Falsification of Evidence in Corporate Disputes: Forged Contracts, Expert Reports, and the Distortion of Due Process
This report examines the mechanisms by which an artificial evidentiary framework is constructed in corporate and asset-related conflicts: forged contracts and document chains, dependent or restricted expert reports, selective disclosure of materials, blocked access to originals and metadata, and procedural asymmetry in which one party controls the paper trail while the other is denied effective tools for verification. The study explores why evidence falsification extends beyond a technical dispute over document authenticity and strikes at the very architecture of a fair trial: equality of arms, adversarial proceedings, the right to examine expert witnesses, judicial independence, and access to effective remedy. The legal analysis draws on Article 14 ICCPR, General Comment No. 32 of the Human Rights Committee, the Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary and the Role of Lawyers, and UN and OECD standards on business and human rights. The author proposes a step-by-step defense model — from forensic mapping of the evidentiary chain to translating the dispute into the language of international fair trial standards and access to remedy.
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