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Article 10 • Prohibition of capital punishment The human person is sacred. The State has the obligation to respect it and to protect it. All human beings are equal before the law. • General guarantee of equality No one may be condemned to the penalty of death. Every individual has the right to life, to the liberty, to the security and to the integrity of his person. • Right to life No one may be prosecuted, arrested, inculpated or condemned except by virtue of a law promulgated prior to the acts of which he is accused. • Protection from ex post facto laws • Protection from unjustified restraint • Principle of no punishment without law All accused persons are presumed innocent until their culpability has been established by the competent jurisdiction. • Presumption of innocence in trials The right to a defense, and including that of assistance by the attorney of one's own choice, is guaranteed at all the stages of the procedure. • Right to counsel Any person made the object of a measure deprivative of his liberty has the right to be examined by a doctor of his choice. No one may be detained in a penal establishment except on an order delivered by a magistrate of the judicial order.