'Rights during investigation - arbitrary arrest or detention and deprivation of liberty' in document 'Armenia - Law on Treatment of Arrestees and Detainees'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 3. Grounds for Keeping a Person in Places of Arrest or Detention

An arrest warrant drawn up in compliance with the Criminal Procedural Code or a decision by a prosecuting body about arrest shall serve as grounds for keeping a person in places of arrest.
A court decision on choosing detention as a means of preventive punishment, passed in accordance with the Criminal Procedural Code, shall serve as a ground for keeping a person in places of detention.
It shall be forbidden to admit and keep a person in places of arrest and detention in the absence of the grounds described in the first or the second paragraphs of this article.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 55
Rights of persons during an investigation
1. In respect of an investigation under this Statute, a person:
(d) Shall not be subjected to arbitrary arrest or detention, and shall not be deprived of his or her liberty except on such grounds and in accordance with such procedures as are established in this Statute