Article 26
Crime is a personal act.
Investigation, arrest and detention of an accused as well as penalty
execution shall not incriminate another person.
Article 27
No deed shall be considered a crime unless ruled by a law promulgated
prior to commitment of the offense.
No one shall be pursued, arrested, or detained without due process of
law.
No one shall be punished without the decision of an authoritative court
taken in accordance with the provisions of the law, promulgated prior to
commitment of the offense.
Article 28
No citizen of Afghanistan accused of a crime shall be extradited to a
foreign state without reciprocal arrangements as well as international
treaties to which Afghanistan has joined. No Afghan shall be deprived of
citizenship or sentenced to domestic or foreign exile.
Article 29
Persecution of human beings shall be forbidden.
No one shall be allowed to or order torture, even for discovering the truth
from another individual who is under investigation, arrest, detention or
has been convicted to be punished.
Punishment contrary to human dignity shall be prohibited.
Article 30
A statement, confession or testimony obtained from an accused or of
another individual by means of compulsion shall be invalid.
Confession to a crime is a voluntary admission before an authorized court
by an accused in a sound state of mind.
Article 31
Upon arrest, or to prove truth, every individual can appoint a defense
attorney. Immediately upon arrest, the accused shall have the right to be