Rights during investigation - not to be subjected to any form of coercion, duress or threat, to torture or to any other form of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

Tanzania, United Republic of

The Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania

PART III
BASIC RIGHTS AND DUTIES

The Right to Equality

13. Equality before the law

(6) To ensure equality before the law, the state authority shall make procedures which are appropriate or which take into account the following principles, namely :

(d) for the purposes of preserving the right or equality of human beings, human dignity shall be protected in all activities pertaining to criminal investigations and process, and in any other matters for which a person is restrained, or in the execution of a sentence ;
(e) no person shall be subjected to torture or inhuman or degrading punishment or treatment.

The Criminal Procedure Act

PART II
PROCEDURE RELATING TO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS

B. - Powers and Duties of Police Officers when Investigating Offences

(c) Duties when Interviewing Suspects

55.-(1) A person shall, while under restraint, be treated with humanity and with respect for human dignity.

(2) No person shall, while under restraint, be subjected to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.

(3) Where a person under restraint–

(a) makes a request to a police officer to be provided with medical treatment, advice or assistance in respect of an illness or an injury; or

(b) appears to the police officer to require medical treatment, advice or assistance in respect of illness or injury,

the police officer shall forthwith take such reasonable action as is necessary to ensure that the person is provided with medical treatment, advice or assistance.

Rome Statute

Article 55 Rights of persons during an investigation

1. In respect of an investigation under this Statute, a person:

(b) Shall not be subjected to any form of coercion, duress or threat, to torture or to any other form of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;