5.
Anyone who has been the victim of unlawful arrest or detention shall have an
enforceable right to compensation.
Article 10
1.
All persons deprived of their liberty shall be treated with humanity and with
respect for the inherent dignity of the human person.
2.
(a) Accused persons shall, save in exceptional circumstances, be segregated
from convicted persons and shall be subject to separate treatment appropriate to their
status as unconvicted persons;
(b) Accused juvenile persons shall be separated from adults and brought as
speedily as possible for adjudication.
3.
The penitentiary system shall comprise treatment of prisoners the essential aim
of which shall be their reformation and social rehabilitation. Juvenile offenders shall
be segregated from adults and be accorded treatment appropriate to their age and legal
status.
Article 12
1.
Everyone lawfully within the territory of a State shall, within that territory,
have the right to liberty of movement and freedom to choose his residence.
2.
Everyone shall be free to leave any country, including his own.
3.
The above-mentioned rights shall not be subject to any restrictions except
those which are provided by law, are necessary to protect national security, public
order (ordre public), public health or morals or the rights and freedoms of others, and
are consistent with the other rights recognized in the present Covenant.
4.
No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of the right to enter his own country.
Article 14
1.
All persons shall be equal before the courts and tribunals. In the determination
of any criminal charge against him, or of his rights and obligations in a suit at law,
everyone shall be entitled to a fair and public hearing by a competent, independent
and impartial tribunal established by law. The press and the public may be excluded
from all or part of a trial for reasons of morals, public order (ordre public) or national
security in a democratic society, or when the interest of the private lives of the parties
so requires, or to the extent strictly necessary in the opinion of the court in special
circumstances where publicity would prejudice the interests of justice; but any
judgement rendered in a criminal case or in a suit at law shall be made public except
where the interest of juvenile persons otherwise requires or the proceedings concern
matrimonial disputes or the guardianship of children.
2.
Everyone charged with a criminal offence shall have the right to be presumed
innocent until proved guilty according to law.
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