THE RIGHT TO AN IMPARTIAL JUDGE

Abstract

The author analyses the institute of impartiality of judge in criminal proceedings. First, the paper points to norms of Article 6 of European Convention on Human Rights and guarantees of the fundamental rights in criminal procedure in Hungarian Constitution. Afterwards, the author establishes material elements that constitute the requirement of impartiality, how it is possible to set aside partiality and what are the results of this requirement within the concrete regulations of the Hungarian Act on the Criminal Procedure.