Rights during investigation - remain silent

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan - Criminal Procedure Code 1999 (2008) EN

PART II. COURT, PARTIES AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

CHAPTER 6. PARTICIPANTS OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS DEFENDING THEIR RIGHTS AND INTERESTS OR RIGHTS AND INTERESTS OF PERSONS THEY REPRESENT

Article 40. Rights and Responsibilities of the Suspect

(1) The suspect has the right to :

5) make statements in concern of the crime he is suspected of; refuse to make statements ;

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;