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Jurisdiction and Access
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- EnglishI. The Action for Constitutional Protection shall be presented by the person who believes him or herself affected, by another with sufficient power to act in his or her name, or by the corresponding authority pursuant to the Constitution, to any judge or competent court, provided that there is no other existing means or legal recourse for the immediate protection of the rights and guarantees that have been restricted, suppressed or threatened.
… (Art. 129) - SpanishI. La Acción de Amparo Constitucional se interpondrá por la persona que se crea afectada, por otra a su nombre con poder suficiente o por la autoridad correspondiente de acuerdo con la Constitución, ante cualquier juez o tribunal competente, siempre que no exista otro medio o recurso legal para la protección inmediata de los derechos y garantías restringidos, suprimidos o amenazados.
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Jurisdiction and Access
Dominican Republic
- EnglishAll judicial decisions that have acquired the authority of an irrevocably judged matter, especially those dictated in an exercise of direct control of the constitutionality by the Supreme Court of Justice, until the moment of the proclamation of the present Constitution, may not be examined by the Constitutional Court and those after shall be subject to the process that the law that rules the subject determines. (Art. 277)
- SpanishTodas las decisiones judiciales que hayan adquirido la autoridad de la cosa irrevocablemente juzgada, especialmente las dictadas en ejercicio del control directo de la constitucionalidad por la Suprema Corte de Justicia, hasta el momento de la proclamación de la presente Constitución, no podrán ser examinadas por el Tribunal Constitucional y las posteriores estarán sujetas al procedimiento que determine la ley que rija la materia. (Art. 277)
Jurisdiction and Access
Guatemala
- EnglishThe actions against the laws, regulations or provisions of a general character which contain a partial or total defect [vicio] of unconstitutionality, will be heard directly before the Tribunal or Court of Constitutionality. (Art. 267)
- SpanishLas acciones en contra de leyes, reglamentos o disposiciones de carácter general que contengan vicio parcial o total de inconstitucionalidad, se plantearán directamente ante el Tribunal o Corte de Constitucionalidad. (Art. 267)