'Rights during trial - informed promptly and in detail of charges' in document 'Croatia - Criminal Procedure Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE 2009

Part one – GENERAL PROVISIONS

Chapter I - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

Article 4

(3) The State Attorney's office, the investigator and the police authority shall explicate the suspicion of a criminal offence, for which the public prosecution is undertaken, independently and without bias. These authorities shall be bound to collect data on the guilt and innocence of the defendant with equal solicitude.

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:
(a) To be informed promptly and in detail of the nature, cause and content of the charge, in a language which the accused fully understands and speaks