Based on doctrinal provisions, legal positions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, judicial practice, the article examines the implementation of the right not to testify against oneself, one's spouse and close relatives as one of the rules that form the content of the principle of the presumption of innocence in proceedings on administrative offenses. The article examines scientific approaches to the subject and scope of the provision provided for in Part 1 of Article 51 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, and highlights gaps in legislative regulation in this area.