Rights during trial - interpretation and translation

Ghana

Ghana - Constitution 1992 (1996) EN

CHAPTER 5. FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
Part I. General

19. FAIR TRIAL
(2) A person charged with a criminal offence shall -
h. be permitted to have, without payment by him, the assistance of an interpreter where he cannot understand the language used at the trial; and

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:

(f) To have, free of any cost, the assistance of a competent interpreter and such translations as are necessary to meet the requirements of fairness, if any of the proceedings of or documents presented to the Court are not in a language which the accused fully understands and speaks;