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Venezuela
Practice Relating to Rule 100. Fair Trial Guarantees
Section H. Assistance of an interpreter
IV. National Legislation
Venezuela’s Penal Procedure Code (2009), which is applicable to the prosecution of war crimes, states: “The indicted [person] will have the following rights: … to be assisted free of charge by a translator or interpreter, if he or she does not understand or speak Spanish.” 
Venezuela, Penal Procedure Code, 2009, Article 125(4); see also Article 167.
Venezuela’s Penal Procedure Code (2012), which is applicable to the prosecution of war crimes, states: “The indicted [person] will have the following rights: … to be assisted free of charge by a translator or interpreter, if he or she does not understand or speak Spanish.” 
Venezuela, Penal Procedure Code, 2012, Article 127(4); see also Article 151.