Country Foundations

Presumption of innocence

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 11. In the US Constitution: Judicially inferred (not explicit in text).

Note on this measure. CCP offers no "No" option here; silence is coded 98. The US text is silent (98).

Constitutions declaring it
120 / 158
US declares it
0%
US practices it
no measure

What the text actually says

Passages tagged with this topic, from the Constitute Project.

South Africa

Every accused person has a right to a fair trial, which includes the right- to be presumed innocent, to remain silent, and not to testify during the proceedings;

Row 7

Row 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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CountryDeclaredPracticed
Afghanistan100%
Albania100%
Algeria100%
Angola100%
Armenia100%
Azerbaijan100%
Bahrain100%
Barbados100%
Belarus100%
Benin100%
Bhutan100%
Bolivia100%
Botswana100%
Brazil100%
Bulgaria100%
Cambodia100%
Cameroon100%
Canada100%
Cape Verde100%
Central African Republic100%
Chad100%
Colombia100%
Croatia100%
Cuba100%
Cyprus100%
Democratic Republic of the Congo100%
Djibouti100%
Dominican Republic100%
Ecuador100%
Egypt100%
El Salvador100%
Equatorial Guinea100%
Eritrea100%
Estonia100%
Eswatini100%
Ethiopia100%
Fiji100%
Gabon100%
Georgia100%
Ghana100%
Guatemala100%
Guinea100%
Guinea-Bissau100%
Guyana100%
Honduras100%
Hungary100%
Iceland100%
Iran100%
Iraq100%
Italy100%
Ivory Coast100%
Jamaica100%
Kazakhstan100%
Kenya100%
Kosovo100%
Kuwait100%
Latvia100%
Lesotho100%
Liberia100%
Libya100%