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Limitations and/or Derogations
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4. a. When a state of emergency is declared, the Council of Ministers shall, in accordance with regulations it issues, have all necessary power to protect the country's peace and sovereignty, and to maintain public security, law and order.
b. The Council of Ministers shall have the power to suspend such political and democratic rights contained in this Constitution to the extent necessary to avert the conditions that required the declaration of a state of emergency.
c. In the exercise of its emergency powers the Council of Ministers cannot, however, suspend or limit the rights provided for in Articles 1, 18, 25, and sub-Articles 1 and 2 of Article 39 of this Constitution.
5. The House of Peoples' Representatives, while declaring a state of emergency, shall simultaneously establish a State of Emergency Inquiry Board, comprising of seven persons to be chosen and assigned by the House from among its members and from legal experts.
6. The State of Emergency Inquiry Board shall have the following powers and responsibilities:
a. To make public within one month the names of all individuals arrested on account of the state of emergency together with the reasons for their arrest.
b. To inspect and follow up that no measure taken during the state of emergency is inhumane.
c. To recommend to the Prime Minister or to the Council of Ministers corrective measures if it finds any case of inhumane treatment.
d. To ensure the prosecution of perpetrators of inhumane acts.
e. To submit its views to the House of Peoples' Representatives on a request to extend the duration of the state of emergency. (Art. 93) - Amharic…
4. ሀ/ የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ በሚታወጅበት ጊዜ የሚኒስትሮች ምክር ቤት በሚያወጣቸው ደንቦች መሰረት የሀገርን ሰላምና ሕልውና፣ የሕዝብን ደህንነት፣ሕግና ሥርዓትን የማስከበር ሥልጣን ይኖረዋል፡፡
ለ/ የሚኒስትሮች ምክር ቤት ሥልጣን በሕገ መንግሥቱ የተቀመጡትን መሰረታዊ የፖለቲካና የዴሞክራሲ መብቶችን፣ የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጁን ለማወጅ ምክንያት የሆነውን ጉዳይ ለማስወገድ ተፈላጊ ሆኖ በተገኘውደረጃ፣ እስከ ማገድ ሊደርስ የሚችል ነው፡፡
ሐ/ የሚኒስትሮች ምክር ቤት በአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ ሥራ የሚያወጣቸው ድንጋጌዎችና የሚወስዳቸው እርምጃዎች በማናቸውም ረገድ በዚህ ሕገመንግሥት አንቀጽ 1፣፣ 18፣ 25፣ እና 39 ንዑስ አንቀጽ 1 እና 2 የተቀመጡትን መብቶች የሚገድቡ ሊሆኑ አይችሉም፡፡
5. በሀገሪቱ የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ በሚታወጅበት ወቅት የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት ከአባላቱና ከሕግ ባለሙያዎች መርጦ የሚመድባቸው ሰባት አባላት ያሉት የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ አፈጻጸም መርማሪ ቦርድ ያቋቁማል፡፡ ቦርዱ አዋጁ በሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት በሚጸድቅበት ጊዜ ይቋቋማል፣
6. የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ አፈጻጸም መርማሪ ቦርድ የሚከተሉት ሥልጣንና ኃላፊነቶች አሉት፡፡
ሀ/ በአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ ምክንያት የታሰሩትን ግለሰቦች ስም በአንድ ወር ጊዜ ውስጥ ይፋ ማድረግና የታሰሩበትን ምክንያት መግለጽ፣
ለ/ በአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ ወቅት የሚወሰዱት እርምጃዎች በማናቸውም ረገድ ኢሰብዓዊ አለመሆናቸውን መቆጣጠርና መከታተል፣
ሐ/ ማናቸውም የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ እርምጃ ኢሰብዓዊ መሆኑን ሲያምንበት ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ ወይም የሚኒስሮች ምክር ቤት እርምጃውን እንዲያስተካክል ሐሳብ መስጠት፣
መ/ በአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ እርምጃዎች ኢሰብዓዊ ድርጊት የሚፈጽሙትን ሁሉ ለፍርድ እንዲቀርቡ ማድረግ፣
ሠ/ የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ እንዲቀጥል ለሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት ጥያቄ ሲቀርብ ያለውን አስተያየት ለምክር ቤቱ ማቅረብ፡፡ (አንቀጽ 93)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishNo repeal or amendment of any of the provisions of Chapter 38 hereof, in so far as such repeal or amendment diminishes or detracts from the fundamental rights and freedoms contained and defined in that Chapter, shall be permissible under this Constitution, and no such purported repeal or amendment shall be valid or have any force or effect. (Art. 131)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishThe President of the Republic, at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, shall have the power to decree states of exception. Expressly defined as such are circumstances of a social, economic, political, natural or ecological nature which seriously affect the security of the Nation, institutions and citizens, in the face of which the powers available to cope with such events are insufficient. In such case, the guarantees contained in this Constitution may be temporarily restricted, with the exception of those relating to the right to life, prohibition of incommunicative detention or torture, the right to due process, the right to information and other intangible human rights. (Art. 337)
- SpanishEl Presidente o Presidenta de la República, en Consejo de Ministros, podrá decretar los estados de excepción. Se califican expresamente como tales las circunstancias de orden social, económico, político, natural o ecológico, que afecten gravemente la seguridad de la Nación, de las instituciones y de los ciudadanos y ciudadanas, a cuyo respecto resultan insuficientes las facultades de las cuales se disponen para hacer frente a tales hechos. En tal caso, podrán ser restringidas temporalmente las garantías consagradas en esta Constitución, salvo las referidas a los derechos a la vida, prohibición de incomunicación o tortura, el derecho al debido proceso, el derecho a la información y los demás derechos humanos intangibles (Art. 337)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishThe rights of persons set out in Articles ninety-six, ninety-seven, ninety-eight, one hundred, one hundred and two, one hundred and three, one hundred and six, and one hundred and eight of the Constitution may be subject to restrictions in circumstances provided for by law in order to protect the rights of other people, the democratic structure of the State, and public safety, welfare and morals. On the basis of the conditions set forth in this Article, restrictions may also be imposed on the expression of religious beliefs. (Art. 116)
- LatvianPersonas tiesības, kas noteiktas Satversmes deviņdesmit sestajā, deviņdesmit septītajā, deviņdesmit astotajā, simtajā, simt otrajā, simt trešajā, simt sestajā un simt astotajā pantā, var ierobežot likumā paredzētajos gadījumos, lai aizsargātu citu cilvēku tiesības, demokrātisko valsts iekārtu, sabiedrības drošību, labklājību un tikumību. Uz šajā pantā minēto nosacījumu pamata var ierobežot arī reliģiskās pārliecības paušanu. (Art. 116)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishNo rights and liberties assured to citizens may be exercised against the independence of the nation, the integrity of the national territory, national unity, the institutions of the Republic nor the principles and objectives established by this Constitution. (Art. 35)
- PortugueseNenhum dos direitos e liberdades garantidos aos cidadãos pode ser exercido contra a independência da Nação, a integridade do território, a unidade nacional, as instituições da República e os princípios e objectivos consagrados na presente Constituição. (Art. 35)
Limitations and/or Derogations
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(5) During a period of public emergency, the President may make such regulations and take such measures as appear to him to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of maintaining and securing peace, order and good government in Sierra Leone or any part thereof.
(6) Without derogating from the generality of the powers conferred by subsection (5) and notwithstanding the provisions of this Chapter, the regulations or measures may, so far as appears to the President to be necessary or expedient for any of the purposes mentioned in that subsection—
a. make provision for the detention of persons, the restriction of the movement of persons within defined localities, and the deportation and exclusion of persons other than citizens of Sierra Leone from Sierra Leone or any part thereof;
b. authorise—
i. the taking of possession or control on behalf of the Government of any property or undertaking;
ii. the acquisition on behalf of the Government of any property other than land;
c. authorise the entering and search of any premises;
d. amend any law, suspend the operation of any law, and apply any law with or without modification:
Provided that such amendment, suspension or modification shall not apply to this Constitution;
e. provide for charging, in respect of the grant or issue of any licence, permit, certificate or other document for the purpose of the regulations, such fees as may be prescribed by or under the regulations;
f. provide for payment of compensation and remuneration to persons affected by the regulations;
g. provide for the apprehension, trial and punishment of persons offending against the regulations;
h. provide for maintaining such supplies and services as are, in the opinion of the President, essential to the life and well-being of the community:
Provided that nothing in this subsection shall authorise the making of regulations during a period of public emergency for the trial of persons who are not members of defence forces by military courts.
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(18) Nothing contained in or done under the authority of any law shall be held to be inconsistent with or in contravention of this section to the extent that the law in question authorises the taking during a period of a state of public emergency of measures that are reasonably justifiable for the purpose of dealing with the situation that exists immediately before and during that period of a state of public emergency. (Sec. 29)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishWhile a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation, nothing in articles 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 and 42 shall restrict the power of the State to make any law or to take any executive action which the State would, but for the provisions contained in Part III of this Constitution, be competent to make or to take, but any law so made shall, to the extent of the incompetency, cease to have effect as soon as the Proclamation ceases to operate, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before the law so ceases to have effect. (Art. 141B)
- Bengaliএই সংবিধানের তৃতীয় ভাগের অন্তর্গত বিধানাবলীর কারণে রাষ্ট্র যে আইন প্রণয়ন করিতে ও নির্বাহী ব্যবস্থা গ্রহণ করিতে সক্ষম নহেন, জরুরী-অবস্থা ঘোষণার কার্যকরতা-কালে এই সংবিধানের ৩৬, ৩৭, ৩৮, ৩৯, ৪০ ও ৪২ অনুচ্ছেদসমূহের কোন কিছুই সেইরূপ আইন-প্রণয়ন ও নির্বাহী ব্যবস্থা গ্রহণ সম্পর্কিত রাষ্ট্রের ক্ষমতাকে সীমাবদ্ধ করিবে না; তবে অনুরূপভাবে প্রণীত কোন আইনের কর্তৃত্বে যাহা করা হইয়াছে বা করা হয় নাই, তাহা ব্যতীত অনুরূপ আইন যে পরিমাণে কর্তৃত্বহীন, জরুরী-অবস্থার ঘোষণা অকার্যকর হইবার অব্যবহিত পরে তাহা সেই পরিমাণে অকার্যকর হইবে। (অনুচ্ছেদ ১৪১খ)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishThe freedoms and rights of the individual and citizen can be restricted only in cases determined by the Constitution. The freedoms and rights of the individual and citizen can be restricted during states of war or emergency, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution. The restriction of freedoms and rights cannot discriminate on grounds of sex, race, colour of skin, language, religion, national or social origin, property or social status. The restriction of freedoms and rights cannot be applied to the right to life, the interdiction of torture, inhuman and humiliating conduct and punishment, the legal determination of punishable offences and sentences, as well as to the freedom of personal conviction, conscience, thought, public expression of thought, and religious confession. (Art. 54)
- MacedonianСлободите и правата на човекот и граѓанинот можат да се ограничат само во случаи утврдени со Уставот. Слободите и правата на човекот и граѓанинот можат да бидат ограничени за време на воена или вонредна состојба според одредбите на Уставот. Ограничувањето на слободите и правата не може да биде дискриминаторско по основ на пол, раса, боја на кожа, јазик, вера, национално или социјално потекло, имотна или општествена положба. Ограничувањето на слободите и правата не може да се однесува на правото на живот, забраната на мачење, на нечовечко и понижувачко постапување и казнување, на правната одреденост на казнивите дела и казните, како и на слободата на уверувањето, совеста, мислата, јавното изразување на мислата и вероисповеста. (Член 54)
Limitations and/or Derogations
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The State guarantees to all citizens the public and individual freedoms,
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Liberty cannot be limited except by the law. (Art. 10) - Arabic
تضمن الدّولة لكافة المواطنين الحرّيات العمومية و الفردية،
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لا تحدّ الحرية إلا بقانون. (المادّة 10) - French
L'État garantit à tous les citoyens les libertés publiques et individuelles,
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La liberté ne peut être limitée que par la loi. (Art. 10)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishThe exercise of the rights and freedoms guaranteed by this Constitution may only be subject to the restrictions expressly provided by the law and necessary for the protection of the national security, of the public order, of the public health, of morality or of the fundamental rights and freedoms of others. (Art. 14)
- FrenchL'exercice des droits et libertés garantis par la présente Constitution ne peut être soumis qu'à des restrictions expressément prévues par la loi et nécessaires à la protection de la sécurité nationale, de l'ordre public, de la santé publique, de la morale ou des libertés et droits fondamentaux d'autrui. (Art. 14)