Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay 1992, as amended to 2011
Judicial Protection
  • English
    The guarantees contained in this chapter3 are established to make effective the rights consecrated in this Constitution, [and] will be regulated by the law. (Art. 131)
  • Spanish
    Para hacer efectivos los derechos consagrados en esta Constitución, se establecen las garantías contenidas en este capítulo, las cuales serán reglamentadas por la ley. (Art. 131)
Judicial Protection
  • English
    All persons that for an act or an omission, manifestly illegitimate, of an authority or of a particular [person], consider themselves gravely affected, or in imminent danger to become so in rights and guarantees consecrated in this Constitution or in the law, and that due to the urgency of the case may not be remedied through the ordinary way [via], may promote amparo before the competent magistrate.
    The procedure will be brief, summary, gratuitous and of popular action for the cases specified by the law.
    The magistrate will have the faculty to safeguard the right or guarantee, or to immediately restore[,] the infringed juridical situation.
    … (Art. 134)
  • Spanish
    Toda persona que por un acto u omisión, manifiestamente ilegítimo, de una autoridad o de un particular, se considere lesionada gravemente, o en peligro inminente de serlo en derechos o garantías consagradas en esta Constitución o en la ley, y que debido a la urgencia del caso no pudiera remediarse por la vía ordinaria, puede promover amparo ante el magistrado competente. El procedimiento será breve, sumario, gratuito, y de acción popular para los casos previstos en la ley.
    El magistrado tendrá facultad para salvaguardar el derecho o garantía, o para restablecer inmediatamente la situación jurídica infringida.
    ... (Art. 134)
Links to all sites last visited 1 March 2024
3
Chapter XII on Constitutional Guarantees.