1) Everyone charged with a penal offense has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defense.
(2) No one shall be held guilty of any penal offense on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offense, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offense was committed.
Leading up to the 67th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948, the peaceCENTER will be posting the document on its Web site over the next month, article by article.
