Protection from double jeopardy
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 11. In the US Constitution: 5th Amendment.
What the text actually says
Passages tagged with this topic, from the Constitute Project.
Amendment VAmendment V No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Every accused person has a right to a fair trial, which includes the right- not to be tried for an offence in respect of an act or omission for which that person has previously been either acquitted or convicted;
Row 7Row 7 Column 1. Section number 35 Column 2. Section title Arrested, detained and accused persons Column 3. Extent to which the right is non-derogable With respect to: subsections (1) (a), (b) and (c) and (2) (d); the rights in paragraphs (a) to (o) of subsection (3), excluding paragraph (d); subsection (4); and subsection (5) with respect to the exclusion of evidence if the admission of that evidence would render the trial unfair
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| Country | Declared | Practiced |
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| Albania | 100% | — |
| Angola | 100% | — |
| Armenia | 100% | — |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | — |
| Bangladesh | 100% | — |
| Barbados | 100% | — |
| Bolivia | 100% | — |
| Botswana | 100% | — |
| Burma/Myanmar | 100% | — |
| Canada | 100% | — |
| Cape Verde | 100% | — |
| Colombia | 100% | — |
| Costa Rica | 100% | — |
| Croatia | 100% | — |
| Cyprus | 100% | — |
| Dominican Republic | 100% | — |
| Ecuador | 100% | — |
| El Salvador | 100% | — |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | — |
| Eritrea | 100% | — |
| Estonia | 100% | — |
| Eswatini | 100% | — |
| Ethiopia | 100% | — |
| Fiji | 100% | — |
| Georgia | 100% | — |
| Ghana | 100% | — |
| Guyana | 100% | — |
| Honduras | 100% | — |
| Hungary | 100% | — |
| India | 100% | — |
| Iraq | 100% | — |
| Jamaica | 100% | — |
| Japan | 100% | — |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | — |
| Kenya | 100% | — |
| Kosovo | 100% | — |
| Lesotho | 100% | — |
| Liberia | 100% | — |
| Lithuania | 100% | — |
| Madagascar | 100% | — |
| Malawi | 100% | — |
| Malaysia | 100% | — |
| Maldives | 100% | — |
| Malta | 100% | — |
| Mauritius | 100% | — |
| Mexico | 100% | — |
| Montenegro | 100% | — |
| Morocco | 100% | — |
| Mozambique | 100% | — |
| Namibia | 100% | — |
| Nepal | 100% | — |
| Nicaragua | 100% | — |
| Nigeria | 100% | — |
| North Macedonia | 100% | — |
| Pakistan | 100% | — |
| Panama | 100% | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | — |
| Paraguay | 100% | — |
| Philippines | 100% | — |
| Portugal | 100% | — |