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

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CHAPTER II
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS

48. Rights on arrest or detention

Everyone has the right on arrest or detention :

(c) to remain silent, except to establish identity, and to be informed of this right ;

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