'Rights during trial - interpretation and translation' in document 'Mongolia - Constitution'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Part IV
The Judiciary

Article 53 [Court Language]

(1) Court trials are to be conducted in the Mongolian language.

(2) A person who does not know Mongolian is acquainted with all the facts of the case through translation and has the right to use his or her native language at the trial.

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:
(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