Rights during investigation - arbitrary arrest or detention and deprivation of liberty

Papua New Guinea

Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea

PART III. – BASIC PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT.

Division 3. – Basic Rights.

Subdivision C. – Qualified Rights.

42. LIBERTY OF THE PERSON.

(3) A person who is arrested or detained–

(a) for the purpose of being brought before a court in the execution of an order of a court ; or
(b) upon reasonable suspicion of his having committed, or being about to commit, an offence, shall, unless he is released, be brought without delay before a court or a judicial officer and, in a case referred to in paragraph (b), shall not be further held in custody in connection with the offence except by order of a court or judicial officer.

Rome Statute

Article 55 Rights of persons during an investigation

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

(d) Shall not be subjected to arbitrary arrest or detention, and shall not be deprived of his or her liberty except on such grounds and in accordance with such procedures as are established in this Statute.