STANDARDE EUROPENE ŞI ROMÂNEŞTI REFERITOARE LA PREZUMŢIA DE NEVINOVÃŢIE ÎN MATERIE CONTRAVENŢIONALÃ

The authors intend, in the first part of the article, to clarify, based on decisions made by the European Court of Human Rights, the meaning of “criminal charge” in relation to the provisions of art. 6 of the (European) Convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, while in the second part of the article, they review the effects of the decision made in the case Anghel vs. Romania on the national legal framework and on case law.