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Judicial Protection
- English(1) The following are entitled to:
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b) Lodge an individual appeal for protection (recurso de amparo): any individual or body corporate with a legitimate interest, as well as the Defender of the People and the Public Prosecutor's Office.
... (Sec. 162) - Spanish1. Están legitimados:
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b) Para interponer el recurso de amparo, toda persona natural o jurídica que invoque un interés legítimo, así como el Defensor del Pueblo y el Ministerio Fiscal.
... (Art. 162)
Judicial Protection
- English1. Any person who claims that a fundamental or other right or freedom guaranteed under this Constitution has been infringed or threatened, is entitled to apply to a competent court for redress which may include compensation.
2. Any person or organisation may bring an action against the violation of another person's or group's human rights.
3. Any person aggrieved by any decision of the court may appeal to the appropriate court.
4. Parliament shall make laws for the enforcement of the rights and freedoms under this Chapter5. (Art. 50)
Judicial Protection
- EnglishA constitutional law will develop the matters relative to [the recourse of] amparo, personal exhibition and the constitutionality of the laws. (Art. 276)
- SpanishUna ley constitucional desarrollará lo relativo al amparo, a la exhibición personal y a la constitucionalidad de las leyes. (Art. 276)
Judicial Protection
- EnglishThis Bill of Rights applies only to acts done—
(a) by the legislative, executive, or judicial branches of the Government of New Zealand;
… (Bill of Rights Act 1990, Sec. 3)
Judicial Protection
- English
[The following] are attributions of the Supreme Court of Justice:
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3) To take cognizance of and to resolve the recourses of amparo for violation of rights established in the Constitution, in accordance with the Law of Constitutional Justice.
... (Art. 164) - Spanish
Son atribuciones de la Corte Suprema de Justicia:
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3) Conocer y resolver los recursos de amparo por violación de los derechos establecidos en la Constitución, de acuerdo a la Ley de Justicia Constitucional.
... (Art. 164)
Judicial Protection
- English
1. Everyone has the right to recognition of his/her legal personality and the right to protect his/her rights and freedoms by all means not contradicting the law, including the necessary defense.
2. Everyone shall have the right to legal defense of his rights and freedoms.
… (Art. 13) - Kazak
1. Әркімнің құқық субъектісі ретінде танылуына құқығы бар және өзінің құқықтары мен бостандықтарын, қажетті қорғанысты қоса алғанда, заңға қайшы келмейтін барлық тәсілдермен қорғауға хақылы.
2. Әркiмнiң өз құқықтары мен бостандықтарының сот арқылы қорғалуына құқығы бар.
… (13-бап)
Judicial Protection
- English
(1) The High Court has original jurisdiction —
(a) to determine any application made under section 38 (application for enforcement of the Bill of Rights); and
(b) to determine any question referred to it under section 39 (questions as to the Bill of Rights arising in subordinate courts),
and may make any orders, issue any writs and give any directions that it thinks appropriate for enforcing or securing the enforcement of this Part.
(2) The High Court may refuse to exercise its powers under subsection (1) if it is satisfied that adequate means of redress for the alleged contravention are or have been reasonably available to the person concerned under any other law. (Sec. 40)
Judicial Protection
- EnglishEveryone shall have, in case of infringement of one's rights and freedoms, a claim to an honest and public treatment of his complaint within a reasonable time by an independent and impartial judge. (Art. 10)
- DutchEen ieder heeft bij aantasting van zijn rechten en vrijheden aanspraak op een eerlijke en openbare behandeling van zijn klacht binnen redelijke termijn door een onafhankelijke en onpartijdige rechter. (Art. 10)
Judicial Protection
- EnglishThere shall be a right to obtain constitutional remedies in the manner set forth in Article 133 or 144 for the enforcement of the rights conferred by this Part. (Art. 46)
- Nepaliयस भागद्वारा प्रदत्त हकको प्रचलनकालागि धारा १३३ वा १४४ मा लेखिए बमोजिम संवैधानिक उपचार पाउने हक हुनेछ । (धारा ४६)
Judicial Protection
- English
The Constitutional Court[,]
- decides obligatorily on:
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• the constitutionality of the laws and of the regulatory acts supposedly infringing the fundamental rights of the human person and the public freedoms and in general, on the violation of the rights of the human person;
… (Art. 117) - French
La Cour constitutionnelle statue obligatoirement sur:
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- la constitutionnalité des lois et des actes réglementaires censés porter atteinte aux droits fondamentaux de la personne humaine et aux libertés publiques en général, sur la violation des droits de la personne humaine;
… (Art. 117)