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1. All persons shall be equal before the International Tribunal.
2. In the determination of charges against him, the accused shall be entitled to a fair and public hearing, subject to article 22 of the Statute.
3. The accused shall be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to the provisions of the present Statute.
4. In the determination of any charge against the accused pursuant to the present Statute, the accused shall be entitled to the following minimum guarantees, in full equality:
(a)to be informed promptly and in detail in a language which he understands of the nature and cause of the charge against him;
(b)to have adequate time and facilities for the preparation of his defence and to communicate with counsel of his own choosing;
(c)to be tried without undue delay;
(d)to be tried in his presence, and to defend himself in person or through legal assistance of his own choosing; to be informed, if he does not have legal assistance, of this right; and to have legal assistance assigned to him, in any case where the interests of justice so require, and without payment by him in any such case if he does not have sufficent means to pay for it;
(e)to examine, or have examined, the witnesses against him and to obtain the attendance and examination of witnesses on his behalf under the same conditions as witnesses against him;
(f)to have the free assistance of an interpreter if he cannot understand or speak the language used in the International Court;
(g)not to be compelled to testify against himself or to confess guilt.
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