Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines 1987

State:Philippines
Date: Feb. 11, 1987
Language:English
Status:Enacted
Version:PDF
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Admissibility of evidence - national proceedings
Compensation - national proceedings
Fair trial standards
Legal Aid
Ne bis in idem
Non-retroactivity
Presumption of innocence
Rights during investigation - arbitrary arrest or detention and deprivation of liberty
Rights during investigation - informed of belief that crime has been committed
Rights during investigation - legal assistance
Rights during investigation - not to be subjected to any form of coercion, duress or threat, to torture or to any other form of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
Rights during investigation - questioned in presence of counsel
Rights during investigation - remain silent
Rights during investigation - self incrimination
Rights during trial - burden of proof
Rights during trial - counsel of accused's choosing
Rights during trial - examine witnesses
Rights during trial - informed promptly and in detail of charges
Rights during trial - legal assistance
Rights during trial - present at trial
Rights during trial - raise defences
Rights during trial - remain silent
Rights during trial - tried without undue delay
Rights during trial - unsworn oral or written statement in defence
Trials in absentia