So much, then, for Article 6 of the European Convention, which provides that everyone charged with a criminal offense has the right “to be informed promptly” of the nature of the accusation against him. So much, also, for Magna Carta, which provides that “No freeman shall be taken or imprisoned…but by lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.”
但《欧洲人权公约》第6条规定：每个受到犯罪指控的人都有权“被立刻告知”自己的罪名。而《大宪章》里也列明“任何自由人，如未经他人之依法裁判，或经国法判决，皆不得被逮捕，监禁……”