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Limitations and/or Derogations
- English
Nothing in this Division7 derogates the rights and freedoms of the individual under any other law and, in particular, an Organic Law or an Act of the Parliament may provide further guarantees of rights and freedoms and may further restrict the limitations that may be placed on, or on the exercise of, any right or freedom (including the limitations that may be imposed under Section 38 (general qualifications on qualified rights)). (Sec. 33)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishWhen a state of siege decreed under art. 137, I, is in effect, only the following measures may be taken against individuals:
I. obligation to remain in a determined place;
II. detention in a building not destined for persons accused or convicted of common crimes;
III. restrictions regarding inviolability of correspondence, secrecy of communications, providing information and freedom of press, radio broadcasting and television, as provided by law;
IV. suspension of freedom of assembly;
V. search and seizure in one's domicile;
VI. intervention in public utility companies;
VII. requisitioning of property.
… (Art. 139) - PortugueseNa vigência do estado de sítio decretado com fundamento no art. 137, I, só poderão ser tomadas contra as pessoas as seguintes medidas:
I - obrigação de permanência em localidade determinada;
II - detenção em edifício não destinado a acusados ou condenados por crimes comuns;
III - restrições relativas à inviolabilidade da correspondência, ao sigilo das comunicações, à prestação de informações e à liberdade de imprensa, radiodifusão e televisão, na forma da lei;
IV - suspensão da liberdade de reunião;
V - busca e apreensão em domicílio;
VI - intervenção nas empresas de serviços públicos;
VII - requisição de bens.
… (Art. 139)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English...
(7) The exercise and operation of all the fundamental rights declared and recognized by Articles 12, 13(1), 13(2) and 14 shall be subject to such restrictions as may be prescribed by law in the interests of national security, public order and the protection of public health or morality, or for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others, or of meeting the just requirements of the general welfare of a democratic society. For the purposes of this paragraph “law” includes regulations made under the law for the time being relating to public security.
… (Art. 15) - Sinhala...
(7) 12 වැනි ව්යවස්ථාවෙන්, 13 වැනි ව්යවස්ථාවේ (1) වැනි හා (2) වැනි අනුව්යවස්ථාවලින් සහ 14 වැනි ව්යවස්ථාවෙන් ප්රකාශ කොට පිළිගෙන ඇති සියලුම මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් භුක්ති විඳිය හැක්කේ ද, ක්රියාත්මක විය හැක්කේ ද, රාජ්ය ආරක්ෂාව ද, රටේ යථා පැවැත්ම ද, තහවුරු කිරීම පිණිසත්, මහජන සෞඛ්යය හෝ සදාචාරය ආරක්ෂා කිරීම පිණිසත්, අන්යයන්ගේ අයිතිවාසිකම් හා නන් වැදෑරුම් නිදහස නිසි පරිදි පිළිගන්නා බවට සහ ඊට නිසි පරිදි ගරු කරන බවට වගබලා ගැනීම පිණිසත්, ප්රජාතන්තවාදී සමාජයක පොදු සුභසාධනය සඳහා යුක්ති සහගතව අවශ්ය දෑ සපුරාලීම පිණිසත්, නීතියෙන් නියම කරනු ලැබිය හැකි සීමා කිරීම්වලට යටත්ව ය. මෙම අනුව්යවස්ථාවේ කාර්ය සඳහා "නීතිය" යන්නට මහජන ආරක්ෂාව පිළිබඳව තත්කාලයේ අදාළ වන නීතිය යටතේ සාදන ලද නියෝග ද ඇතුළත් වන්නේ ය.
… (15 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English
For the duration of a state of war, the Constitution is suspended, [and] the President of the Republic assumes all the powers.
… (Art. 101) - Arabic
يُوقَف العمل بالدّسترو مدّة حالة الحرب، ويتولّى رئيس الجمهوريّة جميع السّلطات.
… (المــادة 101) - French
Pendant la durée de l’état de guerre, la Constitution est suspendue, le Président de la République assume tous les pouvoirs.
… (Art. 101)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishThe exercise of the rights and liberties provided for in this Constitution implies responsibilities. They are duties of Cuban citizens, in addition to the other duties established by this Constitution and the laws, are:
…
g. To respect the rights of others and to not abuse one's own rights;
… (Art. 90) - SpanishEl ejercicio de los derechos y libertades previstos en esta Constitución implican responsabilidades. Son deberes de los ciudadanos cubanos, además de los otros establecidos en esta Constitución y las leyes:
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g) respetar los derechos ajenos y no abusar de los propios;
… (Art. 90)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English
Every human being has the right to the development and to the full realization of their person in their material, temporal, intellectual and spiritual dimensions, as long as it neither violates the rights of others nor infringes the constitutional order and good morals. (Art. 9)
- French
Tout être humain a droit au développement et au plein épanouissement de sa personne dans ses dimensions matérielle, temporelle, intellectuelle et spirituelle, pourvu qu'il ne viole pas les droits d'autrui ni n'enfreigne l'ordre constitutionnel et les bonnes mœurs. (Art. 9)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishAll persons have the right to an action of amparo in order to demand before the courts, for themselves or by those who act in their name, immediate protection of their fundamental rights, not protected by habeas corpus, when they are violated or threatened by the action or omission of any public authority or of individuals, in order put into effect the fulfillment of a law or administrative act and in order to guarantee collective and diffuse rights and interests. In accordance with the law, the proceeding is preferential, summary, oral, public, free, and not subject to formalities.
Paragraph
The acts adopted during the States of Exception that violate protected rights that unreasonably cause suspended rights are subject to actions of amparo. (Art. 72) - SpanishToda persona tiene derecho a una acción de amparo para reclamar ante los tribunales, por sí o por quien actúe en su nombre, la protección inmediata de sus derechos fundamentales, no protegidos por el hábeas corpus, cuando resulten vulnerados o amenazados por la acción o la omisión de toda autoridad pública o de particulares, para hacer efectivo el cumplimiento de una ley o acto administrativo, para garantizar los derechos e intereses colectivos y difusos. De conformidad con la ley, el procedimiento es preferente, sumario, oral, público, gratuito y no sujeto a formalidades.
Párrafo.- Los actos adoptados durante los Estados de Excepción que vulneren derechos protegidos que afecten irrazonablemente derechos suspendidos están sujetos a la acción de amparo. (Art. 72)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English…
2. Human rights and citizens’ rights may not be limited unless prescribed by a law solely in case of necessity for reasons of national defense, national security, social order and safety, social morality and community well-being. (Art. 14) - Vietnamese…
2. Quyền con người, quyền công dân chỉ có thể bị hạn chế theo quy định của luật trong trường hợp cần thiết vì lý do quốc phòng, an ninh quốc gia, trật tự, an toàn xã hội, đạo đức xã hội, sức khỏe của cộng đồng. (Điều 14)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English…
The rights and duties of citizens, during war or in case of invasion or attack of the national territory by foreign forces, are made the subject of a law. (Art. 143) - French…
Les droits et devoirs des citoyens, pendant la guerre ou en cas d’invasion ou d’attaque du territoire national par des forces de l’extérieur, font l’objet d’une loi. (Art. 143)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishIt is the obligation of the State and of the authorities, [to] maintain the inhabitants of the Nation, in the complete enjoyment of their rights guaranteed by the Constitution. However, in case of invasion of the territory, [of] grave disturbance of the peace, of activities against the security of the State or of public calamity, the State can suspend the full force of the rights referred to in Articles 5, 6, 9, 26, 33, paragraph one of Article 35, paragraph two of Article 38 and paragraph two of Article 116.
On determining [concurrir] the existence of any of the cases indicated in the paragraph above, the President of the Republic will make the appropriate declaration by means of a decree dictated by the Council of Ministers and the provisions of the Law of Public Order [Ley de Orden Público] will be applied. In a state of prevention [estado de prevención], this formality will not be necessary.
The decree will specify:
a. The motives that justify it;
b. The rights that may not be fully assured;
c. The territory that it affects; and
d. The time that its validity will last.
Furthermore, within the decree itself, the Congress will be convoked, so that within a term of three days, it may take cognizance of the document, ratify it, amend it, or disapprove it. If the Congress is in session, it must take cognizance of it immediately.
The effects of the decree may not exceed thirty days on each occasion. If before the expiration of this deadline the causes motivating the decree should no longer apply, its effects will be terminated for this reason and any citizen will have the right to seek its revision. Should the 30-day deadline be reached, the full validity of the rights will automatically be reestablished, unless a new decree in the same sense is dictated. When Guatemala faces a real state of war, the decree will not be subject to the time limits mentioned in the previous paragraph.
Once the causes that motivated the decree referred to in this Article should no longer apply, any person will have the right to infer the legal responsibilities that are consequent, for unnecessary acts and measures unauthorized by the Law of Public Order. (Art. 138) - SpanishEs obligación del Estado y de las autoridades, mantener a los habitantes de la Nación, en el pleno goce de los derechos que la Constitución garantiza. Sin embargo, en caso de invasión del territorio, de perturbación grave de la paz, de actividades contra la seguridad del Estado o calamidad pública, podrá cesar la plana vigencia de los derechos a que se refieren los artículo 5º, 6º, 9º, 26º, 33º, primer párrafo del artículo 35º, segundo párrafo del artículo 38º y segundo párrafo del artículo 116º.
Al concurrir cualquiera de los casos que se indican en el párrafo anterior, el Presidente de la República, hará la declaratoria correspondiente, por medio de decreto dictado en Consejo de Ministros y se aplicarán las disposiciones de la Ley de Orden Público. En el estado de prevención, no será necesaria esta formalidad.
Decreto especificará:
a) Los motivos que lo justifiquen;
b) Los derechos que no puedan asegurarse en su plenitud;
c) El territorio que afecte; y
d) El tiempo que durará su vigencia.
Además, en el propio decreto, se convocará al Congreso, para que dentro del término de tres días, lo conozca, lo ratifique, modifique o impruebe. En caso de que el Congreso estuviere reunido, deberá conocerlo inmediatamente.
Los efectos del decreto no podrán exceder de treinta días por cada vez. Si antes de que venza el plazo señalado, hubieren desaparecido las causas que motivaron el decreto, se le hará cesar en sus efectos y para este fin, todo ciudadano tiene derecho a pedir su revisión. Vencido el plazo de treinta días, automáticamente queda reestablecida la vigencia plena de los derechos, salvo que se hubiere dictado nuevo decreto en igual sentido. Cuando Guatemala afronte un estado real de guerra, el decreto no estará sujeto a las limitaciones de tiempo, consideradas en el párrafo anterior.
Desaparecidas las causas que motivaron el decreto a que se refiere este artículo, toda persona tiene derecho a deducir las responsabilidades legales procedentes, por los actos innecesarios y medidas no autorizadas por la Ley de Orden Público. (Art. 138)