Subsection 1: Right to communicate

The detained foreign national shall be informed as soon as possible that, in the place of detention, he or she has the right to request the assistance of an interpreter, counsel and a doctor, and that he or she may communicate with his or her consulate and any person of his or her choice. This information will be provided in a language that the detainee understands.In the event of a…

In each place of detention, the detained foreign national may confer confidentially with his lawyer in a room set aside for this purpose. This room shall be accessible in all circumstances at the request of the lawyer, except in cases of force majeure.The procedures for applying this article shall be specified, as necessary, by decree in the Council of State.