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

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Title II

HUMAN AND CITIZEN RIGHTS, FREEDOMS, AND DUTIES

Article 29. Every person shall have the right to freedom and personal inviolability.
No one shall be arrested or held in custody except under a substantiated court decision and on the grounds and in accordance with the procedure established by law.
In the event of an urgent necessity to prevent or stop a crime, bodies authorised by law may hold a person in custody as a temporary preventive measure, the reasonable grounds for which shall be verified by court within seventy two hours. The detained person shall be immediately released if a substantiated court decision regarding his detention is not served to them within seventy-two hours.
Every person, arrested or detained, shall be informed without delay of the reasons for his arrest or detention, apprised of his rights, and from the moment
of detention, shall be given an opportunity to personally defend himself/herself or to receive legal assistance from a defender.
Every person detained shall have the right to challenge his detention in court at any time. Relatives of an arrested or detained person shall be informed immediately
of such an arrest or detention.

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