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

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

DRC - Constitution 2006 (2011) EN

TITLE II OF HUMAN RIGHTS, OF FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS AND OF THE DUTIES OF THE CITIZEN AND OF THE STATE

Chapter 1 Of Civil and Political Rights

Article 16

No one may be subjected to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.

TITLE II OF HUMAN RIGHTS, OF FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS AND OF THE DUTIES OF THE CITIZEN AND OF THE STATE

Chapter 1 Of Civil and Political Rights

Article 18

Any detainee must benefit from a treatment which preserves his life, his physical and mental health as well as his dignity.

TITLE II OF HUMAN RIGHTS, OF FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS AND OF THE DUTIES OF THE CITIZEN AND OF THE STATE

Chapter 3 Of Collective Rights

Article 61

The prohibition of torture and of cruel, inhuman or degrading punishments or treatment;

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;