'Rights during investigation - access to interpreter and translation if questioned in other language' in document 'Cyprus - Constitution'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CONSTITUTION OF CYPRUS

ARTICLE 12

5. Every person charged with an offence has the following minimum rights:

(a) to be informed promptly and in a language which he understands and in detail of the nature and grounds of the charge preferred against him;

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