'Rights during trial - raise defences' in document 'Marshall Islands - Criminal Procedure Act'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART IV - RIGHTS OF DEFENDANTS

§137. Enumerated.

Every defendant in a criminal case before a court of the Republic shall be entitled :

(d) to bring with him to the trial such material witnesses as he may desire or to have them summoned by the court at his request ;

PART IV - RIGHTS OF DEFENDANTS

§137. Enumerated.

Every defendant in a criminal case before a court of the Republic shall be entitled :

(e) to give evidence on his own behalf at his own request at the trial, although he may not be compelled to do so ;

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