TITLE II: FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND GUARANTEES
CHAPTER II: Fundamental Rights Article 15
I. Every person has the right to life and physical, psychological and sexual integrity. No one shall be tortured, nor suffer cruel, inhuman, degrading or humiliating treatment. The death penalty does not exist.
TITLE II: FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND GUARANTEES
CHAPTER III: Civil and Political Rights
Section I: Civil Rights
Article 22
The dignity and freedom of persons is inviolable. It is the primary responsibility of the State to respect and protect them.
TITLE II: FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND GUARANTEES
CHAPTER III: Civil and Political Rights
Section I: Civil Rights
Article 23
I. Every person has the right to freedom and personal security. Personal liberty may only be restricted within the limits set forth by law to assure the discovery of the true facts concerning acts in jurisdictional processes.
II. The imposition of measures depriving the liberty of adolescents shall be avoided. Every adolescent who is deprived of liberty shall receive preferential treatment on the part of the judicial, administrative and police authorities. They shall assure at all times respect for the dignity of the adolescent and their anonymity. The detention shall be carried out in premises distinct from those assigned to adults, taking into account the needs of his or her age.
III. No one shall be detained, apprehended or deprived of liberty, except in the cases and according to the forms established by the law. The execution of a warrant shall require that it be issued by a competent authority in writing.
IV. Any person found in flagrant commission of a crime may be arrested by any other person, even without a warrant. The sole purpose of the arrest shall be to bring the person before a competent judicial authority, who must resolve their legal status within a maximum period of twenty-four hours.
V. At the time that a person is deprived of liberty, he shall be informed of the reasons for his detention, as well as the charges or complaint formulated against him.
VI. Those responsible for the detention centers must keep a registry of the persons deprived of liberty. They shall not receive any person without copying the corresponding warrant in the registry. Failure to fulfill this duty shall give rise to the procedures and sanctions set forth in the law.
TITLE II: FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND GUARANTEES
CHAPTER V: Social and Economic Rights
Section IX: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty
Article 73
I. Every person who is submitted to any form of deprivation of liberty shall be treated with the respect due to human dignity.
II. Every person deprived of liberty has the right to communicate freely with his or her defense lawyer, interpreter, family and close friends. Deprivation of communication is prohibited. Any limitation of communication may only take place in the context of investigation of the commission of crimes, and shall last a maximum of twenty four hours.
TITLE IV: JURISDICTIONAL GUARANTEES AND ACTIONS OF DEFENSE
CHAPTER I: Jurisdictional Guarantees
Article 114
I. All forms of torture, disappearances, confinement, coercion, exaction and any other form of physical and moral violence are prohibited. The public servants or officials, who apply, instigate or consent to them shall be dismissed and replaced, without prejudice to the sanctions determined by law.
II. The statements, actions or omissions which are obtained or undertaken through the employment of torture, coercion, exaction, or by any other form of violence, are null to the full extent of the law.
TITLE IV: JURISDICTIONAL GUARANTEES AND ACTIONS OF DEFENSE
CHAPTER I: Jurisdictional Guarantees
Article 115
I. Everyone shall be protected in the exercise of his or her rights and legitimate interests in a timely and effective manner by the judges and courts.
II. The State guarantees the right to due process and defense, and to plural, prompt, appropriate, free, and transparent justice without delays.
TITLE IV: JURISDICTIONAL GUARANTEES AND ACTIONS OF DEFENSE
CHAPTER I: Jurisdictional Guarantees
Article 116
I. The presumption of innocence is guaranteed. During the process, in the event of a doubt concerning the applicable norm, the one most favorable to the accused or the defendant shall govern.
II. Every sanction must be based on a law existing prior to the commission of the punishable act.
TITLE IV: JURISDICTIONAL GUARANTEES AND ACTIONS OF DEFENSE
CHAPTER I: Jurisdictional Guarantees
Article 119
I. During the legal process, the parties in conflict enjoy equal opportunities to exercise the faculties and rights that may help them, whether in an ordinary process or by rural native indigenous process.
II. Everyone has the inviolable right to a defense. The State shall provide a defense lawyer free of charge to persons accused or denounced in the event that they do not have the necessary economic resources.
TITLE IV: JURISDICTIONAL GUARANTEES AND ACTIONS OF DEFENSE
CHAPTER I: Jurisdictional Guarantees
Article 120
I. Every person has the right to be heard by a competent, impartial and independent jurisdictional authority, and may not be tried by special commissions or submitted to other jurisdictional authorities other than those established prior to the time the facts of the case arose.
II. Every person submitted to legal process has the right to be tried in his or her language; in case of exception, the person must be assisted by a translator or interpreter.
TITLE IV: JURISDICTIONAL GUARANTEES AND ACTIONS OF DEFENSE
CHAPTER I: Jurisdictional Guarantees
Article 121
I. In criminal matters, no person can be forced to make a statement against him or herself, or against his or her blood relatives to the fourth degree or against non-blood relatives up to the second degree. The right to remain silent shall not be considered an indication of guilt.
II. The victim in a criminal process shall be able to intervene in accordance with the law, and shall have the right to be heard before each judicial decision. In the event that he or she does not have the necessary economic resources, he or she will be assisted free of charge by a lawyer appointed by the State.
TITLE IV: JURISDICTIONAL GUARANTEES AND ACTIONS OF DEFENSE
CHAPTER III: States of Emergency
Article 137
In the case of danger to the security of the State, external threat, internal disturbance or national disaster, the President of the State shall have the power to declare a state of emergency, wherever necessary in all or part of the territory. The declaration of the state of emergency shall not, in any case, suspend the guarantees of rights, nor the fundamental rights, the right of due process, the right to information and the rights of persons deprived of liberty.
TITLE III: JUDICIAL ORGAN AND PLURI-NATIONALCONSTITUTIONAL COURT
CHAPTER I: General Matters
Article 178
I. The power to impart justice emanates from the Bolivian people and is based on the principles of independence, impartiality, juridical security, publicity, probity, promptness, being free of charge, legal pluralism, being inter-cultural, equity, service to society, citizen participation, social harmony and respect for rights.
Artículo 115.
I. Toda persona será protegida oportuna y efectivamente por los jueces y tribunales en el ejercicio de sus derechos e intereses legítimos.
II. El Estado garantiza el derecho al debido proceso, a la defensa y a una justicia plural, pronta, oportuna, gratuita, transparente y sin dilaciones.
Artículo 117
I. Ninguna persona puede ser condenada sin haber sido oída y juzgada previamente en un debido proceso. Nadie sufrirá sanción penal que no haya sido impuesta por autoridad judicial competente en sentencia ejecutoriada.
II. Nadie será procesado ni condenado más de una vez por el mismo hecho. La rehabilitación en sus derechos restringidos será inmediata al cumplimiento de su condena.
III. No se impondrá sanción privativa de libertad por deudas u obligaciones patrimoniales, excepto en los casos establecidos por la ley.
Artículo 119 .
I. Las partes en conflicto gozarán de igualdad de oportunidades para ejercer durante el proceso las facultades y los derechos que les asistan, sea por la vía ordinaria o por la indígena originaria campesina.
II. Toda persona tiene derecho inviolable a la defensa. El Estado proporcionará a las personas denunciadas o imputadas una defensora o un defensor gratuito, en los casos en que éstas no cuenten con los recursos económicos necesarios.
Artículo 120.
I. Toda persona tiene derecho a ser oída por una autoridad jurisdiccional competente, independiente e imparcial, y no podrá ser juzgada por comisiones especiales ni sometida a otras autoridades jurisdiccionales que las establecidas con anterioridad al hecho de la causa .
II. Toda persona sometida a proceso debe ser juzgada en su idioma; excepcionalmente, de manera obligatoria, deberá ser asistida por traductora, traductor o intérprete.
1. In respect of an investigation under this Statute, a person:
(a) Shall not be compelled to incriminate himself or herself or to confess guilt;
(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;
(c) Shall, if questioned in a language other than a language the person fully understands and speaks, have, free of any cost, the assistance of a competent interpreter and such translations as are necessary to meet the requirements of fairness; and
(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.
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:
(a) To be informed, prior to being questioned, that there are grounds to believe that he or she has committed a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court;
(b) To remain silent, without such silence being a consideration in the determination of guilt or innocence;
(c) To have legal assistance of the person's choosing, or, if the person does not have legal assistance, to have legal assistance assigned to him or her, in any case where the interests of justice so require, and without payment by the person in any such case if the person does not have sufficient means to pay for it; and
(d) To be questioned in the presence of counsel unless the person has voluntarily waived his or her right to counsel.
1. The accused shall be present during the trial.
2. If the accused, being present before the Court, continues to disrupt the trial, the Trial Chamber may remove the accused and shall make provision for him or her to observe the trial and instruct counsel from outside the courtroom, through the use of communications technology, if required. Such measures shall be taken only in exceptional circumstances after other reasonable alternatives have proved inadequate, and only for such duration as is strictly required.
1. Everyone shall be presumed innocent until proved guilty before the Court in accordance with the applicable law.
2. The onus is on the Prosecutor to prove the guilt of the accused.
3. In order to convict the accused, the Court must be convinced of the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt.
1. In the determination of any charge, the accused shall be entitled to a public hearing, having regard to the provisions of this Statute, to a fair hearing conducted impartially, and to the following minimum guarantees, in full equality:
(a) To be informed promptly and in detail of the nature, cause and content of the charge, in a language which the accused fully understands and speaks;
(b) To have adequate time and facilities for the preparation of the defence and to communicate freely with counsel of the accused's choosing in confidence;
(c) To be tried without undue delay;
(d) Subject to article 63, paragraph 2, to be present at the trial, to conduct the defence in person or through legal assistance of the accused's choosing, to be informed, if the accused does not have legal assistance, of this right and to have legal assistance assigned by the Court in any case where the interests of justice so require, and without payment if the accused lacks sufficient means to pay for it;
(e) To examine, or have examined, the witnesses against him or her and to obtain the attendance and examination of witnesses on his or her behalf under the same conditions as witnesses against him or her. The accused shall also be entitled to raise defences and to present other evidence admissible under this Statute;
(f) To have, free of any cost, the assistance of a competent interpreter and such translations as are necessary to meet the requirements of fairness, if any of the proceedings of or documents presented to the Court are not in a language which the accused fully understands and speaks;
(g) Not to be compelled to testify or to confess guilt and to remain silent, without such silence being a consideration in the determination of guilt or innocence;
(h) To make an unsworn oral or written statement in his or her defence; and
(i) Not to have imposed on him or her any reversal of the burden of proof or any onus of rebuttal.
2. In addition to any other disclosure provided for in this Statute, the Prosecutor shall, as soon as practicable, disclose to the defence evidence in the Prosecutor's possession or control which he or she believes shows or tends to show the innocence of the accused, or to mitigate the guilt of the accused, or which may affect the credibility of prosecution evidence. In case of doubt as to the application of this paragraph, the Court shall decide.