In the present report of the Judicial System Monitoring Programme (JSMP) concerns a report of the Los Palos Case. The findings in this report are drawn from direct court room observations and from analysing the detailed notes taken by JSMP observers during all the hearings of the Los Palos case ever since the first preliminary hearing took place on 16 February 2001. This report assesses the Los Palos Case from a human rights law perspective, and provides an assessment of its compliance with international fair trial standards. These benchmarks for minimum performance are based both upon treaties, such as the The Los Palos trial International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) as well as non-treaty standards such as the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers.
In the present report of the Judicial System Monitoring Programme (JSMP) concerns a report of the Los Palos Case. The findings in this report are drawn from direct court room observations and from analysing the detailed notes taken by JSMP observers during all the hearings of the Los Palos case ever since the first preliminary hearing took place on 16 February 2001. This report assesses the Los Palos Case from a human rights law perspective, and provides an assessment of its compliance with international fair trial standards. These benchmarks for minimum performance are based both upon treaties, such as the The Los Palos trial International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) as well as non-treaty standards such as the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers.
