'Rights during investigation - informed of belief that crime has been committed' in document 'Uruguay - Constitution (English)'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

SECTION II
Rights, Duties and Guarantees

Chapter I

Article 15.
No one may be arrested except in case of flagrante delicto or by written order of a competent judge based on reasonable grounds.

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:
(a) To be informed, prior to being questioned, that there are grounds to believe that he or she has committed a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court