1. Every person has the right to a hearing, with due guarantees and within a reasonable time, by a competent, independent, and impartial tribunal, previously established by law, in the substantiation of any accusation of a criminal nature made against him or for the determination of his rights and obligations of a civil, labor, fiscal, or any other nature.
Legal status
Legally binding
Body
Organization of American States
Document type
Regional treaty
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Civil & Political Rights
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
All
Year
1969
Paragraph type
Article
Reference
American Convention on Human Rights (1969), Article 8, 1.