'Rights during investigation - legal assistance' in document 'Korea - Constitution'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CHAPTER Ⅱ Rights and Duties of the Citizen

Article 12 [Personal Liberty, Personal Integrity

(4) Any person who is arrested or detained has the right to prompt assistance of counsel. When a criminal defendant is unable to secure counsel by his own efforts, he State assigns counsel for the defendant as prescribed by law.

CHAPTER Ⅱ Rights and Duties of the Citizen

Article 12 [Personal Liberty, Personal Integrity

(5) No person may be rrested or detained without being informed of the reason therefore and of his right to assistance of counsel. The family and other related persons, as designated by law, of person arrested or detained shall be notified without delay of the reason for and the ime and place of the arrest or detention.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 55
Rights of persons during an investigation
2. Where there are grounds to believe that a person has committed a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court and that person is about to be questioned either by the Prosecutor, or by national authorities pursuant to a request made under Part 9, that person shall also have the following rights of which he or she shall be informed prior to being questioned:
(c) To have legal assistance of the person's choosing, or, if the person does not have legal assistance, to have legal assistance assigned to him or her, in any case where the interests of justice so require, and without payment by the person in any such case if the person does not have sufficient means to pay for it