TITLE III: DECLARATIONS, RIGHTS, AND GUARANTEES
CHAPTER II: Individual Rights
Article 82
The right of defense is inviolable.
The inhabitants of the Republic have free access to the courts to bring actions in
accordance with law.
TITLE III: DECLARATIONS, RIGHTS, AND GUARANTEES
CHAPTER II: Individual Rights
Article 83
The State shall appoint counsel to defend the poor and to protect the persons and
interests of minors and the incompetent. They shall give legal assistance to them and
represent them judicially in defense of their personal liberty and other rights.
Artículo 83. Corresponde al Estado nombrar procuradores para la defensa de los pobres y para que velen por las personas e intereses de los menores e incapaces.
Darán a ellos asistencia legal y los representarán judicialmente en la defensa de
su libertad individual y demás derechos.
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