Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, para. 3c
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3. Everyone charged with a criminal offence has the following minimum rights:
c. to defend himself in person or through legal assistance of his own choosing or, if he has not sufficient means to pay for legal assistance, to be given it free when the interests of justice so require;
Legal status
Legally binding
Body
Council of Europe
Document type
Regional treaty
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Civil & Political Rights
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
All
Year
1950
Paragraph type
Article
Reference
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1950), Article 6, 3c.