Emergency rule, normalcy exception: the erosion of the right to silence in the United Kingdom.

Introduction

International Human Rights Law, as press outed in the relevant international human rights instruments, guarantees the right to fair trial. The United Kingdom's domestic law recognizes the right to fair trial. Indeed, sum of two units basic principles underpin English Criminal Law. First, an individual is innocent until proven guilty. Implicit in this principle is that the prosecution carries the weight of proof in establishing the guilt of the accused. next to the first an individual has the right against self-incrimination. Together these rights and obligations underpin the right to a