Without prejudice to, if applicable, the relevant rules of international law, any person regarding whom proceedings are being carried out in connection with the Convention or this Protocol shall be guaranteed fair treatment and a fair trial in accordance with domestic law and international law at all stages of the proceedings, and in no cases shall be provided guarantees less favorable to such person than those provided by international law.
Brez vpliva na ustrezna pravila mednarodnega prava, če v takem primeru veljajo, se vsaki osebi, zoper katero je sprožen postopek v zvezi s konvencijo ali s tem protokolom, zagotovita poštena obravnava in pošteno sojenje v skladu z notranjim in mednarodnim pravom na vseh stopnjah postopka, kar pa zanjo ne sme biti v nobenem primeru manj ugodno od jamstva, ki ga zagotavlja mednarodno pravo.