PART TWO
HUMAN RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES

2. PERSONAL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES

Deprivation of liberty

Article 29

The person deprived of his/her liberty shall have the right to the defense counsel of his/her own choosing present at his interrogation.

PART TWO
HUMAN RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES

2. PERSONAL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES

Right to defense

Article 37
Every one shall be guaranteed the right to defense, and especially : to be informed in the language he/she understands about the charges against thereof ; to have sufficient time to prepare defense and to be defended personally or through a defense attorney of his/her own choosing.

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:
(d) Subject to article 63, paragraph 2, to be present at the trial, to conduct the defence in person or through legal assistance of the accused's choosing, to be informed, if the accused does not have legal assistance, of this right and to have legal assistance assigned by the Court in any case where the interests of justice so require, and without payment if the accused lacks sufficient means to pay for it