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

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART I
RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF CITIZENS

TITLE I
CIVIL RELATIONS

Art. 13

No one may be detained, inspected, or searched nor otherwise subjected to any restriction of personal liberty except by order of the Judiciary stating a reason and only in such cases and in such manner as provided by the law.

In exceptional circumstances and under such conditions of necessity and urgency as shall conclusively be defined by the law, the police may take provisional measures that shall be referred within 48 hours to the Judiciary for validation and which, in default of such validation in the following 48 hours, shall be revoked and considered null and void.

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