'Rights during investigation - legal assistance' in document 'Kenya - International Crimes Act'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART V—DOMESTIC PROCEDURES FOR OTHER TYPES OF CO-OPERATION

Questioning persons

8 5.
(4) If the person seeks to have legal assistance assigned under subsection (2) (e) (ii), the Attorney-General shall cause such assistance to be provided.

PART V—DOMESTIC PROCEDURES FOR OTHER TYPES OF CO-OPERATION

Questioning persons

8 5. (1) Where there are grounds to believe that a person who is to be questioned by a Kenyan agency following a request under paragraph 1 (c) of article 91 the Rome Statute has committed a crime within the jurisdiction of the ICC, the person—

(e) shall be informed, before being questioned, that there are grounds to believe that he has committed a crime within the jurisdiction of the ICC and that he has the right—

(ii) to have legal assistance of his choosing, or, if he does not have legal assistance, to have legal assistance assigned to him, in any case where the interests of justice so require, and without payment by him in any such case if he does not have sufficient means to pay for it; and

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 55
Rights of persons during an investigation
2. Where there are grounds to believe that a person has committed a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court and that person is about to be questioned either by the Prosecutor, or by national authorities pursuant to a request made under Part 9, that person shall also have the following rights of which he or she shall be informed prior to being questioned:
(c) To have legal assistance of the person's choosing, or, if the person does not have legal assistance, to have legal assistance assigned to him or her, in any case where the interests of justice so require, and without payment by the person in any such case if the person does not have sufficient means to pay for it