'Rights during investigation - remain silent' in document 'Ukraine - Constitution'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Title II

HUMAN AND CITIZEN RIGHTS, FREEDOMS, AND DUTIES

Article 63. A person shall not bear responsibility for refusing to testify or to provide explanations about himself/herself, members of his/her family, or close relatives, the circle of whom is determined by law.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

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