All
are equal before the law and are entitled without any
discrimination to equal protection of the law.
Article 7
Everyone
is entitled in full equality to a fair and public
hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal.
Article 10
Everyone
charged with a penal offence has the right to be
presumed innocent until proved guilty according to
law in a public trial.
Article 11.1
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Equal protection of the law is like the
ground that supports step after step as a person goes
about daily life. As long as equal protection prevails, a
person can't be arrested without a good reason. A person
can't be dragged into a police station or secret
detention center and held incommunicado, without access
to a lawyer or anyone else from the outside world. A
person can't be subjected to an unfair trial or to cruel
or degrading punishment. Get more background information .
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Act Now:
Request and Read
Review the United
States Bill of Rights, or read the life story (and murder
inquest transcript) of Steven Biko, a South African
rights activist.
Act Locally
Give asylum seekers
a chance to prove their "credible fear" of
persecution if returned to their homeland, ensure due
process to people fleeing for their lives.
Act Nationally or Internationally
Encourage the
Chinese Government to maintain the momentum for reform of
China's criminal justice system and revisions of its
Criminal Procedure Law.
Grab
a Partner
Join the Legal
Defense Fund of the N.A.A.C.P. for information and
periodic action alerts on fair trial and due process
issues in the United States.
Raise Your Voice
Ask authorities to
drop charges against Hasan Dogan, one of the few Turkish
lawyers who continues to defend clients charged with
state security offenses.
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