Rights during trial - informed promptly and in detail of charges

Guyana

Guyana - Constitution 1980 (2016) EN

PART 2. SPECIFIC RULES

TITLE 1. PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF THE INDIVIDUAL

144. Provisions to secure protection of law
2 b. shall be informed as soon as reasonably practicable, in a language that he or she understands and in detail, of the nature of the offence charged;

Guyana - Criminal Law Procedure Act 1894 (2012) EN

PART III PROCEEDINGS IN THE COURT
TITLE 11 – TRIAL

Arraignment
138. Every accused person, on being called upon to plead, shall be entitled to have the indictment on which he is to be tried read over to him.

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:

(a) To be informed promptly and in detail of the nature, cause and content of the charge, in a language which the accused fully understands and speaks;