Navigating the Right to a Fair Trial for Vulnerable People

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Alan Cusack, University of Limerick and Dr. Roxanna Dehaghani, University of Cardiff will be joining the Goldsmiths Law Department for a Law and Society Research Seminar where they will present a joint paper entitled ‘Navigating the Right to a Fair Trial for Vulnerable People: A Critique of Strasbourg Jurisprudence’. The paper surveys a series of recent Strasbourg rulings on the right to a fair trial under Article 6 in the context of pre-trial criminal proceedings. Specifically, it examines how "vulnerability" is currently considered by the European Court of Human Rights, vis-a-vis Article 6. It queries whether meaningful consideration is currently being given to the multitude of ontological and structural dimensions at play in police custody and pre-trial more generally. Concluding, the paper argues for a more holistic conceptualisation of "vulnerability" in pre-trial proceedings.

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