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Judicial Protection
- EnglishThe honor of the Judiciary and the integrity and justness of Judges are the foundation of Rule and the guarantee of rights and liberties. (Art. 162)
- Arabicشرف القضاء، ونزاهة القضاء وعدلهم، أساس الملك وضمان للحقوق والحريات. (المادّة 162)
Judicial Protection
- English1. Anyone who considers that any of the rights guaranteed to him by the Constitution has been, is being or is likely to be infringed may, independently of any other possible legal remedy, apply to the Supreme Court to enforce that right.
2. The Supreme Court may make such orders, issue such writs and give such directions, including the payment of compensation, as it considers appropriate to enforce the right. (Art. 6) - French1) Quiconque estime que l'un des droits que lui garantit la Constitution a été, ou risque d'être enfreint, peut, indépendamment de tout autre recours légal possible, saisir la Cour Suprême pour qu'elle fasse respecter ce droit.
2) La Cour Suprême peut rendre toutes les ordonnances, délivrer toutes les assignations et prendre toutes les dispositions qu'elle estime appropriées pour assurer le respect de ce droit, y compris le paiement de dommages et intérêts. (Art. 6)
Judicial Protection
- English
The Recourse of Amparo is established against any provision, act or resolution and in general against any action or omission of any functionary, authority or agent of them that violates or operates in violation of [trate de violar] the rights and guarantees consecrated in the Political Constitution. (Art. 188)
- Spanish
Se establece el Recurso de Amparo en contra de toda disposición, acto o resolución y en general en contra de toda acción u omisión de cualquier funcionario, autoridad o agente de los mismos que viole o trate de violar los derechos y garantías consagrados en la Constitución Política. (Art. 188)
Judicial Protection
- EnglishAny violation of any personal freedom, of the sanctity of the private life of human beings, or of any of the rights or liberties that have been guaranteed by law or by this Basic Law shall be considered a crime. Criminal and civil cases resulting from such violations may not be subject to any statute of limitations. The National Authority shall guarantee a fair remedy to those who suffer from such damage. (Art. 32)
- Arabicكل اعتداء على أيّ من الحريات الشّخصية أو حرمة الحياة الخاصّة للإنسان و غيرها من الحقوق و الحريات العامة التي يكفلها القانون الأساسي أو القانون جريمة لا تسقط الدّعوى الجنائية و لا المدنية الناشئة عنها بالتقادم، و تضمن السلطة الوطنية تعويضا عادلا لمن وقع عليه الضّرر. (المادّة 32)
Judicial Protection
- EnglishThe judicial power, guardian of the public rights and freedoms, assures the respect for these rights and freedoms within the conditions provided for by the law. (Art. 60)
- KirundiUbutegetsi bw’ubutungane nibwo bukingira amateka n’ubwigenge bw’abantu, rugacungera iyubahirizwa ryayo nkuko bitegekanijwe n’Ibwirizwa. (Ingingo ya 60)
- FrenchLe pouvoir judiciaire, gardien des droits et des libertés publiques, assure le respect de ces droits et libertés dans les conditions prévues par la loi. (Art. 60)
Judicial Protection
- EnglishInsofar as the judge considers the application of a legal rule in the particular case brought before him to be contrary to one or more constitutional rights mentioned in Chapter V4, the application in that case shall be declared unwarranted by him. (Art. 137)
- DutchVoor zover de rechter in een concreet aan hem voorgelegd geval toepassing van een bepaling van een wet strijdig oordeelt met één of meer der in Hoofdstuk V genoemde grondrechten, verklaart hij die toepassing voor dat geval ongeoorloofd. (Art. 137)
Judicial Protection
- English(1) The Supreme Court shall, subject to the Constitution, be the final Court of civil and criminal appellate jurisdiction for and within the Republic of Sri Lanka for the correction of all errors in fact or in law which shall be committed by the Court of Appeal or any Court of First Instance, tribunal or other institution and the judgements and orders of the Supreme Court shall in all cases be final and conclusive in all such matters.
... (Art. 127) - Sinhala(1) අභියාචනාධිකරණය විසින් හෝ යම් මුල් අවස්ථා අධිකරණයක්, විනිශ්චය අධිකාරයක් හෝ වෙනත් ආයතනයක් විසින් හෝ සිද්ධිය පිළිබඳව නැතහොත් නීතිය පිළිබඳව කරනු ලබන සියලු ම වැරදි නිවැරදි කිරීම සඳහා, ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය, ශ්රී ලංකා ජනරජය වෙනුවෙන් සහ ශ්රී ලංකා ජනරජය තුළ ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවට යටත්ව සිවිල් හා අපරාධ අභියාචනා අධිකරණ බලය ඇති අවසාන අධිකරණය වන්නේ ය. තව ද, සෑම අවස්ථාවකම ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයේ නඩු තීන්දු හා ආඥා එවැනි සෑම කාරණයක දී ම අවසානාත්මක හා තීරණාත්මක වන්නේ ය.
... (127 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Judicial Protection
- EnglishAn individual [who is a] victim of violation of the provisions of Articles 1 to 20 of this Title3 has the right to reparation. (Art. 21)
- FrenchTout individu victime de violation des dispositions des articles. 1er à 20 du présent Titre a droit à réparation. (Art. 21)
Judicial Protection
- EnglishAny act on the part of the Public Power that violates or encroaches upon the rights guaranteed by this Constitution and by law is null and void, and the public employees ordering or implementing the same shall incur criminal, civil and administrative liability, as applicable in each case, with no defense on grounds of having followed the orders of a superior. (Art. 25)
- SpanishTodo acto dictado en ejercicio del Poder Público que viole o menoscabe los derechos garantizados por esta Constitución y la ley es nulo, y los funcionarios públicos y funcionarias públicas que lo ordenen o ejecuten incurren en responsabilidad penal, civil y administrativa, según los casos, sin que les sirvan de excusa órdenes superiores. (Art. 25)
Judicial Protection
- English
1. Freedom, property, and the rights recognized by the Constitution and by law may not be infringed without due process.
2. Everyone, for the protection of his/her constitutional and legal rights, freedoms, and interests, or in the case of an accusation raised against him/her, has the right to a fair and public trial within a reasonable time by an independent and impartial court established by law. (Art. 42) - Albanian
1. Liria, prona dhe të drejtat e njohura me Kushtetutë dhe me ligj nuk mund të cenohen pa një proces të rregullt ligjor.
2. Kushdo, për mbrojtjen e të drejtave, të lirive dhe të interesave të tij kushtetues dhe ligjorë, ose në rastin e akuzave të ngritura kundër tij, ka të drejtën e një gjykimi të drejtë dhe publik brenda një afati të arsyeshëm nga një gjykatë e pavarur dhe e paanshme e caktuar me ligj. (Neni 42)