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2024 - Volume 7 - Number 1

The Influence of Basic Laws on Criminal Law and the Right to Remain Silent According to Israeli Supreme Court Rulings – A Brief Overview

Michael Pilyavsky * ORCID: 0009-0008-8669-5785
South-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Department of Philosophy, Blagoevgrad, BULGARIA

Open Journal for Legal Studies, 2024, 7(1), 9-14 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojls.0701.02009p
Received: 3 October 2023 ▪ Revised: 18 April 2024 ▪ Accepted: 26 April 2024

LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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ABSTRACT:
The practice of “Privilege Against Self Incrimination” of secrecy against self-incrimination in all Western legal methods, including Israeli law, is seen as one of the human rights in general and part of the right to due process in particular. The constitutional revolution took place and with the enactment of the basic laws of human dignity and freedom, which established several human rights, among them is the right to remain silent, which is considered a right derived from the Basic Law of Human Dignity and Freedom.

KEY WORDS: human rights, Israeli basic laws, the right to remain silent.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Michael Pilyavsky, South-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Department of Philosophy, Blagoevgrad, BULGARIA.

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