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%—