Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, para. 1
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Document type
Declaration / Confererence outcome document
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(1) Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Means of adoption
Vote
Topic(s)
Civil & Political Rights
Person(s) affected
All
Year
1948
Paragraph type
Article
Reference
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), A/RES/217 (III), Article 11, 1.
Paragraph focus
Right to be considered innocent until proven guilty