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The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Chapter IV
Fundamental Rights

35. (3) Any person who is arrested or detained shall be informed in writing within twenty-four hours (and in a language that he understands) of the facts and grounds for his arrest or detention.

Chapter IV
Fundamental Rights

36. (6) Every person who is charged with a criminal offence shall be entitled to -

(a) be informed promptly in the language that he understands and in detail of the nature of the offence ;

Chapter IV
Fundamental Rights

36. (6) Every person who is charged with a criminal offence shall be entitled to -

(e) have, without payment, the assistance of an interpreter if he cannot understand the language used at the trial of the offence.