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CHAPTER FIVE
Judicial Power
Article 85
2. Legal proceedings shall be conducted in the state language. An individual not having a command of
the state language shall be provided with an interpreter. In the districts, where the population does not
have a command of the state language, teaching of the state language and solution of the issues related to the legal proceedings shall be ensured.
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:
(f) To have, free of any cost, the assistance of a competent interpreter and such translations as are necessary to meet the requirements of fairness, if any of the proceedings of or documents presented to the Court are not in a language which the accused fully understands and speaks