Section I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 1
BASIC PROVISIONS
Article 19. Language of criminal proceedings
Criminal proceedings are conducted in Ukrainian or in a language spoken by the majority of local population.
Participants to the case who do not speak the language in which proceedings are conducted are ensured the right to make statements, give testimonies, submit motions, review all records of the case, speak mother language in court, and have translator as prescribed in the present Code.
Investigatory and judicial documents, in accordance with procedure established in the present Code, are handed over to the accused in translation to his/her mother language or other language he/she knows.
Section IX
SURRENDER OF THE PERSON (EXTRADITION)
Chapter 37
SURRENDER OF THE PERSON (EXTRADITION)
Article 460. Features of participation of the translator in the course of surrender of the person (extradition)
At any stage of surrender of the person (extradition) body of inquiry which has detained such person, the court or body which carries out extradition check, can engage the translator if such person does not know language by which proceedings are carried out, or there is a necessity for providing of translation of documents.
Section IX
SURRENDER OF THE PERSON (EXTRADITION)
Chapter 37
SURRENDER OF THE PERSON (EXTRADITION)
Article 463. Extradition arrest
Besides the petition the following documents are submitted to court:
1) a copy of request of the competent body of foreign state on surrender of the person (extradition), certified by the central body;
2) documents on citizenship of the person;
3) available materials of extradition check.
Materials, submitted to the court, shall be translated into state language or other language provided by the international treaty of Ukraine.
1. The official languages of the Court shall be Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. The judgements of the Court, as well as other decisions resolving fundamental issues before the Court, shall be published in the official languages. The Presidency shall, in accordance with the criteria established by the Rules of Procedure and Evidence, determine which decisions may be considered as resolving fundamental issues for the purposes of this paragraph.
2. The working languages of the Court shall be English and French. The Rules of Procedure and Evidence shall determine the cases in which other official languages may be used as working languages.
3. At the request of any party to a proceeding or a State allowed to intervene in a proceeding, the Court shall authorize a language other than English or French to be used by such a party or State, provided that the Court considers such authorization to be adequately justified.
2. Where there are grounds to believe that a person has committed a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court and that person is about to be questioned either by the Prosecutor, or by national authorities pursuant to a request made under Part 9, that person shall also have the following rights of which he or she shall be informed prior to being questioned:
(c) To have legal assistance of the person's choosing, or, if the person does not have legal assistance, to have legal assistance assigned to him or her, in any case where the interests of justice so require, and without payment by the person in any such case if the person does not have sufficient means to pay for it; and
2. Requests for cooperation and any documents supporting the request shall either be in or be accompanied by a translation into an official language of the requested State or one of the working languages of the Court, in accordance with the choice made by that State upon ratification, acceptance, approval or accession. Subsequent changes to this choice shall be made in accordance with the Rules of Procedure and Evidence.