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Part One
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter I
BASIC RULES
Rights of Detained Persons
Article 5
(2) Persons deprived of liberty without a judgment shall be brought immediately before the competent State Prosecutor with the exception of cases provided for in the present Code.
Part One
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter I
BASIC RULES
Right to a Prompt Trial
Article 15
(1) The accused persons shall have the right to be brought before the court in the shortest possible time and to a prompt trial.
(2) The court shall be obliged to conduct the proceedings without delays and to prevent all abuses of rights that are vested in participants in the proceedings.
(3) The duration of detention and other forms of restrictions of freedom shall be reduced to the shortest necessary time.
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