'Rights during investigation - arbitrary arrest or detention and deprivation of liberty' in document 'Afghanistan - Constitution'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Chapter Two : Fundamental Rights and Duties of Citizens

Article Twenty-Four

Liberty is the natural right of human beings. This right has no limits unless affecting others freedoms as well as the public interest, which shall be regulated by law. Liberty and human dignity are inviolable. The state shall respect and protect liberty as well as human dignity.

Chapter Two : Fundamental Rights and Duties of Citizens

Article Twenty-Seven

No deed shall be considered a crime unless ruled by a law promulgated prior to commitment of the offense. No one shall be pursued, arrested, or detained without due process of law. No one shall be punished without the decision of an authoritative court taken in accordance with the provisions of the law, promulgated prior to commitment of the offense.

Chapter Seven : The Judiciary

Article One Hundred Twenty-Nine

In issuing decision, the court is obligated to state the reason for its verdict. All final decisions of the courts shall be enforced, except for capital punishment, which shall require Presidential approval.


RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

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