TABLE OF CONTENTS
DE CLARA TION ............................................................................................................................. ii
APPROVAL .................................................................................................................................. .iii
DEDICATION .............................................................................................................................. .iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................................................... v
CHAPTER ONE .............................................................................................................................. I
1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ I
1.1 BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................. 2
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ................................................................................... 3
1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS .................................................................................................. 3
1.4 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY ........................................................................................... 4
1.4 HYPOTI-IESIS ...................................................................................................................... 4
1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY .................................................................................................... 5
1.6 JUSTIFICATIONS OF THE STUDY ................................................................................. 5
1.7 SYNOPSIS ........................................................................................................................... 6
CHAPTER TWO: ............................................................................................................................ 7
LITERATURE REVIEW AND METHODOLOGY ...................................................................... 7
2.1 LITERATURE REVIEW .................................................................................................... 7
2.1.2 Right to appear before an independent and impartial court of law ...................................... 8
2. I .3. The right to trial within a reasonable time ............................................................................. 9
2.1.4. The right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty ..................................................... ! 0
2.1.5 Right to information of nature of the charge ..................................................................... !!
2.1.6 The right to have adequate time and facilities to prepare a defense ..................................... 12
2.1. 7 Right not be convicted except when the offence is defined and its punishment.. ................ 12
2.1.8 Right against double jeopardy .............................................................................................. 13
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2.1. 9 Right to assistance of an interpreter. .................................................................................... 13
2.2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................ 13
2.2.1 Research design .................................................................................................................... 14
2.2.4 Limitation of the study ......................................................................................................... 14
CHAPTER THREE ....................................................................................................................... 15
THE INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL AND DOMESTIC LEGAL FRAME WORK THAT
lJPHOLDS THE RIGHT TO A FAIR HEARING ....................................................................... 15
3.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 15
3.1. I Right to presumption of i1mocence. In article 6(2) of the European convention on human 15
3.1.2 The right against double jeopardy ........................................................................................ 16
3 .1.3 Right to be informed of the charges in a language one understands .................................... I 6
3.2.0 CASE LAW .......................................................................................................................... I6
3.3 THE HIERACHY OF COURTS OF JUDICATURE IN UGANDA, THEIR JURISDICTION
AND POWERS: ............................................................................................................................ 2I
CHAPTERFOUR .......................................................................................................................... 24
SUMMARY. RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION ...................................................... 24
RECOMMENDATIONS .............................................................................................................. 25
LIST OF STATUTES ................................................................................................................. 28
REFERENCE ................................................................................................................................ 29
