Viet Nam

Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

CHAPTER V
BASIC RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF CITIZENS

Article 72

No citizen shall be considered guilty and liable to punishment until a verdict has been reached by the Court and has come into effect.

Citizens who are arrested, detained, brought to court and sentenced unlawfully are entitled to damage compensation and to rehabilitation of their honour. Anyone who in arresting, detaining, prosecuting or sentencing some one unlawfully causes damage to others must be sanctioned by law.

Keywords

Presumption of innocence



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