The Presumption of Innocence Principle in the People’s Republic of China and in the West

Harro Senger ()
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Harro Senger: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität

Chapter Chapter 10 in Legal Thoughts between the East and the West in the Multilevel Legal Order, 2016, pp 147-161 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract From 1975 till 1977, the author witnessed as a student officially dispatched by the Swiss government at Beijing University how the principle of the presumption of innocence was neglected in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). In 1996, this principle was finally inscribed into the Criminal Procedure Law of the PRC. However, in recent years, it seems to the author that due to legal ignorance or to political reasons, in the West and even on a global level, the principle of the presumption of innocence has sometimes fallen into oblivion. It seems to the author as if the atmosphere of the Chinese “cultural revolution” is spreading over the world.

Keywords: Presumption of innocence; People’s Republic of China; “Cultural revolution”; ETA; Security Council of the United Nations; War against terrorism; Angela Merkel; Joachim Gauck; Universal Declaration of Human Rights (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-1995-1_10

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