Droits De La Defense

A voluntary interview in France: a police summons obliges you to attend, but you may leave at any time, stay silent and bring a lawyer. Your rights under Article 61-1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, how to prepare and what may follow.

A relative in police custody in France, and the police tell you nothing? For an adult, the law leaves it to them to have family told, within three hours, unless the prosecutor delays it. How to find where they are held, appoint a lawyer, and what changes for a minor.

Police custody in France after a protest: 24 hours, renewable once by the prosecutor, a lawyer from the first hour, a doctor, the right to silence and to have a relative told. What the Code of Criminal Procedure says, from arrest to release.