Rights during investigation - remain silent

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Macedonia - Constitution 1991 (2019) EN

Article 12 The human right to freedom is irrevocable.
No person's freedom can be restricted except by a court decision or in cases and procedures determined by law . .

Persons summoned, apprehended or detained shall immediately be informed of the reasons for the summons, apprehension or detention and on their rights. They shall not be forced to make a statement. .

A person has a right to an attorney in police and court procedure. Persons detained shall be brought before a court as soon as possible, within a maximum period of 24 hours from the moment of detention, and the legality of their detention shall there be decided upon without delay. .

Detention may last, by court decision, for a maximum period of 90 days from the day of detention.
Persons detained may, under the conditions determined by law, be released from custody to conduct their defence. .

Macedonia - Criminal Procedure Code 2010 EN

PART ONE GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter I BASIC PRINCIPLES

Article 3
(1) Anyone who is summoned, apprehended or arrested, must immediately be informed, in the language which he understands, of the reasons for his summoning, apprehension or arrest and of any charge against him, as well as about his rights and that he cannot be compelled to make a statement .
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PART ONE GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter I BASIC PRINCIPLES

Article 3
(2) The suspect, , must at first and clearly be instructed on his right to remain silent; his right to consult and to have a counsel of his own choosing present at the questioning, as well as his right that a member of his family or a relative to be informed of his apprehension or arrest .

Rome Statute

Article 55 Rights of persons during an investigation

2. Where there are grounds to believe that a person has committed a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court and that person is about to be questioned either by the Prosecutor, or by national authorities pursuant to a request made under Part 9, that person shall also have the following rights of which he or she shall be informed prior to being questioned:

(b) To remain silent, without such silence being a consideration in the determination of guilt or innocence;