Taking of evidence - national proceedings

Plurinational State of Bolivia

Bolivia - Constitution (EN) 2009

TITLE II: FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND GUARANTEES
CHAPTER III: Civil and Political Rights
Section I: Civil Rights
Article 25
I. Every person has the right to the inviolability of his home and to the confidentiality of private communications of all forms, except as authorized by a court.
II. Correspondence, private papers and private statements contained in any medium are inviolable and may not be seized except in cases determined by law for criminal investigation, based on a written order issued by a competent judicial authority.
III. No public authority, person or organization may intercept private conversations or communications by an installation that monitors or centralized them.
IV. The information and proof obtained by violation of correspondence and communications, in whatever form, has no legal effect.

Rome Statute

Article 93 Other forms of cooperation

1. States Parties shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Part and under procedures of national law, comply with requests by the Court to provide the following assistance in relation to investigations or prosecutions:

(b) The taking of evidence, including testimony under oath, and the production of evidence, including expert opinions and reports necessary to the Court;