The courts of "absolute power"
Subtitle: fair trial violations by Somalia's military court
Contributors: Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York, New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 33
ISBN-13: 9781623131357
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Fair trial; Military courts; Martial law
Other titles: Fair trial violations by Somalia's military court; Somalia, the courts of "absolute power"
Description: Recommendations -- Methodology -- I. Background -- II. Right to a fair trial -- Acknowledgments.
Notes: "May 2014"--Contents page.

"This report was researched and written by Laetitia Bader..."--Page 33.

"The 33-page report documents violations of basic fair trial rights of defendants tried before military courts, including military personnel, suspected insurgents and supporters, police officers, and ordinary civilians. Human Rights Watch interviewed over 30 defendants and their relatives as well as military court officials, lawyers, and legal experts. They described how military court proceedings restrict defendants' rights to obtain counsel of their choice, prepare and present a defense, receive a public hearing, not incriminate themselves, and appeal a conviction to a higher court. More than a dozen of those convicted over the last year have been sentenced to death and executed, magnifying the harm to basic rights."--Publisher's website as viewed June 17, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available on the Internet.
Table of contents: title: Recommendations; title: Methodology; title: I. Background; title: II. Right to a fair trial; title: Acknowledgments.