The present document of Amnesty International reflects on the issue of executions of children in Iran. Amnesty states that serious failings in the justice system commonly result in unfair trials. These failings include: lack of access to legal counsel and to a lawyer of one’s choice; ill-treatment in pre-trial detention; allowing confessions extracted under duress to be used in proceedings; the use of detention centres outside the official prison system; denial of the right to call defence witnesses; failing to give adequate time to the defence to present its case; and imprisoning defence lawyers if they protest against unfair proceedings. Amnesty further says that a defendant’s right to legal counsel is one of the key safeguards for a fair trial, enshrined in international law such as the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers.