The presumption of innocence

Criminal Labels, the European Convention on Human Rights and the Presumption of Innocence

“…At the opposite end of the scale, it may be regarded as applying at the pre‐trial stage more broadly and as prohibiting all restrictions on the accused's liberty based on a view that she has a high risk of offending or disappearing, or as precluding coercive measures by the state against the individual. Furthermore, and more contentiously, the presumption of innocence has been conceived of as substantive in nature, and as prohibiting conviction where the person's conduct is of the kind that ought not to be criminal. …”