https://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/kenya-enacts-contempt-of-court-act-to-uphold-the-right-to-a-fair-trial/ Oxford Human Rights Hub Wed, 24 Feb 2021 10:00:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/kenya-enacts-contempt-of-court-act-to-uphold-the-right-to-a-fair-trial/#comment-183154 Tue, 10 Oct 2017 00:42:16 +0000 https://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/?p=60725#comment-183154 Your document lacks the procedure of approaching the court since the CJ has not made rules regarding the same under Section 37 of the Act.

]]> https://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/kenya-enacts-contempt-of-court-act-to-uphold-the-right-to-a-fair-trial/#comment-183123 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 15:38:40 +0000 https://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/?p=60725#comment-183123 This is a nice piece. I’d like to see how the Act will be enforced when presidential candidates petition the IEBC results after 8/8/2017 general elections.

]]> https://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/kenya-enacts-contempt-of-court-act-to-uphold-the-right-to-a-fair-trial/#comment-183119 Tue, 25 Jul 2017 13:35:14 +0000 https://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/?p=60725#comment-183119 The enactment of the Contempt of Court Act, laws of Kenya is a move towards certainty in so far as the contempt of court proceedings are concerned. Contempt of court proceedings aim at curbing behaviour that may negatively affect court proceedings generally; which in essence gears at attainment of the right to a fair hearing.
I like the way you have drawn the relationship between right to a fair hearing and the contempt of court proceedings.

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