The commentary describes the approach of the European Court of Human Rights to miscarriage of justice from the perspective of the right to the presumption of innocence.By doing so, it extends the right to the presumption of innocence also to proceedings which are conducted by a public authority after the acquittal of an accused or convicted person on the grounds of a miscarriage of justice. Based on the interpreted case law of the British Supreme Court, it defines miscarriage of justice for the purpose of compensating an innocent person who has served an imprisonment sentence. The novelty of the commented judicial decision is that it extends the principle of presumption of innocence for the purposes of compensation for miscarriage of justice also to persons against whom criminal proceedings have been stayed.
Kľúčové slová: justičný omyl, odškodnenie, prezumpcia neviny, oslobodenie obvinenej osoby, zastavenie trestného konania.
Keywords: miscarriage of justice, compensation, presumption of innocence, acquittal of the accused person, stay of criminal proceedings.