TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION ........................................................................................................................................ i
APPROVAL ............................................................................................................................................. ii
DEDICATION ........................................................................................................................................ iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .......................................................................................................................... iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................... v
CHAPTER ONE ....................................................................................................................................... 1
1.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 1
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY .................................................................................................. 2
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ................................................................................................. 3
1.3 GENERAL OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY: ................................................................................... 4
1.4 SPECIA'COBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY ...................................................................................... 4
1.S Hypotheses: ................................................................................................................................ 5
1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY: ............................................................................................................. 5
1. 7 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY ................................................................................................. 6
1.8 LIMITATIONS .............................................................................................................................. 7
CHAPTER TWO ...................................................................................................................................... 8
LITERATURE REVIEW ........................................................................................................................... 8
CHAPTER THREE: ............................................................................................................................... 20
3.0 Methodology: ............................................................................................................................ 20
3.1 DATE COLLECTION METHOD: ................................................................................................. 20
3.2.1. NATIONAL: ........................................................................................................................... 21
3.2.2 Regional and international legal Instruments: .................................................................... 22
CHAPTER FOUR: ................................................................................................................................. 35
ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS OF THE STUDY: ..................................................................................... 35
4.0 Enforcement mechanism for the protection of the right to alfair hearing in ...................... 35
4.1 Courts as the primary mechanism for enforcement of the right to a fair hearing .............. 35
4.2 The role of the state and parliament towards the observance of the right to a ................. 36
4.3 Guiding principle to the research ............................................................................................ 37
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4.4 Major obstacles towards realization of the right to alfair hearing ....................................... 37
4.5 The extent to which the right to a fair hearing has been violated ....................................... 40
CHAPTER FIVE: ................................................................................................................................... 46
RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION ........................................................................................... 46
5.0 Recommendations: ....................................................................................................................... 46
5.1 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................... 51
REFERENCES ....................................................................................................................................... 52
