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Chapter vi
Equality
of Arms and Rights
to a Fair Hearing
Article 14 of the ICCPR
“(1) In the determination of any criminal charge against him, or of his rights and obligations
in a suit at law, everyone shall be entitled to a fair… hearing…
“(3) In the determination of any criminal charge against him, everyone shall be entitled to
the following minimum guarantees, in full equality:
“(a) To be informed promptly and in detail in a language which he understands of the nature
and cause of the charge against him;
“(b) To have adequate time and facilities for the preparation of his defence and to communicate with counsel of his own choosing;
“(c) To be tried without undue delay;
“(d) To be tried in his presence, and to defend himself in person or through legal assistance
of his own choosing; to be informed, if he does not have legal assistance, of this right; and
to have legal assistance assigned to him, in any case where the interests of justice so require,
and without payment by him in any such case if he does not have sufficient means to pay
for it;
“(e) To examine, or have examined, the witnesses against him and to obtain the attendance
and examination of witnesses on his behalf under the same conditions as witnesses against
him;
“(f) To have the free assistance of an interpreter if he cannot understand or speak the language used in court;”
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