Da Silva v . Brazil

284 Human rights — Treaties — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 — Admissibility of communication — Whether local remedies exhausted — Timing to assess exhaustion of local remedies — Availability of remedies within reasonable time frame — Right to a fair trial — Whether judge biased — Objective and subjective bias — Impact of Supreme Federal Court’s findings on bias — Tapping of telephones — Disclosure of intercepted telephone conversations — Whether tapping and disclosure in accordance with process established by law — Presumption of innocence — Declarations by judges to media — Whether media campaign creating presumption of guilt — Right to vote and stand for elections — Limits on right to vote and stand for elections — Whether limits being proportionate to offence and sentence — United Nations Human Rights Committee