POLITICAL CONSTITUTION OF COLOMBIA

TITLE II - CONCERNING RIGHTS, GUARANTEES, AND DUTIES

CHAPTER I -CONCERNING FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS

Article 12. No one will be subjected to forced imprisonment, nor submitted to torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment.

POLITICAL CONSTITUTION OF COLOMBIA

TITLE II - CONCERNING RIGHTS, GUARANTEES, AND DUTIES

CHAPTER I -CONCERNING FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS

Article 28. Every person is free. No one may be importuned in his/her person or family, sent to jail or arrested, nor may his/her home be searched except pursuant to a written order from a competent legal authority, subject to legal process and for reasons previously established by law.

A person in preventive detention will be placed at the disposition of a competent judge within the subsequent 36 hours so that the latter may make an appropriate determination within the limits established by law.

In no case may there be detention, a prison term, arrest for debts nor application of sanctions or security measures that are not subject to limitations of time.

Article 55
Rights of persons during an investigation
1. In respect of an investigation under this Statute, a person:
(d) Shall not be subjected to arbitrary arrest or detention, and shall not be deprived of his or her liberty except on such grounds and in accordance with such procedures as are established in this Statute