Article 6 Criminal - Right to a fair trial

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Kuijt v. the Netherlands (dec.) [GC], no. 19365/19

23/09/26

“Reserve judges” participating in the deliberations of the three-judge formation assigned to determine the applicant’s appeal in cassation before the Supreme Court.
Decision | Legal Summary

Lacote v. Belgium, no. 17596/23

10/09/26

Applicant’s inability to have two prosecution witnesses examined during a retrial before the Court of assizes that resulted in his conviction for murder.
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Degiorgio v. Malta (dec.), nos. 26602/25 and 26731/25

01/09/26

Fairness of proceedings and rights of the defence, in particular regarding representation by legal aid lawyers in a criminal case concerning the murder of a well-known journalist in which they were sentenced to forty years’ imprisonment following a plea bargain.
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