Related Rule
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 …
…
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, Penal Procedure Code, 2009, Articles 355–356.
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 …
…
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].
Venezuela, Penal Procedure Code, 2012, Articles 338–339.
