No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment.
Article 5. Right to Liberty and Security
1.
Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person. No one shall be
deprived of his liberty save in the following cases and in accordance with a procedure
prescribed by law:
a) the lawful detention of a person after conviction by a competent court;
b) the lawful arrest or detention of a person for non-compliance with the
lawful order of a court or in order to secure the fulfilment of any obligation
prescribed by law;
c) the lawful arrest or detention of a person effected for the purpose of
bringing him before the competent legal authority on reasonable suspicion of
having committed an offence or when it is reasonably considered necessary to
prevent his committing an offence or fleeing after having done so;
d) the detention of a minor by lawful order for the purpose of educational
supervision or his lawful detention for the purpose of bringing him before the
competent legal authority;
e) the lawful detention of persons for the prevention of the spreading of
infectious diseases, of persons of unsound mind, alcoholics or drug addicts or
vagrants;
f) the lawful arrest or detention of a person to prevent his effecting an
unauthorised entry into the country or of a person against whom action is
being taken with a view to deportation or extradition.
2.
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.
3.
Everyone arrested or detained in accordance with the provisions of paragraph
1.c of this article shall be brought promptly before a judge or other officer authorised
by law to exercise judicial power and shall be entitled to trial within a reasonable time
or to release pending trial. Release may be conditioned by guarantees to appear for
trial.
4.
Everyone who is deprived of his liberty by arrest or detention shall be entitled
to take proceedings by which the lawfulness of his detention shall be decided speedily
by a court and his release ordered if the detention is not lawful.
5.
Everyone who has been the victim of arrest or detention in contravention of
the provisions of this article shall have an enforceable right to compensation.
Article 6. Right to a Fair Trial
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