# 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]]