'Rights during trial - remain silent' in document 'Tuvalu - Constitution'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Part 2 – Bill of Rights
Division 3 – Protection of the fundamental rights and freedoms
Subdivision A – Protection Generally
22 Protection of Law
(10) No-one who is tried for an offence shall be compelled to give evidence at the trial.

PART II

BILL OF RIGHTS

DIVISION 3 - PROTECTION OF THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS

Subdivision A - Protection Generally

22 Protection of law

(10) No-one who is tried for an offence shall be compelled to give evidence at the trial.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 67
Rights of the accused
1. In the determination of any charge, the accused shall be entitled to a public hearing, having regard to the provisions of this Statute, to a fair hearing conducted impartially, and to the following minimum guarantees, in full equality:
(g) Not to be compelled to testify or to confess guilt and to remain silent, without such silence being a consideration in the determination of guilt or innocence