Search and seizure - national proceedings

Burundi

Burundi - Constitution 2005 (2018) EN

Title 2 Of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Duties, of the Individual and of the Citizen

Article 43

No one can be subjected to arbitrary interference in their private life, their family, their home, or their correspondence, nor infringements upon their honor or reputation,

Police searches or police inspections of homes cannot be ordered without following the forms and conditions specified by law.

The confidentiality of correspondence and communication is guaranteed in respect to the forms and conditions specified by law.

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:

(h) The execution of searches and seizures;