'Rights during trial - informed promptly and in detail of charges' in document 'Ethiopia - Criminal Procedure Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

BOOK IV
TITLE I
Trial

Chapter 4. — The Trial
Section 1 — The hearing

Art. 127. — Attendance of accused.
(1) The accused shall appear personally to be informed of the charge and to defend himself. When he is assisted by an advocate the advocate shall ap¬pear with him.

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