'Rights during trial - examine witnesses' in document 'Ethiopia - Criminal Procedure Code'

Jump to:

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

BOOK IV
TITLE I
Trial

Chapter 4. — The Trial

Section 2. — Evidence and judgment

Art. 136. — Opening of case and calling of witnesses for prosecution.

(3) They shall be examined in chief by the public prosecutor, cross-examined by the accused or his advocate and may be re-examined by the public prosecutor.

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:
(e) To examine, or have examined, the witnesses against him or her and to obtain the attendance and examination of witnesses on his or her behalf under the same conditions as witnesses against him or her. The accused shall also be entitled to raise defences and to present other evidence admissible under this Statute