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The relevant provisions of implementing legislation: [1] [2] [3] [4]
The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CHAPTER 2 - BILL OF RIGHTS

Rights of arrested and detained persons
SECTION 13

(1) Every person who is arrested or detained has the right—
(a) to be informed promptly, in a language that he or she understands, of—
(ii) the right to remain silent; and
(iii) the consequences of not remaining silent;

CHAPTER 2 - BILL OF RIGHTS

Rights of arrested and detained persons
SECTION 13

(2) Whenever this section requires information to be given to a person, that information must be given simply and clearly in a language that the person understands.

CHAPTER 2 - BILL OF RIGHTS

Rights of accused persons
SECTION 14

(3) Whenever this section requires information to be given to a person, that information must be given as simply and clearly as practicable, in a language that the person understands.

CHAPTER 2 - BILL OF RIGHTS

Access to courts and tribunals
SECTION 15

(6) Every person charged with an offence, every party to civil proceedings, and every witness in criminal or civil proceedings has the right to give evidence and to be questioned in a language that he or she understands.

(7) Every person charged with an offence and every party to civil proceedings has the right to follow the proceedings in a language that he or she understands.

(8) To give effect to the rights referred to in subsections (6) and (7), the court or tribunal concerned must, when the interests of justice so require, provide, without cost to the person concerned, the services of an interpreter or of a person competent in sign language.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 55
Rights of persons during an investigation
1. In respect of an investigation under this Statute, a person:
(c) Shall, if questioned in a language other than a language the person fully understands and speaks, have, free of any cost, the assistance of a competent interpreter and such translations as are necessary to meet the requirements of fairness