'Rights during investigation - questioned in presence of counsel' in document 'Azerbaijan - Constitution (amend 2009)'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

SECTION II
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, FREEDOMS AND DUTIES

Chapter III
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF MAN AND CITIZEN

Article 61. Right to legal assistance

I. Everyone has the right to receive qualified legal assistance.

II. In cases envisaged by law, legal assistance shall be provided free of charge, at the expense of the state.

III. Everyone has the right to receive assistance of a lawyer as from the moment of detention, arrest or being accused of a crime by competent state bodies.

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:
(d) To be questioned in the presence of counsel unless the person has voluntarily waived his or her right to counsel.