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FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT ACCUSED [2 records]

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Record 1 2018-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaborative and Social Communications
  • Sociology of Communication
CONT

[The] celebrated Canadian author... is facing a social media backlash after voicing concerns about some aspects of the #MeToo movement in a newspaper opinion piece and for affirming "the right to fundamental justice" and due process for individuals accused of sexual misconduct and their alleged victims.

Key term(s)
  • social media back lash

French

Domaine(s)
  • Communications collaboratives et sociales
  • Sociologie de la communication

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rights and Freedoms
  • Penal Law
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

The right to remain silent is a principle of fundamental justice of which the accused was entitled to avail himself, and the trial judge could not draw any inference against him for having exercised that right.

OBS

right to remain silent: without such silence being a consideration in the determination of guilt or innocence.

OBS

right to remain silent: expression and observation reproduced from the Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droits et libertés
  • Droit pénal
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

Le droit de garder le silence est un principe de justice fondamentale dont l'accusé était en droit de se prévaloir et la juge du procès ne pouvait tirer une conclusion défavorable de son exercice.

OBS

droit au silence; droit de garder le silence : termes tirés du Mini-lexique de l'arrestation et de la détention et reproduits avec l'autorisation du Centre de ressources en français juridique de l'Université de Saint-Boniface.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derechos y Libertades
  • Derecho penal
  • Fraseología de los lenguajes especializados
DEF

Derecho a no contestar a las preguntas de la policía y a permanecer callado en el juicio.

OBS

derecho a guardar silencio: sin que tal actitud pueda valorarse para la determinación de su culpabilidad o inocencia del presunto culpable.

OBS

derecho a guardar silencio: expresión y observación reproducidas del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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