Solomon Islands

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Constitution of the Solomon Islands Penal Code Criminal Procedure Code

Pre-trial Phase

Protection from police

• Identity checks
• Right to silence
• Confessions
• Stops and Frisks, Search and Seizure
• Arrest
• Enforcing the rules (exclusionary rule, nullity and other procedures to protect against illegal police procedures)
• Lineups and other identification procedures

During detention

• Freedom from prolonged pre-trial detention
• Freedom from punishment
• Right to counsel
• Right to habeas corpus
• Conditions of confinement
• Immigrant detention
• Right to medical and mental health care in prison
• Restriction of rights
• Women's rights in prison

Rights of the Accused

At Trial

• Double jeopardy
• Legality principle
• Presumption of innocence
• Standards of proof and standards for conviction
• Right to compulsory process
• Right to confront witnesses
• Right to counsel
• Right to a fair trial
• Right to notice of charges
• Right to non self-incrimination
• Right to a speedy trial
• Right to trial by jury

In Sentencing

• Capital punishment
• Ex post facto punishment
• Freedom from torture, cruel or unsual punishment
• Right to appeal
• Right not to be fined excessively