Right to Be Informed about Evidence and Right to Offer Evidence
Article 58
(2) At the main hearing, the injured party and the private prosecutor shall be entitled to offer evidence, to examine the defendant, witnesses and expert witnesses and to put forward remarks and explanations as regards their statements as well as to make other statements and proposals.
Examination of Witnesses and Expert Witnesses outside the Main Hearing
Article 310
(1) If it is known that a witness or expert witness summoned to the main hearing but not yet examined will not be able to appear at the main hearing due to a long-term illness or some other impediments, s/he may be examined in the place where s/he resides.
(2) A witness or expert witness shall be examined and, when necessary, be sworn in by the Chair of the Panel or a judge who sits as a member of the Panel, or s/he shall be examined by the investigating judge of the court in whose jurisdictional territory the witness or expert witness resides.
(3) The parties and the injured party shall be notified about the time and place of the hearing if this is possible due to urgency of the proceedings. If the defendant has been put in detention, the Chair of the Panel shall decide on the need for his/her presence at the hearing. When the parties and the injured party are present at the hearing they shall have the rights guaranteed in Article 282, paragraph 7 of the present Code.
Putting Questions to Witnesses and Expert Witnesses
Article 350
(1) After the witness or expert witness has been heard, the parties, Chair of the Panel and members of the Panel may put questions to him/her directly, in the consecutive order as determined in Article 342, paragraph 1 of the present Code. The injured party, proxy, legal representative and expert witnesses may ask questions directly, subject to the approval of the Chair of the Panel.
(2) The Chair of the Panel shall forbid a question or reject the answer to the question that has already been asked if the question is impermissible (Article 101), or if it does not relate to the case. If the Chair of the Panel forbids a certain question or an answer, the parties may request that a decision on it is taken by the Panel.
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:
(e) To examine, or have examined, the witnesses against him or her and to obtain the attendance and examination of witnesses on his or her behalf under the same conditions as witnesses against him or her. The accused shall also be entitled to raise defences and to present other evidence admissible under this Statute;