Rights during investigation - legal assistance

Latvia

Latvia - Criminal Procedure Code 2005 (2022) EN

Section 435. Rights of an Accused in Agreement Proceedings

(1) An accused has the following rights in agreement proceedings:

11) to receive the legal assistance of a defence counsel.

Section 677. Participation of an Advocate

(1) In performing criminal-legal co-operation, an advocate shall be summoned to provide legal assistance to a person, or, in the cases provided for in this Part of this Law, to perform the assistance of a defence counsel.

Section 698. Person to be Extradited and his or her Rights

(2) A person to be extradited has the following rights:

6) to retain an advocate for the receipt of legal assistance and to meet the advocate in circumstances that ensure confidentiality of conversations;

Rome Statute

Article 55 Rights of persons during an investigation

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