Title 1 Of the Fundamental Rights and Duties
Chapter 1 Of Civil Rights and Duties
Article 4
The right to a defense, including that of freely choosing one's defender is guaranteed before all the jurisdictions.
Title 2 Of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Duties, of the Individual and of the Citizen
Article 39
The right to a defense is guaranteed before all jurisdictions.
No one may be deprived, against their will, of the judge that the law assigns to them.
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