Article 6 Criminal - Right to a fair trial

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E.H. v. Germany, no. 25914/21

21/04/26

Criminal conviction of a minor for aggravated murder partly based on a confession he had made during questioning by the police, without having had the opportunity to consult his mother in private and without having been informed of the possibility of such a consultation.
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B.G. v. France, no. 70945/17

19/03/26

Failure to comply with the fair-trial guarantees in the context of a warning issued by the Public Prosecutor’s Office to the applicant and characterising her as the “perpetrator” of a false accusation of rape, following discontinuation of her own criminal complaint.
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Khattab v. Belgium, no. 40272/18

05/03/26

Criminal conviction in absentia of the applicant for taking part in the activities of a terrorist group in Syria, the applicant having left the country during the appeal procedure and assumed a false identity.
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