PUBLIC DEFENCE COUNSEL

SECTION 17
If the International Criminal Court requests that a measure that is based on the Statute should be executed in Sweden regarding a person who is suspected or has been charged or sentenced by the Court for a crime, that person shall, if he or she so requests, be assisted by public defence counsel. The provisions of the Code of Judicial Procedure apply to such issues except as provided by Section 19.

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