Examples of using Statements obtained in English and their translations into French
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He would thus like to know what the real meaning was of the assertion in paragraph 127 that statements obtained in breach of the principle of self-incrimination should be null and void.
principle that any evidence, including testimony and statements obtained under any form of duress, cannot be taken into account by the courts.
The general rules on the invalidity of the information also protect the victim from the introduction into proceedings of statements obtained under duress Code of Criminal Procedure, arts. 148-181.
other testimony or statements obtained under torture were to be declared null and void.
confessions or statements obtained during this delay period may be excluded from evidence at trial.
Mr. Hayashi(Japan) said that asylum applications were decided on the basis of the documentation and statements obtained by immigration authorities,
Confessions or statements obtained under torture could not be deemed admissible by Kuwaiti courts under any circumstances:
judges specifically mentions the prohibition against accepting confessions and/or statements obtained through torture or other ill-treatment.
All statements obtained by force from detained persons should be investigated
Additionally, the prohibition against the use of statements obtained under torture as evidence is absolute
However, statements obtained in violation of the Charter must be excluded if it is established that, having regard to all the circumstances,
A judge who receives a complaint concerning statements obtained under duress should be instructed to examine in substance the lawfulness of such"evidence" without awaiting the outcome of a related procedure that is far too long.
It is also established in Salvadoran legislation that statements obtained by force, deception
they claimed that the Home Secretary had based the decision to detain them on statements obtained through torture of detainees held by the United States.
disciplinary cases was halted mid-process, as witnesses had to be found and new statements obtained. This added more time to the processing of the cases.
moreover, statements obtained by such unlawful means are completely invalid.
The Committee asked whether the State party was now ensuring that statements obtained by torture could not be used as evidence in any proceedings, as it was required to do under article 15 of the Convention.
did not say anything about statements obtained through other treatment prohibited by article 7 of the Covenant.
What if statements obtained under torture or inhuman or degrading treatment lead
State Security Courts and the public prosecutors with whom the Special Rapporteur met stated categorically that statements obtained by coercion are inadmissible,