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PART III
BASIC RIGHTS AND DUTIES
The Right to Equality
13. Equality before the law
(6) To ensure equality before the law, the state authority shall make procedures which are appropriate or which take into account the following principles, namely :
(b) no person charged with a criminal offence shall be treated as guilty of the offence until proved guilty of that offence ;
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:
(i) Not to have imposed on him or her any reversal of the burden of proof or any onus of rebuttal