SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO USE MOTHER TONGUE OR LANGUAGE, WHICH PERSON UNDERSTANDS, IN THE COURT PROCEEDING

Abstract

In the article the author researched the international affirmation of the rights of persons with hearing impairments and their implementation in the national legislation. The concepts of sign language interpretation and sign language interpreters are opened. The author distinguishes the rights, dutiesand liability of the sign language interpreter during the implementation of the constitutional right of hearing impaired persons to use their mother tongue or the language which they understand. In addition, the peculiarities of the sign language interpreter’sinvolvement into the litigation by centers for the provision of free secondary legal aid and through the Register of Sign Language Interpreters were analyzed; peculiarities of certification of sign language interpreters were demonstrated. The author also paid attention to the problems of the order and amount of expenses’ compensation and payment of remuneration for the provision of sign language interpretation services in the litigation. In addition to the procedural issues of the sign language interpreter’s participation in the litigation, the specificity of the judicial sign language interpretation’s realization in the litigation was also explored and the organizational conditions for its effectiveness were determined.