'Rights during investigation - informed of belief that crime has been committed' in document 'Ecuador - Constitution'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Title II
Rights

CHAPTER EIGHT
Rights to protection

Article 77. In any criminal proceedings where a person has been arrested and detained, the following basic guarantees shall be observed :

3. All persons, at any moment of detention, shall have the right to know, clearly and in simple language, the reason for their arrest and detention, the identity of the judge or authority ordering the detention, the identity of those who enforced the order and that of the persons responsible for the respective questioning.

Title II
Rights

CHAPTER EIGHT
Rights to protection

Article 77. In any criminal proceedings where a person has been arrested and detained, the following basic guarantees shall be observed :

7. The right of all persons to defense includes :

a) To be informed, previously and in detail, in their own language and in simple words, about the claims and proceedings being filed against them and about the identity of the authority responsible for the claim or proceedings being filed.

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:
(a) To be informed, prior to being questioned, that there are grounds to believe that he or she has committed a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court