If the arrested person is a foreign national, he or she has the right to notify or to
have notified and to communicate orally or in writing with the liaison office or the
diplomatic
mission of the State of which he or she is a national or with the representative of
a competent international organization, if he or she is a refugee or is otherwise
under the protection of an international organization. (Article 214 (2) PCPC)
An arrested person has the right to notify or to require the police to notify a family
member or another appropriate person of his or her choice about the arrest and
the place of detention, immediately after the arrest, and about any subsequent
change in the place of detention, immediately after such change. (Article 215
(1) PCPC)
When an arrested person has not reached the age of eighteen years, the police
shall notify the legal representative of the arrested person about the arrest and
the place of detention immediately after the arrest, and about any subsequent
change in the place of detention, immediately after such change. If such
notification is impossible, would be detrimental to the interests of the arrested
person or is expressly refused by the arrested person, the police shall notify the
Centre for Social Work. (Article 215 (2) PCPC)
When an arrested person displays signs of mental disorder or disability, the police
shall notify a person nominated by the arrested person and the Centre for Social
Work about the arrest and the place of detention immediately after the arrest, and
about any subsequent change in the place of detention, immediately after such
change. (Article 215 (3) PCPC)
Notification of a family member or another appropriate person in accordance
with paragraph 1 of the present article may be delayed for up to twenty-four
hours where the public prosecutor determines that the delay is required by the
exceptional needs of the investigation of the case. There shall be no delay if the
arrested person is under 18 years of age or displays signs of mental disorder or
disability. (Article 215 (4) PCPC)
Everyone who is arrested shall be informed promptly, in a language which he
understands, of the reasons for his arrest and of any charge against him. (Article
5 (2) ECHR)
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