Rights during trial - legal assistance

Mexico

Mexico - Constitution 1917 (2015) EN

TITLE ONE

CHAPTER I
Fundamental rights

Article 20

B. Defendant’s rights

II. Any confession made without the assistance of a defender shall have no weight as evidence.

TITLE ONE

CHAPTER I
Fundamental rights

Article 20

B. Defendant’s rights

VIII. Defendant has the right to a lawyer, whom he shall freely choose even from the moment of his arrest. If he does not want a lawyer or cannot appoint one, the judge shall appoint a public defender. Defendant’s lawyer is obliged to appear in all the acts related to defendant’s proceeding.

''TITLE ONE, CHAPTER I: Human Rights and Guarantees, Article 20''

B. Defendant's rights
II. The accused has the right to remain silent. From the moment of his

arrest, the defendant shall be informed about the charges against him

and his right to keep silent, which cannot be used against him. All forms

of intimidation, torture and lack of communication are forbidden and

shall be punished by the law. Any confession made without the

assistance of a defender shall have no weight as evidence.

''TITLE ONE, CHAPTER I: Human Rights and Guarantees, Article 20''

B. Defendant's rights
VIII. Defendant has the right to a lawyer, whom he shall freely choose even

from the moment of his arrest. If he does not want a lawyer or cannot

appoint one at the moment of request, the judge shall appoint a public

defender.

The defendant has the right that his lawyer appears in every acts of the

process. Defendant’s lawyer is obliged to appear in all the acts related

to defendant’s proceeding.

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:

(d) Subject to article 63, paragraph 2, to be present at the trial, to conduct the defence in person or through legal assistance of the accused's choosing, to be informed, if the accused does not have legal assistance, of this right and to have legal assistance assigned by the Court in any case where the interests of justice so require, and without payment if the accused lacks sufficient means to pay for it;