Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan (1994, as amended 2003) (excerpts related to Fair Trial (Right to a)) (English)
Constitution (Basic Law) of the Republic of Tajikistan
(excerpts)
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Article 19. Everyone shall be guaranteed judicial protection. Everyone shall be entitled to
consider his case by competent, independent, and impartial court established according the law.
No one shall be kept in custody, arrested without a legal basis. Everyone shall be entitled to use
the assistance of advocate from the moment of his arrest.
Article 20. No one shall be considered guilty of a crime except by the sentence of a court in
accordance with the law.
No one shall be responsible after the expiry of the term of criminal prosecution as well as for the
action, which is in the moment of its perpetration, is not regarded as a crime. No one shall be
convicted twice for one and the same crime.
A law adopted after the commission of an illegal act by a person and that envisages severe
punishment for that act shall not be retroactive. If, after the commission of an illegal act a
punishment is not envisaged or a light punishment is envisaged, the new law shall be applicable.
Total confiscation of the property of a convicted person shall be prohibited.
Article 21. The law shall defend the rights of the victim. The state shall guarantee judicial
protection and compensation to the victim.
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