TITLE II: FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND GUARANTEES
CHAPTER V: Social and Economic Rights
Section IX: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty
Article 73
II. Every person deprived of liberty has the right to communicate freely with his or her defense lawyer, interpreter, family and close friends. Deprivation of communication is prohibited. Any limitation of communication may only take place in the context of investigation of the commission of crimes, and shall last a maximum of twenty four hours.
Artículo 119 .
I. Las partes en conflicto gozarán de igualdad de oportunidades para ejercer durante el proceso las facultades y los derechos que les asistan, sea por la vía ordinaria o por la indígena originaria campesina.
II. Toda persona tiene derecho inviolable a la defensa. El Estado proporcionará a las personas denunciadas o imputadas una defensora o un defensor gratuito, en los casos en que éstas no cuenten con los recursos económicos necesarios.
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