What is Right to a fair trial?
The '''right to fair trial''' is an [[civil and political rights|essential right]] in all [[countries]] respecting the [[rule of law]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fairtrials.org/about-us/the-right-to-a-fair-trial/ |title=The Right to a Fair Trial |publisher=Fair Trials International |access-date=30 October 2015}}</ref> A [[trial]] in these countries that is considered unfair will typically be restarted, or its [[verdict]] [[void (law)|thrown out]]. Some of the rights that make a trial fair are [[wikt:explicit|explicit]]ly proclaimed in Article 10 of the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/ |title=Universal Declaration of Human Rights |publisher=United Nations |access-date=30 October 2015}}</ref> They are clearly stated in the [[Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Sixth Amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/sixth_amendment |title=Sixth Amendment |publisher=Cornell University Law School|access-date=30 October 2015}}</ref> They are also stated in Article 6 of the [[European Convention of Human Rights]],<ref>{{cite web |url= http://ukhumanrightsblog.com/incorporated-rights/articles-index/article-6-of-the-echr/ |title= Article 6 {{!}} Right to a fair trial |publisher=1 Crown Office Row |access-date=30 October 2015}}</ref> and in Article 14 of the [[International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]], as well as numerous other constitutions and declarations throughout the world. There is no binding [[international law]] that defines what is or is not a fair trial.<ref>A. H. Robertson; Universität Wien. Rechts- und Staatswissenschaftliche Fakultät., ''Human Rights in National and International Law: The Proceedings of the Second international conference on the European convention on Human Rights held in Vienna under the Auspices of the Council of Europe and the University of Vienna, 18-20 October, 1965'' (Manchester, Manchester U.P.; Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana Publica