Rights during trial - legal assistance

Cabo Verde

Cabo Verde - Constitution 1992 (2010) EN

Article 22
(Access to justice)

2. Everyone shall be granted, personally or through associations of defense of the interests involved, the right to promote the prevention, termination or judicial prosecution of offenses against health, the environment, quality of life and cultural heritage.

Rome Statute

Article 67 Rights of the accused

1. In the determination of any charge, the accused shall be entitled to a public hearing, having regard to the provisions of this Statute, to a fair hearing conducted impartially, and to the following minimum guarantees, in full equality:

(d) Subject to article 63, paragraph 2, to be present at the trial, to conduct the defence in person or through legal assistance of the accused's choosing, to be informed, if the accused does not have legal assistance, of this right and to have legal assistance assigned by the Court in any case where the interests of justice so require, and without payment if the accused lacks sufficient means to pay for it;