Text proposed by the BLDC Special Groups
Our proposed text
(iii) To be tried without undue
delay;
(iv)
to
(v)
or
be tried in his presence,
defend
defend himself in person through legal assistance of his own choosing and to be informed, if he does not have legal assistance, of this right;
То have legal assistance assigned to him,
to him, in any case where
interests justice So require
the
of
and
without payment by him in any such case if he does not have sufficient means to pay for
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it;
(vi)
Το
(vii)
examine,
examined, the
or
have witnesses against him and to obtain the
attendance
and
examination of witnesses on his behalf under the same conditions
as witnesses against him;
To have the free assistance of an interpreter if he cannot understand or speak the language used in court;
(viii) Not to be compelled to testify against himself or to confess guilt.