ICCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966, para. 6
Párrafo
Original document
Document type
Tratado internacional
Paragraph text
When a person has by a final decision been convicted of a criminal offence and when subsequently his conviction has been reversed or he has been pardoned on the ground that a new or newly discovered fact shows conclusively that there has been a miscarriage of justice, the person who has suffered punishment as a result of such conviction shall be compensated according to law, unless it is proved that the non-disclosure of the unknown fact in time is wholly or partly attributable to him.
Document legal status
Jurídicamente vinculante
Document body
Asamblea general de las Naciones Unidas
Document means of adoption
Voto
Temas
Derechos Civiles y Políticos
Gobernanza y imperio de la ley
Personas afectadas
Todos
Document year
1966
Tipo de párrafo
Artículo
Reference
ICCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966), Article 14, 6.