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National Human Rights Bodies

Uganda
  • English
    1. There shall be a commission called the Uganda Human Rights Commission.
    … (Art. 51)

National Human Rights Bodies

Thailand
  • English
    … In proceeding under (1) or (2), if it is the case related to the human rights violation, the Ombudsmen shall refer the matter to the National Human Rights Commission for further action. (Sec. 230)
  • Thai
    … ในการดําเนินการตาม (๑) หรือ (๒) หากเป็นกรณีที่เกี่ยวกับการละเมิดสิทธิมนุษยชน ให้ผู้ตรวจการแผ่นดินส่งเรื่องให้คณะกรรมการสิทธิมนุษยชนแห่งชาติดําเนินการต่อไป (มาตรา ๒๓๐)

National Human Rights Bodies

Colombia
  • English
    The Procurator General of the Nation will exercise the following functions directly:
    …
    4. Exhorting the Congress so that it adopts the laws that assure the promotion, exercise, and protection of human rights, and demanding their fulfillment from the competent authorities.
    … (Art. 278)
  • Spanish
    El Procurador General de la Nación ejercerá directamente las siguientes funciones:
    …
    4. Exhortar al Congreso para que expida las leyes que aseguren la promoción, el ejercicio y la protección de los derechos humanos, y exigir su cumplimiento a las autoridades competentes.
    … (Art. 278)

National Human Rights Bodies

Finland
  • English
    The Chancellor of Justice shall oversee the lawfulness of the official acts of the Government and the President of the Republic. The Chancellor of Justice shall also ensure that the courts of law, the other authorities and the civil servants, public employees and other persons, when the latter are performing a public task, obey the law and fulfil their obligations. In the performance of his or her duties, the Chancellor of Justice monitors the implementation of basic rights and liberties and human rights.
    … (Sec. 108)
  • Finnish
    Oikeuskanslerin tehtävänä on valvoa valtioneuvoston ja tasavallan presidentin virkatointen lainmukaisuutta. Oikeuskanslerin tulee myös valvoa, että tuomioistuimet ja muut viranomaiset sekä virkamiehet, julkisyhteisön työntekijät ja muutkin julkista tehtävää hoitaessaan noudattavat lakia ja täyttävät velvollisuutensa. Tehtäväänsä hoitaessaan oikeuskansleri valvoo perusoikeuksien ja ihmisoikeuksien toteutumista.
    … (108 §)
  • Swedish
    Justitiekanslern skall övervaka lagligheten av statsrådets och republikens presidents ämbetsåtgärder. Justitiekanslern skall också övervaka att domstolarna och andra myndigheter samt tjänstemännen, offentligt anställda arbetstagare och också andra, när de sköter offentliga uppdrag, följer lag och fullgör sina skyldigheter. Vid utövningen av sitt ämbete övervakar justitiekanslern att de grundläggande fri- och rättigheterna samt de mänskliga rättigheterna tillgodoses.
    … (108 §)

National Human Rights Bodies

Guyana
  • English
    (1) Subject to the provisions of this article, the Ombudsman may investigate any action taken by any department of Government or by any other authority to which this article applies, or by the President, Ministers, officers or members of such a department or authority, being action taken in exercise of the administrative functions of that department or authority.
    (2) The Ombudsman may investigate any such action as aforesaid in any of the following circumstances, that is to say -
    (a) if a complaint in respect of the action is duly made to the Ombudsman by any person or body or persons, whether incorporated or not alleging that the complainant has sustained injustice in consequence of a fault in administration;
    (b) if the President, a Minister or a member of the National Assembly requests the Ombudsman to investigate the action on the ground that a person or body of persons specified in the request has or may have sustained such injustice;
    (c) in any other circumstances in which the Ombudsman considers that he ought to investigate the action on the ground that some person or body of persons has or may have sustained such injustice.
    (3) The Ombudsman shall not investigate under this Subtitle -
    (a) any action in respect of which the complainant has or had -
    (i) a remedy by way of proceedings in a court; or
    (ii) a right of appeal, reference or review to or before an independent and impartial tribunal other than a court; or
    (b) any such action, or action taken with respect to any such matter, as is excluded from investigation under article 193:
    Provided that the Ombudsman -
    (i) may conduct an investigation notwithstanding that the complainant has or had a remedy by way of proceedings in a court if satisfied that in the particular circumstances it is not reasonable to expect him to take or to have taken such proceedings;
    (ii) shall not in any case be precluded from conducting an investigation in respect of any matter by reason only that it is open to the complainant to apply to the High Court for redress under article 153(1) (which relates to redress for contraventions of provisions for the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms).
    … (Art. 192)

National Human Rights Bodies

Spain
  • English
    An organic act shall regulate the institution of the Defender of the People (Defensor del Pueblo) as high commissioner of the Cortes Generales, appointed by them to defend the rights contained in this Part; for this purpose he or she may supervise the activity of the Administration and report thereon to the Cortes Generales. (Sec. 54)
  • Spanish
    Una ley orgánica regulará la institución del Defensor del Pueblo, como alto comisionado de las Cortes Generales, designado por éstas para la defensa de los derechos comprendidos en este Título, a cuyo efecto podrá supervisar la actividad de la Administración, dando cuenta a las Cortes Generales. (Art. 54)

National Human Rights Bodies

Trinidad and Tobago
  • English
    ...
    (5) Notwithstanding subsection (4) the Ombudsman—
    …
    (b) is not in any case precluded from investigating any matter by reason only that it is open to the complainant to apply to the High Court for redress under section 14 (which relates to redress for contravention of the provisions for the protection of fundamental rights). (Sec. 94)

National Human Rights Bodies

Vanuatu
  • English
    1. The Ombudsman may enquire into the conduct of any person or body to which this Article applies –
    a. upon receiving a complaint from a member of the public (or, if for reasons of incapacity, from his representative or a member of his family) who claims to have been the victim of an injustice as a result of particular conduct;
    b. at the request of a Minister, a member of Parliament, of the Malvatumauri Council of Chiefs or of a Local Government Council; or
    c. of his own initiative.
    2. This Article shall apply to all public servants, public authorities and ministerial departments, with the exception of the President of the Republic, the Judicial Service Commission, the Supreme Court and other judicial bodies.
    3. The Ombudsman may request any Minister, public servant, administrator, authority concerned or any person likely to assist him, to furnish him with information and documents needed for his enquiry.
    … (Art. 62)
  • French
    1) Le Médiateur peut enquêter sur les agissements de tout fonctionnaire ou autorité publique:
    a) sur plainte d'un membre du public ou, en cas d'incapacité, de son représentant ou d'un membre de sa famille, qui prétend avoir été victime d'une injustice à l'occasion de l'agissement incriminé;
    b) à la demande d'un ministre, d'un membre du Parlement, du Conseil des Chefs Malvatumauri ou d'un conseil provincial; ou
    c) de sa propre initiative.
    2) Le présent article s'applique à l'ensemble des fonctionnaires, des autorités publiques et des départements ministériels, à l'exception du Président de la République, de la Commission de la Magistrature, de la Cour Suprême et des autres juridictions.
    3) Le Médiateur peut demander à tout ministre, fonctionnaire, membre d'une administration ou à toute autre autorité concernée, ainsi qu'à toute personne susceptible de l'éclairer, de lui fournir les informations et documents nécessaires à la poursuite de son enquête.
    ... (Art. 62)

National Human Rights Bodies

Chad
  • English
    The National Commission of the Rights of Man has for its mission:
    - to formulate opinions for the Government on the questions relative to the Rights of Man and including the situation [condition] of women, the rights of the child and of the handicapped;
    - to assist the Government and the other national and international institutions concerning all questions relative to the Rights of Man in Chad in conformity with the Charter of the Rights of Man and of the Fundamental Freedoms.
    - to participate in the revision of the legislation in force and in the elaboration of new norms relative to the Rights of Man, with a view to the construction of [the] State of Law and to the reinforcement of democracy;
    - to proceed with inquiries, studies [and] publications relative to the Rights of Man;
    - to advise the Government concerning the ratification of international juridical instruments relative to torture [and] to inhuman and degrading treatment. (Art. 172)
  • Arabic
    تقضي مهمة اللجنة الوطنية لحقوق الإنسان:
    - بالتقدم بآراء للحكومة في المسائل المتعلقة بحقوق الإنسان ووضع المرأة وحقوق الطفل وذوي الإعاقة؛
    - مساعدة الحكومة والمؤسسات الوطنية والدولية الأخرى فيما يتعلق بكافة المسائل المتصلة بحقوق الإنسان في تشاد وفقاً لميثاق حقوق الإنسان والحريات الأساسية.
    - المشاركة في تنقيح التشريعات السارية وفي صياغة معايير جديدة بشأن جل ما يتعلق بحقوق الإنسان من أجل بناء دولة القانون وتعزيز الديمقراطية؛
    - إجراء تحقيقات ودراسات وإصدار منشورات في مجال حقوق الإنسان
    - إسداء المشورة للحكومة في إطار التصديق على صكوك قانونية دولية تتعلق بالتعذيب والمعاملة غير الإنسانية والمهينة. (المادة 172)
  • French
    La Commission Nationale des Droits de l'Homme a pour mission de:
    - formuler des avis au Gouvernement sur les questions relatives aux droits de l'Homme, y compris la condition de la femme, les droits de l'enfant et des handicapés;
    - assister le Gouvernement et les autres institutions nationales et internationales pour toutes les questions relatives aux droits de l'Homme au Tchad en conformité avec la Charte des Droits de l'Homme et des Libertés Fondamentales;
    - participer à la révision de la législation en vigueur et à l'élaboration de nouvelles normes relatives aux droits de l'Homme, en vue de la construction de l'Etat de droit et du renforcement de la démocratie;
    - procéder à des enquêtes, études, publications relatives aux droits de l'Homme
    - aviser le Gouvernement sur les ratifications des instruments juridiques internationaux relatifs à la torture, au traitement inhumain et dégradant. (Art. 172)

National Human Rights Bodies

Gambia
  • English
    (1) The President shall appoint an Ombudsman and his or her Deputies in consultation with the Public Service Commission, subject to confirmation of the National Assembly within seven days of the presentation of the request:
    Provided that where the National Assembly rejects a person nominated by the President, it shall not again reject the person nominated to replace him or her.
    … (Sec. 164)