Part One
GENERAL PROVISIONS

Chapter IV
PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROCEDURE

Article 50. Defendants
1. Defendants are persons whom the courts have decided to bring for trial.

2. Defendants have the following rights:
a/ To receive decisions to bring the cases for trial; decisions to apply, change or cancel deterrent measures; decisions to cease the cases; judgments and/or decisions of the courts; and other procedural decisions as prescribed by this Code;
b/ To participate in court sessions;
c/ To be explained on their rights and obligations;
d/ To request the change of procedure-conducting persons, experts and/or interpreters in accordance with this Code;
e/ To present documents, objects as well as claims;
f/ To defend by themselves or ask other persons to defend them; g/ To present opinions, argue at court sessions;
h/ To have final words before the judgment deliberation;
i/ To appeal against judgments and decisions of the courts;
j/ To complain about procedural decisions and acts of the bodies and persons with procedure-conducting competence.

3. Defendants must appear in response to the subpoenas of the courts; in case of non-appearance without plausible reasons, they may be escorted; if they escape, they shall be pursued.

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:
(e) To examine, or have examined, the witnesses against him or her and to obtain the attendance and examination of witnesses on his or her behalf under the same conditions as witnesses against him or her. The accused shall also be entitled to raise defences and to present other evidence admissible under this Statute