Ascribing the Right of Fair Trial in the context of International Human Rights Law

Abstract

The right to a fair trial has a long history and is identical with the trial process per se. It would be gibberish to highlight the acceptability of an unfair trial. After eras of execution in practice, the right to a fair trial, which was finally ordered in the international human rights instruments following World War II, is now commonly recognized. In this article the researchers will attempt to trace the compatibility right to a fair trial from UDHR, ICCPR and Constitution of Pakistan from its early roots up to the present day. Understanding its long history and realizing how little it has changed over the centuries clearly demonstrate its fundamental character and its status as a rule of customary international law.