Rights during investigation - legal assistance

Djibouti

Djibouti - Constitution 1992 (2010) EN

TITLE II: OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE HUMAN PERSON
Article 10
The right to a defense, and including that of assistance by the attorney of one's own
choice, is guaranteed at all the stages of the procedure.

Rome Statute

Article 55 Rights of persons during an investigation

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