Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 11/13/2018

Subject: The judgment on the illegitimacy of a Chinese student’s murder conviction on the basis of contradictory and inconsistent prosecution witness testimony. The court accepted that evidence, at the same time refusing to admit testimony in favour of the applicant

Parties: Zhang c. Ucraina

Classification: Justice - Art. 47 Fair trial, public hearing - Independent and impartial tribunal - Art. 48 Rights of defence