Ecuador

Constitucion de la Republica del Ecuador

Title II
Rights

CHAPTER EIGHT
Rights to protection

Article 77. In any criminal proceedings where a person has been arrested and detained, the following basic guarantees shall be observed :

7. The right of all persons to defense includes :

a) To be informed, previously and in detail, in their own language and in simple words, about the claims and proceedings being filed against them and about the identity of the authority responsible for the claim or proceedings being filed.
b) The right to remain silent.
c) No one can be forced to make statements incriminating oneself with regard to matters that could lead to their criminal liability.

8. No one can be required to make a statement in a criminal trial against one’s spouse, life partner or relatives up to the fourth degree of consanguinity or second degree of affinity, except in cases of domestic, sexual and gender violence. The voluntary statements made by the victims of a crime or by the relatives of these victims, regardless of the degree of kinship, shall be admissible. These persons can file and pursue the corresponding criminal proceedings.

Keywords

Fair trial standards



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