Practice question
A foreign defendant cannot understand or speak the language used in a criminal court. The State Party denies an interpreter solely because the defendant is not a citizen. Under ICCPR Article 14(3)(f), what is required?
- An interpreter only if the defendant becomes naturalized.
- Free assistance of an interpreter under the stated language condition.
- Automatic acquittal without trial.
- A private interpreter paid exclusively by the defendant in every case.
- Expulsion instead of all criminal procedure.
Legal references
- ICCPR, Articles 9, 13 and 14: https://2covenants.ohchr.org/About-ICCPR.html
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