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Judicial Protection
- English(1) For the removal of doubts it is hereby declared that if any person alleges that any of the provisions of this Chapter4 has been, is being, or is likely to be contravened in relation to him, then without prejudice to any other action with respect to the same matter which is lawfully available, that person may apply to the High Court for redress by way of originating motion.
(2) The High Court shall have original jurisdiction—
(a) to hear and determine any application made by any person in pursuance of subsection (1); and
(b) to determine any question arising in the case of any person which is referred to it in pursuance of subsection (4),
and may, subject to subsection (3), make such orders, issue such writs and give such directions as it may consider appropriate for the purpose of enforcing, or securing the enforcement of, any of the provisions of this Chapter to the protection of which the person concerned is entitled.
(3) The State Liability and Proceedings Act shall have effect for the purpose of any proceedings under this section.
(4) Where in any proceedings in any Court other than the High Court or the Court of Appeal any question arises as to the contravention of any of the provisions of this Chapter the person presiding in that Court may, and shall if any party to the proceedings so requests, refer the question to the High Court unless in his opinion the raising of the question is merely frivolous or vexatious.
(5) Any person aggrieved by any determination of the High Court under this section may appeal therefrom to the Court of Appeal and shall be entitled as of right to a stay of execution of the order and may in the discretion of the Court be granted bail.
(6) Nothing in this section shall limit the power of Parliament to confer on the High Court or the Court of Appeal such powers as Parliament may think fit in relation to the exercise by the High Court or the Court of Appeal, as the case may be, of its jurisdiction in respect of the matters arising under this Chapter. (Sec. 14)
Judicial Protection
- English1. It shall be the function of the courts to guarantee and strengthen the rule of law as an instrument of legal stability, to guarantee respect for the laws, to safeguard the rights and freedoms of citizens, as well as the vested interests of other bodies and entities that have legal existence.
… (Art. 211) - Portuguese1. Os tribunais têm como objectivo garantir e reforçar a legalidade como factor da estabilidade jurídica, garantir o respeito pelas leis, assegurar os direitos e liberdades dos cidadãos, assim como os interesses jurídicos dos diferentes órgãos e entidades com existência legal.
... (Art. 211)
Judicial Protection
- English1. Everyone shall be guaranteed protection in court of his (her) rights and freedoms.
2. Decisions and actions (or inaction) of State government bodies, local self-government bodies, public organisations and officials may be appealed against in court.
3. Everyone shall have the right in accordance with international treaties of the Russian Federation to appeal to interstate bodies for the protection of human rights and freedoms if all available internal means of legal protection have been exhausted. (Art. 46) - Russian1. Каждому гарантируется судебная защита его прав и свобод.
2. Решения и действия (или бездействие) органов государственной власти, органов местного самоуправления, общественных объединений и должностных лиц могут быть обжалованы в суд.
3. Каждый вправе в соответствии с международными договорами Российской Федерации обращаться в межгосударственные органы по защите прав и свобод человека, если исчерпаны все имеющиеся внутригосударственные средства правовой защиты. (Статья 46)
Judicial Protection
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23. All persons in Bhutan shall have the right to initiate appropriate proceedings in the Supreme Court or High Court for the enforcement of the rights conferred by this Article, subject to section 22 of this Article and procedures prescribed by law. (Art. 7) - Dzongkha
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༢༣) འབྲུག་ནང་འཁོད་ཀྱི་མི་ངོ་ཆ་མཉམ་ལུ་ རྩ་ཚན་འདིའི་དོན་ཚན་༢༢ པ་དང་ ཁྲིམས་ཐོག་ཆེད་དུ་བཀོད་པའི་ བྱ་བའི་ གནད་སྤྱོད་ལས་མ་འགལ་བར་ རྩ་ཚན་འདི་དང་བསྟུན་པའི་ཐོབ་དབང་ཚུ་ གི་ཁྱབ་དབང་སྤྱོད་ནིའི་དོན་ལུ་མངོན་མཐོ་ ཡང་ན་ ཆེ་མཐོ་ཁྲིམས་འདུན་ལུ་ འོས་འཚམས་ ལྡན་པའི་རྩོད་བཤེར་བཙུགས་ནིའི་ཐོབ་དབང་ཡོད། ༼རྩ་ཚན་༧༽
Judicial Protection
- EnglishThis Chapter8 shall be interpreted in such a way so as not to be inconsistent with any international obligations of Seychelles relating to human rights and freedoms and a court shall, when interpreting the provision of this Chapter, take judicial notice of−
(a) the international instruments containing these obligations;
(b) the reports and expression of views of bodies administering or enforcing these instruments;
(c) the reports, decisions or opinions of international and regional institutions administering or enforcing Conventions on human rights and freedoms;
(d) the Constitutions of other democratic States or nations and decisions of the courts of the States or nations in respect of their Constitutions. (Art. 48)
Judicial Protection
- EnglishThe Constitutional Court decides:
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- on constitutional complaints stemming from the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms by individual acts;
… (Art. 160) - SloveneUstavno sodišče odloča:
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- o ustavnih pritožbah zaradi kršitev človekovih pravic in temeljnih svoboščin s posamičnimi akti;
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Judicial Protection
- EnglishThe Constitutional Court is the highest jurisdiction of the State in constitutional matters. It is [the] judge the constitutionality of the law and it guarantees the fundamental rights of the human person and of the public freedoms. … (Art. 99)
- FrenchLa Cour constitutionnelle est la plus haute juridiction de l'Etat en matière constitutionnelle. Elle est juge de la constitutionnalité de la loi et elle garantit les droits fondamentaux de la personne humaine et les libertés publiques. … (Art. 99)
Judicial Protection
- English(1) This Chapter7 binds the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government at all levels, and every person performing the functions of any public office.
… (Sec. 6) - iTaukei(1) Na Wase qo e kovuta na tabana ni bulilawa, mataveilewai kei na veiliutaki vakamatanitu, okati kina na tamata cakacaka ena valenivolavola ni lewenivanua.
… (Sec. 6)
Judicial Protection
- EnglishNo court shall, in relation to any enactment (whether passed or made before or after the commencement of this Bill of Rights),—
(a) hold any provision of the enactment to be impliedly repealed or revoked, or to be in any way invalid or ineffective; or
(b) decline to apply any provision of the enactment—by reason only that the provision is inconsistent with any provision of this Bill of Rights. (Bill of Rights Act 1990, Sec. 4)
Judicial Protection
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2. The Constitutional Court shall consider the appeals of the President of the Republic in the cases provided for by subparagraph 10-1) of Article 44 of the Constitution, as well as the appeals of the courts in the cases established by Article 78 of the Constitution.
3. The Constitutional Court on the appeals of citizens, shall consider the regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan that directly affect their rights and freedoms, enshrined in the Constitution for compliance with the Constitution of the Republic.
The procedure and conditions for the appeals of citizens to the Constitutional Court shall be determined by the constitutional law.
4. The Constitutional Court, upon the appeals of the Prosecutor General of the Republic shall consider the issues specified in subparagraphs 3) and 4) of paragraph 1 of this article, as well as the regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan for their compliance with the Constitution of the Republic.
5. The Constitutional Court, on the appeal of the Commissioner for Human Rights shall consider the regulatory legal acts affecting the rights and freedoms of a person and citizen enshrined in the Constitution for compliance with the Constitution of the Republic. (Art. 72) - Kazak
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2. Конституциялық Сот Конституцияның 44-бабының 10-1) тармақшасында көзделген жағдайларда – Республика Президентінің өтiнiштерiн, сондай-ақ Конституцияның 78-бабында белгiленген жағдайларда соттардың өтiнiштерiн қарайды.
3. Конституциялық Сот азаматтардың Конституцияда бекітілген құқықтары мен бостандықтарын тікелей қозғайтын Қазақстан Республикасының нормативтік құқықтық актілерінің Республика Конституциясына сәйкестігін олардың өтініштері бойынша қарайды.
Азаматтардың Конституциялық Сотқа жүгіну тәртібі мен шарттары конституциялық заңда айқындалады.
4. Конституциялық Сот осы баптың 1-тармағының 3) және 4) тармақшаларында көрсетілген мәселелерді, сондай-ақ Қазақстан Республикасының нормативтік құқықтық актілерінің Республика Конституциясына сәйкестігін Республика Бас Прокурорының өтініштері бойынша қарайды.
5. Конституциялық Сот Конституцияда бекітілген адамның және азаматтың құқықтары мен бостандықтарын қозғайтын нормативтік құқықтық актілердің Республика Конституциясына сәйкестігін Адам құқықтары жөніндегі уәкілдің өтініші бойынша қарайды. (72-бап)