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

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART II
PARTICIPANT IN THE CRIMINAL PROCEEDING

CHAPTER FIVE
PARTICIPANTS IN PROCEEDINGS TO PROTECT THEIR OWN INTERESTS OR INTERESTS OF REPRESENTING PERSONS

Article 35. Suspect

35.2.1. to know for what crime he is being suspected;

35.2.2. to be presented with decree on initiation of a case against him/her, on his/her arrest, and on taking measures of restraints against him/her;

PART II
PARTICIPANT IN THE CRIMINAL PROCEEDING

CHAPTER FIVE
PARTICIPANTS IN PROCEEDINGS TO PROTECT THEIR OWN INTERESTS OR INTERESTS OF REPRESENTING PERSONS

Article 36. The Accused

36.3.1. to know for what offence he is accused of;

36.3.2. to be presented with decree to prosecute as the accused and with decree on measures of
restraint have been taken;

PART VII
PRE-COURT ACTIONS

CHAPTER TWENTY SIX
PRESENTATION OF THE ACCUSATION AND INTERROGATION OF THE ACCUSED

Article 196. Prosecuting as the Accused

196.2. A decree to prosecute as the accused must indicate the time and place it is drawn up, by whom the decree is drawn up, the surname, father's name and the first name of the person prosecuted as the accused; the article of the Criminal Code which provides for the crime which the given person is accused of committing, with an indication of the time, place, and other circumstances established.

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