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Judicial Protection
- English(1) This section applies if—
(a) a provision of legislation has been declared under section 4 to be incompatible with a Convention right and, if an appeal lies—
(i) all persons who may appeal have stated in writing that they do not intend to do so;
(ii) the time for bringing an appeal has expired and no appeal has been brought within that time; or
(iii) an appeal brought within that time has been determined or abandoned;
…
(2) If a Minister of the Crown considers that there are compelling reasons for proceeding under this section, he may by order make such amendments to the legislation as he considers necessary to remove the incompatibility.
(3) If, in the case of subordinate legislation, a Minister of the Crown considers—
(a) that it is necessary to amend the primary legislation under which the subordinate legislation in question was made, in order to enable the incompatibility to be removed, and
(b) that there are compelling reasons for proceeding under this section,
he may by order make such amendments to the primary legislation as he considers necessary.
… (Human Rights Act 1998, Sec. 10)
Judicial Protection
- English1. If any person alleges that any of the provisions of Articles 16 to 27 (inclusive)4 of this Constitution has been, is being of is likely to be contravened in relation to him then, without prejudice to any other action with respect to the same matter which is lawfully available, that person may apply to the Supreme Court for redress.
2. The Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction-
a. to hear and determine any application made by any person in pursuance of paragraph (1) of this Article; and
b. to determine any question arising in the case of any parson which is referred to it in pursuance of paragraph (3) of this Article,
and may make such orders, issue such writs and give such directions as it may consider appropriate for the purpose of enforcing or securing the enforcement of any of the provisions of the said Articles 16 to 27 (inclusive) to the protection of which the person concerned is entitled:
Provided that the Supreme Court shall not exercise its power under this paragraph if it is satisfied that adequate means of redress are or have been available to the person concerned under any other law.
3. If, in any proceedings in any court established for The Bahamas other than the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeal, any question arises as to the contravention of any of the provisions of the said Articles 16 to 27 (inclusive), the court in which the question has arisen shall refer the question to the Supreme Court.
4. No law shall make provision with respect to rights of appeal from any determination of the Supreme Court in pursuance of this Article that is less favorable to any party thereto than the rights of appeal from determinations of the Supreme Court that are accorded generally to parties to civil proceedings in that Court sitting as a court or original jurisdiction.
5. Parliament may make laws to confer upon the Supreme Court such additional or supplementary powers as may appear to be necessary or desirable for enabling the Court more effectively to exercise the jurisdiction conferred upon it by paragraph (2) of this Article and may make provision with respect to the practice and procedure of the Court while exercising that jurisdiction. (Art. 28)
Judicial Protection
- EnglishEveryone shall have, in case of infringement of one's rights and freedoms, a claim to an honest and public treatment of his complaint within a reasonable time by an independent and impartial judge. (Art. 10)
- DutchEen ieder heeft bij aantasting van zijn rechten en vrijheden aanspraak op een eerlijke en openbare behandeling van zijn klacht binnen redelijke termijn door een onafhankelijke en onpartijdige rechter. (Art. 10)
Judicial Protection
- English
(1) Except for judicial review matters arising from the proceedings in Part IX Land and Titles Courts, any person may apply to the Supreme Court by appropriate proceedings to enforce the rights conferred under the provisions of this Part.
(2) The Supreme Court shall have power to make all such orders as may be necessary and appropriate to secure to the applicant the enjoyment of any of the rights conferred under the provisions of this Part. (Art. 4) - Samoan
(1) E mafai e se'i vagana ai mataupu o iloiloga faa-faamasinoga e faatulai mai o i taualumaga i totonu o le Vaega IXFaamasinoga o Fanua ma Suafa, so o se tagata ona talosaga i le Faamasinoga Sili i taualumaga tatau ina ia faamamaluina aia tatau e pei ona tuuina atu e tusa ma aiaiga o lenei Vaega.
(2) O le a i le Faamasinoga Sili le pule e faia ai poloaiga uma e pei ona o le a tusa ma tatau ai ina ia maua mo le tagata na talosaga mai le faafiafiaina i so o se tasi o aia tatau e pei ona tuuina atu e tusa ma aiaiga o lenei Vaega. (Mataupu 4)
Judicial Protection
- English…
V. Everyone who claims to be the victim of a violation of his or her rights or freedoms by a decision of the legislative, executive and judiciary or by one of the municipal acts set forth in the items 1-7 of section III of this Article may appeal, in accordance with the procedure provided for by law, to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan with the view of the restoration of his or her violated human rights and freedoms.
VI. In accordance with the procedure provided by the laws of the Republic of Azerbaijan, courts may apply to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan for an interpretation of the Constitution and the laws of the Republic of Azerbaijan with regard to issues arising out of the implementation of human rights and civil liberties.
VII. The Ombudsman of the Azerbaijan Republic shall apply to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan in cases where the rights and freedoms of a person have allegedly been violated by legislative acts in force, normative acts of the executive or of municipalities, or court decisions in accordance with the procedure provided for by the laws of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the adjudication of the cases and applications listed as items 1 to 7 in section III of the present Article.
… (Art. 130) - Azerbaijani…
V. Hər kəs onun hüquq və azadlıqlarını pozan qanunvericilik və icra hakimiyyəti orqanlarının normativ aktlarından, bələdiyyə və məhkəmə aktlarından qanunla müəyyən edilmiş qaydada bu maddənin III hissəsinin 1-7-ci bəndlərində göstərilən məsələlərin Azərbaycan Respublikasının Konstitusiya Məhkəməsi tərəfindən həll edilməsi üçün Azərbaycan Respublikasının Konstitusiya Məhkəməsinə pozulmuş insan hüquq və azadlıqlarının bərpa edilməsi məqsədi ilə şikayət verə bilər.
VI. Azərbaycan Respublikasının qanunları ilə müəyyən edilmiş qaydada məhkəmələr insan hüquq və azadlıqlarının həyata keçirilməsi məsələləri ilə bağlı Azərbaycan Respublikası Konstitusiyasının və qanunlarının şərh edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikasının Konstitusiya Məhkəməsinə müraciət edə bilərlər.
VII. Azərbaycan Respublikasının İnsan hüquqları üzrə müvəkkili insan hüquq və azadlıqlarını pozan qanunvericilik və icra hakimiyyəti orqanlarının normativ aktlarından, bələdiyyə və məhkəmə aktlarından qanunla müəyyən edilmiş qaydada bu maddənin III hissəsinin 1-7-ci bəndlərində göstərilən məsələlərin Azərbaycan Respublikasının Konstitusiya Məhkəməsi tərəfindən həll edilməsi üçün Azərbaycan Respublikasının Konstitusiya Məhkəməsinə sorğu verə bilər.
… (Maddə 130)
Judicial Protection
- English
Lao citizens have the right to file complaints and petitions and to propose ideas to the relevant State organisations in connection with issues pertaining to the public interest or to their own rights and interests.
Complaints, petitions and ideas of citizens must be examined and resolved as provided by the laws. (Art. 41) - Lao
ພົນລະເມືອງລາວ ມີສິດສະເໜີ, ຮ້ອງຟ້ອງ ແລະ ຮ້ອງຂໍຄວາມເປັນທຳ ຕໍ່ອົງການທີ່ກ່ຽວຂ້ອງ ກ່ຽວກັບບັນຫາທີ່ພົວພັນເຖິງສິດ ແລະ ຜົນປະໂຫຍດລວມ ຫຼື ສິດ ແລະ ຜົນປະໂຫຍດສະເພາະຂອງຕົນ.
ຄຳສະເໜີ, ຄຳຮ້ອງຟ້ອງ ແລະ ຄຳຮ້ອງຂໍຄວາມເປັນທຳຂອງພົນລະເມືອງຕ້ອງໄດ້ຮັບການພິຈາລະນາ ແລະ ແກ້ໄຂຕາມທີ່ໄດ້ກຳນົດໄວ້ໃນກົດໝາຍ. (ມາດຕາ. 41) (ປັບປຸງ)
Judicial Protection
- English
The Constitutional Court decides obligatorily on:
...
- the constitutionality of the organic laws and of the laws before their promulgation, of the ordinances as well as the regulatory acts [that] supposedly infringe the fundamental rights of the human person and the public freedoms, after their publication;
... (Art. 84) - French
La Cour Constitutionnelle statue obligatoirement sur :
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- la constitutionnalité des lois organiques et des lois avant leur promulgation, des ordonnances ainsi que des actes réglementaires censés porter atteinte aux droits fondamentaux de la personne humaine et aux libertés publiques, après leur publication ;
... (Art. 84)
Judicial Protection
- English(1) The Supreme Court shall have sole and exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine any question relating to the infringement or imminent infringement by executive or administrative action of any fundamental right or language right declared and recognized by Chapter III or Chapter IV.
(2) Where any person alleges that any such fundamental right or language right relating to such person has been infringed or is about to be infringed by executive or administrative action, he may himself or by an attorney-at-law on his behalf, within one month thereof, in accordance with such rules of court as may be in force, apply to the Supreme Court by way of petition in writing addressed to such Court praying for relief or redress in respect of such infringement. Such application may be proceeded with only with leave to proceed first had and obtained from the Supreme Court, which leave may be granted or refused, as the case may be, by not less than two judges.
(3) Where in the course of hearing in the Court of Appeal into an application for orders in the nature of a writ of habeas corpus, certiorari, prohibition, procedendo, mandamus or quo warranto, it appears to such Court that there is prima facie evidence of an infringement or imminent infringement of the provisions of Chapter III or Chapter IV by a party to such application, such Court shall forthwith refer such matter for determination by the Supreme Court.
… (Art. 126) - Sinhala(1) III වැනි පරිච්ඡේදයෙන් හෝ IV වැනි පරිච්ඡේදයෙන් හෝ ප්රකාශ කොට පිළිගන්නා ලද යම් මූලික අයිතිවාසිකමක් නැතහොත් භාෂා අයිතිවාසිකම යම් විධායක හෝ පරිපාලන ක්රියාවක් මගින් කඩ කිරීමට අත්යාසන්නව පැවතීම හා සම්බන්ධ කවර වූ හෝ ප්රශ්නයක් විභාග කොට තීරණය කිරීමේ තනි හා අනන්ය අධිකරණ බලය ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයට ඇත්තේ ය.
(2) තමාට සම්බන්ධ එවැනි යම් මූලික අයිතිවාසිකමක් නැතහොත් භාෂා අයිතිවාසිකම යම් විධායක ක්රියාවක් මගින් හෝ පරිපාලන ක්රියාවක් මගින් කඩ කොට ඇති බවට හෝ කඩ කිරීමට අත්යාසන්නව පවතින බවට යම් තැනැත්තකු විසින් දෝෂාරෝපණයක් කරනු ලබන අවස්ථාවක ඔහු විසින් ම නැතහොත් ඔහු වෙනුවෙන් පෙනී සිටින නීතිඥවරයකුගේ මාර්ගයෙන්, එතැන් පටන් මාසයක් ඇතුළත, එම කඩ කිරීමෙන් සහනයක් හෝ පිහිටක් ලබා දෙන ලෙස ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයෙන් අයැද සිටින ඉල්ලීමක්, තත්කාලයේ බලපවත්නා අධිකරණ රීතිවලට අනුකූලව ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය අමතා ඉදිරිපත් කරන ලිඛිත පෙත්සමක් මගින් කළ හැක්කේ ය. එවැනි ඉල්ලීමක් පිළිබඳව ක්රියා කිරීමට ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයෙන් පූර්ව අවසරයක් ලබා ගැනීමෙන් පසුව පමණක් එවැනි ඉල්ලීමක් පිළිබඳව ක්රියා කරගෙන යා හැක්කේ ය. එසේ අවසරය ඉල්ලා සිටි විට අවස්ථාවෝචිත පරිදි ඒ අවසරය ප්රදානය කිරීම හෝ අවසරය දීම ප්රතික්ෂේප කිරීම හෝ විනිශ්චයකාරවරයන් දෙදෙනකුට නොඅඩු සංඛ්යාවක් විසින් කළ හැක්කේ ය.
(3) හේබියස් කෝපුස්, සර්ටියොරාරි, තහනම්, ප්රොසිඩෙන්ඩෝ, මන්ඩාමුස් හෝ ක්වෝ වොරන්ටෝ ස්වභාවයේ වූ රිට් ආඥා සඳහා කරන ලද ඉල්ලීමක් අභියාචනාධිකරණයෙහි විභාග කිරීමේ දී, ඒ ඉල්ලීමේ පාර්ශ්වකරුවකු විසින්, III වැනි පරිච්ඡේදයේ හෝ IV වැනි පරිච්ඡේදයේ විධිවිධාන කඩකර ඇති බවට හෝ කඩ කිරීමට අත්යාසන්නව ඇති බවට බැලූ බැල්මට පෙනෙන සාක්ෂි ඇති බව ඒ අධිකරණයට පෙනී ගිය අවස්ථාවක ඒ කාරණය තීරණය කිරීම සඳහා ඒ අධිකරණය විසින් ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය වෙත නොපමාව යොමු කළ යුත්තේ ය.
… (126 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Judicial Protection
- English1. Everyone shall be guaranteed the right of access to justice and to receive, within a reasonable timeframe and through a fair trial, safeguard of his or her legally protected rights or interests.
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6. To defend the individual rights, freedoms and guarantees, the law provides for swift and priority legal proceedings that ensure the effective and timely safeguard against any threats or violations of said rights, freedoms and guarantees. (Art. 22) - Portuguese1. A todos é garantido o direito de acesso à justiça e de obter, em prazo razoável e mediante processo equitativo, a tutela dos seus direitos ou interesses legalmente protegidos.
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6. Para defesa dos direitos, liberdades e garantias individuais, a lei estabelece procedimentos judiciais céleres e prioritários que assegurem a tutela efectiva e em tempo útil contra ameaças ou violações desses mesmos direitos, liberdades e garantias. (Art. 22)
Judicial Protection
- EnglishCitizens have the right of recourse to the courts to protect their rights and lawful interests. … (Art. 51)
- Arabicيحق للمواطن أن يلجأ إلى القضـاء لحماية حقوقه ومصالحه المشروع. ... (المادّة 51)