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Mon 10 Sep, 2018 06:39 am
Do many countries other than the U.S. have a legal requirement similar to the Fifth Amendment?
You need to learn to do your own research--do you think people come here just to repair your ignorance? Anyone who attempts an answer to that will be doing a search which you could easily do yourself.
Furthermore, the provisions of the fifth amendment to the United States constitution describe rights, not any legal requirement. If someone is such a damned fool as to condemn themselves out of their own mouth, in court, that person will have to suffer for that folly. The only protection against that is the Miranda warning--if you are arrested or otherwise detained and are not advised of your right to legal counsel, evidence against you might be tainted. If you are deprived of your rights, or your property without due process of law, the remedy would lie in a civil suit, or an appeal to higher judicial authority.
Here is the entire text of the fifth amendment to the United States constitution--it's about your rights, it is not about any legal requirement:
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.