Venezuela
Practice Relating to Rule 100. Fair Trial Guarantees
Section G. Examination of witnesses
Venezuela’s Penal Procedure Code (2009), which is applicable to the prosecution of war crimes, states:
Article 355. … [T]he presiding judge will call all the witnesses, one at a time …
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Article 356. After swearing in the … witness … the presiding judge will accord him or her the right to speak …
At the end of the account, [the judge] will permit direct interrogation. The person proposing the witness will begin, followed by the other parties in the order determined by the presiding judge; efforts will be made to ensure that the defence is the last to interrogate [the witness].
Venezuela’s Penal Procedure Code (2012), which is applicable to the prosecution of war crimes, states:
Article 338. … [T]he judge will call all the witnesses, one at a time …
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Article 339. After swearing in the … witness … the judge will accord him or her the right to speak …
At the end of the account, [the judge] will permit direct interrogation. The person proposing the [witness] will begin, followed by the other parties in the order determined by the judge; efforts will be made to ensure that the defence is the last to interrogate [the witness].