Part One
GENERAL PROVISIONS

Chapter I
BASIC RULES

Rights of Suspects i.e. Accused Persons

Article 4

(3) During the first hearing, the suspects and the accused parties shall be informed that they are not obliged to give any statements whatsoever nor answer the questions they are asked and that all statements they make may be used as evidence.

Part One
GENERAL PROVISIONS

Chapter I
BASIC RULES

Rights of Detained Persons

Article 5
(1) Persons deprived of liberty by a competent public authority shall be immediately informed in their language or in a language they understand about the grounds for their apprehension and, at the same time, informed that they are not obliged to make a statement, that they have a right to a defence attorney of their own choice and to request that a person of their choosing be informed on their deprivation of liberty as well as a diplomatic consular representative of a state whose nationals they are or a representative of appropriate international organization if they are stateless persons or refugees.

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