'Rights during investigation - not to be subjected to any form of coercion, duress or threat, to torture or to any other form of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment' in document 'Kazakhstan - Constitution'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Section VII
Court and justice

Article 77

3. In application of law a judge must be guided by the following principles :

9) evidence obtained by illegal means shall have no juridical force. No person may be sentenced on the basis of his own admission of guilt ;

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 55
Rights of persons during an investigation
1. In respect of an investigation under this Statute, a person:
(b) Shall not be subjected to any form of coercion, duress or threat, to torture or to any other form of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment