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

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CHAPTER FOUR –– THE BILL OF RIGHTS

Part 2—Rights and fundamental freedoms

50. Fair hearing.

(3) If this Article requires information to be given to a person, the information shall be given in language that the person understands.

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