'Rights during investigation - access to interpreter and translation if questioned in other language' in document 'Ireland - ICC Act 2006'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Part 3
Requests by International Criminal Court for Arrest and Surrender of Persons

Section 23.—

(4) The arrested person shall be brought before the High Court as soon as possible and be provided, where necessary, with a competent interpreter.

Part 5
Other Requests

52.—

(7) If at any stage of the proceedings it appears that there are grounds for suspecting that the person has committed an ICC offence, the judge shall—

(b) where necessary, order that the person be provided a competent interpreter, and

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 55
Rights of persons during an investigation
1. In respect of an investigation under this Statute, a person:
(c) Shall, if questioned in a language other than a language the person fully understands and speaks, have, free of any cost, the assistance of a competent interpreter and such translations as are necessary to meet the requirements of fairness