Real Time Dispatch and Presumption of Innocence under Criminal Division of Federal Courts in Addis Ababa
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2018-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Real Time Dispatch is a system to expeditious the criminal justice proceedings. Its aim is to make the process of criminal proceedings speedy and to render a decision within a short period of time by ensuring the protection of the accused person’s right. The procedural safeguards accorded to the accused person in Ethiopia are the right to fair trial. The concept of fair trial incorporates the principle of the right to the presumption of innocence, right to understand the nature and cause of the charge, right to adequate time and facilities to prepare a defense, right to equality, right to public hearing etc. Ensuring protection of the right to presumption of innocence is the cornerstone of other procedural safeguards and for just decision. This study examines the practical implementation of Real Time Dispatch vis-a-vis presumption of innocence under criminal division of Federal Courts normally residing in Addis Ababa. The study has identified the potentials and limitations of Real Time Dispatch system implementation under criminal division of Federal Courts in Addis Ababa and in particular, its impacts upon the right to presumption of innocence. Finally, the researcher has made some recommendations that could rectify the existing problem in the criminal justice administration under criminal division of Federal Courts in Addis Ababa.
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Dispatch and Presumption