 928\/2000, para. 4.8 et seq.<\/sub><\/p>\n

    …<\/p>\n

    \u00a9 Copyright International Commission of Jurists\u00a0\u00ae Trial Observation Manual for Criminal\u00a0Proceedings \u2013Practitioners Guide No. 5, ISBN: 978-92-9037-141-2, Geneva, 2009<\/p>\n

    \u2022\u2022\u2022<\/p>\n

    Larry Pinkney<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is a veteran of the Black Panther Party, the former Minister of Interior of the Republic of New Africa, a former political prisoner and the only American to have successfully self-authored his civil\/political rights case to the United Nations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. In connection with his political organizing activities, Pinkney was interviewed in 1988 on the nationally televised PBS News Hour, formerly known as The MacNeil\/Lehrer News Hour, and more recently on the nationally syndicated Alex Jones Show. Pinkney is a former university instructor of political science and international relations, and his writings have been published in various places, including The Boston Globe, San Francisco BayView newspaper, Black Commentator, Intrepid Report, Global Research (Canada), LINKE ZEITUNG (Germany), 107 Cowgate (Ireland and Scotland), and Mayihlome News (Azania\/South Africa). He is in the archives of Dr. Huey P. Newton (Stanford University, CA), cofounder of the Black Panther Party. For more about Larry Pinkney see the book,\u00a0Saying No to Power: Autobiography of a 20th Century Activist and Thinker<\/a>, by William Mandel [Introduction by Howard Zinn]. (Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0to read excerpts from the book.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Larry Pinkney’s 1981 United Nations ruling victory was cited in the International Commission of Jurists’ Trial Observation Manual for Criminal\u00a0Proceedings: Practitioners Guide No. 5, by Paul Richmond and\u00a0Federico Andreu Guzm\u00e1n,\u00a0ISBN: 978-92-9037-141-2, Geneva, 2009, under “the right\u00a0to be\u00a0tried within a\u00a0reasonable time.”<\/p>\n

    Excerpts from pages 128-129:<\/p>\n

    The elements and rights inherent in the right to a fair […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[28,45],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blackactivistwg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1842"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blackactivistwg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blackactivistwg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blackactivistwg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blackactivistwg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1842"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/www.blackactivistwg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1856,"href":"http:\/\/www.blackactivistwg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1842\/revisions\/1856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blackactivistwg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blackactivistwg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blackactivistwg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}