Rights during investigation - legal assistance

Mexico

Mexico - Constitution 1917 (2015) EN

TITLE ONE

CHAPTER I
Fundamental rights

Article 20

B. Defendant’s rights

II. Any confession made without the assistance of a defender shall have no weight as evidence.

TITLE ONE

CHAPTER I
Fundamental rights

Article 20

B. Defendant’s rights

VIII. Defendant has the right to a lawyer, whom he shall freely choose even from the moment of his arrest. If he does not want a lawyer or cannot appoint one, the judge shall appoint a public defender. Defendant’s lawyer is obliged to appear in all the acts related to defendant’s proceeding.

''TITLE ONE, CHAPTER I: Human Rights and Guarantees, Article 20''

B. Defendant's rights
II. The accused has the right to remain silent. From the moment of his

arrest, the defendant shall be informed about the charges against him

and his right to keep silent, which cannot be used against him. All forms

of intimidation, torture and lack of communication are forbidden and

shall be punished by the law. Any confession made without the

assistance of a defender shall have no weight as evidence.

''TITLE ONE, CHAPTER I: Human Rights and Guarantees, Article 20''

B. Defendant's rights
VIII. Defendant has the right to a lawyer, whom he shall freely choose even

from the moment of his arrest. If he does not want a lawyer or cannot

appoint one at the moment of request, the judge shall appoint a public

defender.

The defendant has the right that his lawyer appears in every acts of the

process. Defendant’s lawyer is obliged to appear in all the acts related

to defendant’s proceeding.

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:

(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