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McReggae wrote:Wanachubilee....mko wapi, hold up in a meeting to discuss this??? haha... you seem to be highly elated by this development.
Yet you have always said you want UK to met RAO at the debe.
according to ICC procedures it is the right of the accused to be present in his / her trial.... read the following quotation from ICC article 67
Article 67
Rights of the accused
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:
To be informed promptly and in detail of the nature, cause and content of the charge, in a language which the accused fully understands and speaks;
To have adequate time and facilities for the preparation of the defence and to communicate freely with counsel of the accused's choosing in confidence;
To be tried without undue delay;
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;
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;
The ICC is young court and it is still developing its processes.... UK and WR can still apply to be represented at the trial by their lawyers...if they are elected as president and Deputy president.... this means they will forfeit their right to be present at the trial.
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