The Right to a Fair Trial in International Law

The Right to a Fair Trialin International Law brings together the diverse sources of international law that define the right to a fair trial in the context of criminal (as opposed to civil, administrative or other) proceedings. The book provides a comprehensive explanation of what the right to a fair trial means in practice under international law and focuses on factual scenarios that practitioners and judges may face in court.

Each of the book’s fourteen chapters examines a component of the right to a fair trial as defined in Article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and reviews the case law of regional human rights courts, international criminal courts as well as UN human rights bodies. Highlighting both consensus and divisions in the international jurisprudence in this area, this book provides an invaluable resource to practitioners and scholars dealing with breaches of one of the most fundamental human rights.

Amal Clooney, Barrister Doughty Street Chambers, , Philippa Webb, Reader Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London and Barrister, 20 Essex Street Chambers,

Amal Clooney is a barrister who specialises in international law and human rights. She represents clients before international courts including the International Criminal Court, the International Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights. Alongside court work, she provides advice to governments and individuals on legal issues in her areas of expertise.
Mrs Clooney served as a senior advisor to Kofi Annan when he was the UN’s Envoy on Syria. She also served as Counsel to the UN Inquiry on the use of armed drones led by the Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights. She is a member of the UK’s team of experts on preventing sexual violence in conflict zones and is appointed to the UK Attorney General’s expert panel set up to advise and represent the UK government in cases involving public international law.

Dr Philippa Webb is Reader (Associate Professor) in Public International Law at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London and a barrister at 20 Essex Street Chambers. She is a specialist in international law and advises individuals, governments and corporations in cases before international and domestic courts.
Dr Webb is on the International Advisory Panel for the American Law Institute’s project Restatement Fourth, Foreign Relations Law of the United States. She has served as legal advisor to the UN Inquiry on the use of armed drones led by the Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights. She is co-convenor of the International Law Section of the Society of Legal Scholars and on the editorial boards of the Journal of International Criminal Justice and the Leiden Journal of International Law.