'Rights during trial - informed promptly and in detail of charges' in document 'Croatia: Implementation of Statute of ICC'

Jump to:

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

LAW on the Implementation of the Statute of the International Criminal Court and the Prosecution of Crimes against International Law of War and Humanitarian Law

VI APPREHENSION AND SURRENDER

Article 33

In the procedure conducted to decide on the request of the International Criminal Court for the surrender of the person indicted, the court shall inform the person indicted about the request and the charges against him/her and shall interrogate him/her about the crimes he/she is being charged with and about other circumstances which are important for deciding on the request.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 67
Rights of the accused
1. In the determination of any charge, the accused shall be entitled to a public hearing, having regard to the provisions of this Statute, to a fair hearing conducted impartially, and to the following minimum guarantees, in full equality:
(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