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''R v Finta'', () 1 S.C.R. 701 is a case decided by the Supreme Court of Canada. The Court found that a 45-year delay before charging an individual under the crimes against humanity provisions of the Criminal Code does not fall within the meaning of "unreasonable delay" under the ''Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms''. The period for "unreasonable delay" begins from the point that charges are laid. ==Background== Imre Finta was a commander of the Gendarmerie in Szeged, Hungary during the Second World War. After the war he immigrated to Canada and became a citizen in 1956. Evidence was discovered that suggested that he may have participated in the deportation of Jews from Hungary during the war. In 1988, he was charged with unlawful confinement, robbery, kidnapping and manslaughter under the war crimes provisions in the ''Criminal Code''. During the pre-trial, Finta's lawyers, Doug Christie and Barbara Kulaszka, challenged the constitutionality of the criminal charges as a violation of section 11(b) of the ''Charter''. The judge rejected this claim. However, at trial, the jury acquitted him on all counts. On the appeal by the Crown, the trial judgment was upheld including the dismissal of the ''Charter'' claim. The Crown appealed the decision to the Supreme Court which upheld the decision in 1994. In the earlier decision of ''R. v. Finta'', () 1 S.C.R. 1138 the Supreme Court granted standing to intervene to the Human Rights League of B'nai B'rith Canada, the Canadian Jewish Congress and InterAmicus. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「R v Finta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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