Chapter Six – Judiciary and Prosecutor's Office
Article 62 – Judicial proceedings
Legal proceedings shall be conducted in the official language. An individual who does not have a command of the official language shall be provided with an interpreter.
Chapter 5 Surrender of a person to the International Court
Article 26
Rights of a person subject to surrender
1. A request for surrender and its accompanying materials shall be served to the prosecuted person and his legal counsel in a language they understand.
Chapter 2 Provision of legal assistance in criminal cases
Article 9(1)
4. Unless otherwise provided for by an international or individual agreement or the conditions of reciprocity, when executing a request of a competent authority of a foreign state for the examination of a witness, expert or a victim located in the territory of Georgia by means of audio or video equipment, the following rules shall apply:
c. where necessary, an interpreter may participate in the process of examination.
1. The official languages of the Court shall be Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. The judgements of the Court, as well as other decisions resolving fundamental issues before the Court, shall be published in the official languages. The Presidency shall, in accordance with the criteria established by the Rules of Procedure and Evidence, determine which decisions may be considered as resolving fundamental issues for the purposes of this paragraph.
2. The working languages of the Court shall be English and French. The Rules of Procedure and Evidence shall determine the cases in which other official languages may be used as working languages.
3. At the request of any party to a proceeding or a State allowed to intervene in a proceeding, the Court shall authorize a language other than English or French to be used by such a party or State, provided that the Court considers such authorization to be adequately justified.
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
2. Requests for cooperation and any documents supporting the request shall either be in or be accompanied by a translation into an official language of the requested State or one of the working languages of the Court, in accordance with the choice made by that State upon ratification, acceptance, approval or accession. Subsequent changes to this choice shall be made in accordance with the Rules of Procedure and Evidence.