# ECHR Article 6 **Domain:** Human rights law **Doc Type:** Developed Wiki Node **Maturity:** Developed **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition **Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights** protects the right to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal in the determination of civil rights and obligations or criminal charges. ## Significance Its application to sports arbitration turns procedural fairness into an external limit on lex sportiva. ## Sources - [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]] - [Primary or institutional source](https://www.echr.coe.int/documents/d/echr/convention_eng) ## Routes [[wiki/European Court of Human Rights|European Court of Human Rights]] · [[wiki/Mutu and Pechstein v Switzerland|Mutu and Pechstein v Switzerland]] · [[wiki/Representational Due Process|Representational Due Process]] · [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]]