Venezuela
Practice Relating to Rule 100. Fair Trial Guarantees
Section H. Assistance of an interpreter
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’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.”