Article 67 Rights of the accused

1.

a)

To be informed promptly and in detail of the nature, cause and content of the charge, in a language which the accused fully understands and speaks;

b)

To have adequate time and facilities for the preparation of the defence and to communicate freely with counsel of the accused's choosing in confidence;

c)

To be tried without undue delay;

d)

Subject to article 63, paragraph 2, to be present at the trial, to conduct the defence in person or through legal assistance of the accused's choosing, to be informed, if the accused does not have legal assistance, of this right and to have legal assistance assigned by the Court in any case where the interests of justice so require, and without payment if the accused lacks sufficient means to pay for it;

e)

To examine, or have examined, the witnesses against him or her and to obtain the attendance and examination of witnesses on his or her behalf under the same conditions as witnesses against him or her. The accused shall also be entitled to raise defences and to present other evidence admissible under this Statute;

f)

To have, free of any cost, the assistance of a competent interpreter and such translations as are necessary to meet the requirements of fairness, if any of the proceedings of or documents presented to the Court are not in a language which the accused fully understands and speaks;

g)

Not to be compelled to testify or to confess guilt and to remain silent, without such silence being a consideration in the determination of guilt or innocence;

h)

To make an unsworn oral or written statement in his or her defence; and

i)

Not to have imposed on him or her any reversal of the burden of proof or any onus of rebuttal.

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