Article 8- Questioning of witnesses

The courts for serious crimes and the courts of appeal for serious crimes may permit that questioning of witnesses, as well as confrontations and permissible readings be performed under the following rules, either together or separately:

a) in the presence of the defendant and the defence attorney, but without visual contact;

b) without communicating to the defendant and the defence attorney the identity of the witness;

c) in certain other cases and ways, determined according to the legislation on the protection of witnesses and justice collaborators.

Article 63
Trial in the presence of the accused
2. If the accused, being present before the Court, continues to disrupt the trial, the Trial Chamber may remove the accused and shall make provision for him or her to observe the trial and instruct counsel from outside the courtroom, through the use of communications technology, if required. Such measures shall be taken only in exceptional circumstances after other reasonable alternatives have proved inadequate, and only for such duration as is strictly required.

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