Trials in absentia

Dominica

Dominica - Constitution 1978 (2014) EN

Chapter 1 Fundamental rights and freedoms

Article 8

Provisions to secure protection of law

and the trial shall not take place in his absence unless he so conducts himself as to render the continuance of the proceedings in his presence impracticable and the court has ordered him to be removed and the trial to proceed in his absence:

Provided that the trial may take place in his absence in any case in which it is so provided by a law under which he is entitled to adequate notice of the charge and the date, time and place of the trial and to a reasonable opportunity of appearing before the court.

Rome Statute

Article 63 Trial in the presence of the accused

1. The accused shall be present during the trial.