'Rights during investigation - remain silent' in document 'Czech republic - Charter of Rights'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Chapter Five
The Right to Judicial and Other Legal Protection

Article 37

(1) Everyone has the right to refuse to give testimony if she would thereby incriminate herself or a person close to her.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 55
Rights of persons during an investigation
2. Where there are grounds to believe that a person has committed a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court and that person is about to be questioned either by the Prosecutor, or by national authorities pursuant to a request made under Part 9, that person shall also have the following rights of which he or she shall be informed prior to being questioned:
(b) To remain silent, without such silence being a consideration in the determination of guilt or innocence