Trials in absentia

Lesotho

Lesotho - Constitution 1993 (2018) EN

''CHAPTER II. PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, 12. Right to fair trial, etc''
(2) Every person who is charged with a criminal offence-
(....)and except with his own consent the trial shall not take place in his absence unless he so conducts himself as to render the continuance of the proceedings in his presence impracticable and the court has ordered him to be removed and the trial to proceed in his absence.

Lesotho - Constitution 1993 EN

CHAPTER II PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RICHTS FREEDOMS

12. Right to fair trial, etc.

and except with his own consent the trial shall not take place in his absence unless he so conducts himself as to render the continuance of the proceedings in his presence impracticable and the court has ordered him to be removed and the trial to proceed in his absence.

Rome Statute

Article 63 Trial in the presence of the accused

1. The accused shall be present during the trial.