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National Human Rights Bodies
- English
1. The Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of Kazakhstan shall contribute to the restoration of violated rights and freedoms of a human and a citizen, promote the rights and freedoms of a human and a citizen.
2. When exercising his/her powers, the Commissioner for Human Rights shall be independent and not accountable to state bodies and officials.
3. During the term of his/her powers, the Commissioner for Human Rights may not be arrested, brought to justice, subjected to administrative penalties imposed in court, brought to criminal responsibility without the consent of the Senate, except for cases of detention at the scene of a crime or serious crimes.
4. The legal status and organization of activities of the Commissioner for Human Rights shall be determined by the constitutional law. (Art. 83-1) - Kazak
1. Қазақстан Республикасындағы Адам құқықтары жөніндегі уəкіл адам мен азаматтың бұзылған құқықтары мен бостандықтарын қалпына келтіруге жəрдемдеседі, адам мен азаматтың құқықтары мен бостандықтарын ілгерілетуге ықпал етеді.
2. Адам құқықтары жөніндегі уəкіл өз өкілеттіктерін жүзеге асыру кезінде тəуелсіз болады жəне мемлекеттік органдар мен лауазымды адамдарға есеп бермейді.
3. Қылмыс орнында ұстап алынған немесе ауыр қылмыстар жасаған жағдайлардан басқа кезде, Адам құқықтары жөніндегі уəкілді өз өкілеттігінің мерзімі ішінде тұтқынға алуға, күштеп əкелуге, оған сот тəртібімен белгіленетін əкімшілік жазалау шараларын қолдануға, Сенаттың келісімінсіз қылмыстық жауаптылыққа тартуға болмайды.
4. Адам құқықтары жөніндегі уəкілдің құқықтық жағдайы жəне қызметін ұйымдастыру конституциялық заңда айқындалады. (83-1-бап)
National Human Rights Bodies
- EnglishThe law determines the missions and establishes the organization and the functioning of the National Commission of the Rights of Man. (Art. 216)
- FrenchLa loi détermine les missions et fixe l’organisation et le fonctionnement de la Commission nationale des droits de l’homme. (Art. 216)
National Human Rights Bodies
- EnglishThe office of the Ombudsman in existence immediately before the coming into force of this Constitution shall, until the President appoints the Commissioner for Human Rights and Administrative Justice and his Deputies, and provision is otherwise made, continue as if it forms part of the Office of the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice. (First Schedule, Transitional Provisions, Art. 11)
National Human Rights Bodies
- English1. Subject to this section, the Ombudsman may investigate any action taken by any officer or authority to which this section applies in the exercise of administrative functions of that officer or authority, in any case in which a member of, the public claims, or appears to the Ombudsman, to have sustained injustice in consequence of maladministration in connection with the action so taken and in which
a. a complaint under this section is made;
b. he is invited to do so by any Minister or other member of the Assembly; or
c. he considers it desirable to do so of his own motion.
… (Sec. 97)
National Human Rights Bodies
- English(1) There shall be an Ombudsman, who shall have the powers and functions set out in this Constitution.
(2) The Ombudsman shall be independent and subject only to this Constitution and the law.
(3) No member of the Cabinet or the Legislature or any other person shall interfere with the Ombudsman in the exercise of his or her functions and all organs of the State shall accord such assistance as may be needed for the protection of the independence, dignity and effectiveness of the Ombudsman.
... (Art. 89)
National Human Rights Bodies
- English1. There shall be established an independent commission to be known as the Human Rights Commission.
…
4. The Commission shall have power to issue summons or other orders requiring representatives of relevant institutions and other bodies at all levels of government or persons or organizations to appear before it or produce any document or record relevant to any investigation by the Commission.
5. The Commission may request a government representative or any person or organization to take part in its deliberations if and when necessary. (Art. 145)
National Human Rights Bodies
- English
(1) It shall be the duty of the National Human Rights Commission to respect, protect and promote human rights and ensure effective enforcement thereof.
(2) For the accomplishment of the duty referred to in clause (1), the National Human Rights Commission shall perform the following functions:
(a) To inquire, on its own initiative or on petition or complaint presented in or sent to the Commission by a victim or any person on his or her behalf or on information received by the Commission from any source, into and investigate complaints of violations of human rights of an individual or group or abetment thereof, and make recommendation for action against the perpetrators;
(b) In case any official who has the responsibility or duty to prevent violations of human rights fails to fulfil or perform his or her responsibility or duty or shows reluctance in the fulfilment or performance of his or her responsibility or duty, to make recommendation to the concerned authority to take departmental action against such official;
(c) In case it is required to institute a case against any person or organization who has violated human rights, to make recommendation to file a case in the court in accordance with law;
(d) To coordinate and collaborate with civil society in order to enhance awareness on human rights;
(e) To make recommendation, accompanied by the reasons and grounds, to the concerned body for taking departmental action against and imposing punishment on those who are violators of human rights;
(f) To carry out periodic reviews of the relevant laws relating to human rights and make recommendation to the Government of Nepal for necessary improvements in and amendments to such laws;
(g) In case Nepal has to become a party to any international treaty or agreement on human rights, to make recommendation, accompanied by the reasons therefor, to the Government of Nepal; and monitor whether any such treaty or an agreement to which Nepal is already a party has been implemented, and in case it is found not to have been implemented, to make recommendation to the Government of Nepal for its implementation;
(h) To publish, in accordance with law, the names of the officials, persons or bodies who have failed to observe or implement any recommendations or directives made or given by the National Human Rights Commission in relation to the violations of human rights, and record them as violators of human rights.
… (Art. 249) - Nepali
(१) मानव अधिकारको सम्मान, संरक्षण र संवर्धन तथा त्यसको प्रभावकारी कार्यान्वयनलाई सुनिश्चित गर्नु राष्ट्रिय मानव अधिकार आयोगको कर्तव्य हुनेछ ।
(२) उपधारा (१) मा उल्लिखित कर्तव्य पूरा गर्नका लागि राष्ट्रिय मानव अधिकार आयोगले देहाय बमोजिमका काम गर्नेछ ः–
(क) कुनै व्यक्ति वा समूहको मानव अधिकार उल्लंघन वा त्यसको दुरुत्साहन भएकोमा पीडित आफैं वा निजको तर्पmबाट कसैले आयोग समक्ष प्रस्तुत वा प्रेषित गरेको निवेदन वा उजूरी वा कुनै स्रोतबाट आयोगलाई प्राप्त भएको वा आयोगको जानकारीमा आएको विषयमा छानबिन तथा अनुसन्धान गरी दोषी उपर कारबाही गर्न सिफारिस गर्ने,
(ख) मानव अधिकारको उल्लंघन हुनबाट रोक्ने जिम्मेवारी वा कर्तव्य भएको पदाधिकारीले आफ्नो जिम्मेवारी पूरा नगरेमा वा कर्तव्य पालन नगरेमा वा जिम्मेवारी पूरा गर्न वा कर्तव्यपालन गर्न उदासीनता देखाएमा त्यस्तो पदाधिकारी उपर विभागीय कारबाही गर्न सम्बन्धित अधिकारी समक्ष सिफारिस गर्ने,
(ग) मानव अधिकार उल्लंघन गर्ने व्यक्ति वा संस्थाका विरुद्ध मुद्दा चलाउनु पर्ने आवश्यकता भएमा कानून बमोजिम अदालतमा मुद्दा दायर गर्न सिफारिस गर्ने,
(घ) मानव अधिकारको चेतना अभिवृद्धि गर्न नागरिक समाजसँग समन्वय र सहकार्य गर्ने,
(ङ) मानव अधिकारको उल्लंघनकर्तालाई विभागीय कारबाही तथा सजाय गर्न कारण र आधार खुलाई सम्बन्धित निकाय समक्ष सिफारिस गर्ने,
(च) मानव अधिकारसँग सम्बन्धित कानूनको आवधिक रूपमा पुनरावलोकन गर्ने तथा त्यसमा गर्नु पर्ने सुधार तथा संशोधनका सम्बन्धमा नेपाल सरकार समक्ष सिफारिस गर्ने,
(छ) मानव अधिकारसँग सम्बन्धित अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय सन्धि वा सम्झौताको नेपाल पक्ष बन्नु पर्ने भएमा त्यसको कारण सहित नेपाल सरकारलाई सिफारिस गर्ने र नेपाल पक्ष बनिसकेका सन्धि वा सम्झौताको कार्यान्वयन भए वा नभएको अनुगमनगरी कार्यान्वयन नभएको पाइएमा त्यसको कार्यान्वयन गर्न नेपाल सरकार समक्ष सिफारिस गर्ने,
(ज) मानव अधिकारको उल्लंघनका सम्बन्धमा राष्ट्रिय मानव अधिकार आयोगले गरेको सिफारिस वा निर्देशन पालन वा कार्यान्वयन नगर्ने पदाधिकारी, व्यक्ति वा निकायको नाम कानून बमोजिम सार्वजनिक गरी मानव अधिकार उल्लंघनकर्ताको रूपमा अभिलेख राख्ने ।
... (धारा २४९)
National Human Rights Bodies
- EnglishThe Public Defender shall be designated by at least two-thirds of the members present of the Pluri-National Legislative Assembly. … (Art. 220)
- SpanishLa Defensora o el Defensor del Pueblo se designará por al menos dos tercios de los presentes de la Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional. … (Art. 220)
National Human Rights Bodies
- English
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(2) The Ombudsman Board members are elected by the National Council on the basis of a joint recommendation drawn up by the Main Committee in the presence of at least half its members. Each of the three parties with the largest number of mandates in the National Council is entitled to nominate one member for this recommendation.
… (Art. 148g) - German
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(2) Die Mitglieder der Volksanwaltschaft werden vom Nationalrat auf Grund eines Gesamtvorschlages des Hauptausschusses gewählt. Der Hauptausschuss erstellt seinen Gesamtvorschlag bei Anwesenheit von mindestens der Hälfte seiner Mitglieder, wobei die drei mandatsstärksten Parteien des Nationalrates das Recht haben, je ein Mitglied für diesen Gesamtvorschlag namhaft zu machen.
… (Art. 148g)
National Human Rights Bodies
- EnglishThe Procurator for the Defense of Human Rights and the Procurator General of the Republic, will have the following functions:
I. It corresponds to the Procurator for the Defense of Human Rights:
1) To see to the respect [for] and guarantee of [the] human rights;
2) To investigate, of office[,] or through a complaint [denuncia] received, the cases of violations of human rights;
3) To assist [the] alleged [presuntas] victims of violations to human rights;
4) To promote judicial or administrative recourses for the protection of [the] human rights;
5) To monitor [vigilar] the situation of the persons deprived of [their] freedom. He will be notified of all the arrests [made] and will see [cuidara] that the legal limits of [the] administrative detention are respected;
6) To carry out inspections, where he deems necessary, in order to assure the respect for the human rights;
7) To supervise the acts of the public administration[,] as opposed to [frente] persons;
8) To promote reforms before the Organs of the State for the progress of [the] human rights;
9) To issue opinions concerning [the] Bills of law that affect the exercise of the human rights;
10) To promote and propose the measures deemed necessary in order to prevent violations of the human rights;
11) To publicly or privately formulate conclusions and recommendations;
12) To prepare and publish reports;
13) To develop a permanent program of activities of promotion concerning the knowledge of[,] and respect for[,] [the] human rights;
14) The others that the Constitution or the law attribute to him.
The Procurator for the Defense of Human Rights may have departmental and local delegates of [a] permanent character.
II. It corresponds to the Procurator General of the Republic:
1) To see to the defense of the family and of the persons and interests of the minors and others [who are] incapable;
2) To provide legal assistance to the persons of limited economic resources, and to represent them judicially in the defense of their individual freedom and labor rights;
3) To appoint, remove, grant leaves of absence to, and accept the resignations of the Auxiliary Procurators of all the Tribunals of the Republic, of [the] Labor Procurators and of the other functionaries and employees of their dependency;
4) To exercise the other attributions that the law establishes. (Art. 194) - SpanishEl Procurador para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos y el procurador General de la Republica, tendran las siguientes funciones:
I.- corresponde al Procurador para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos:
1º- velar por el respeto y la garantia a los derechos humanos;
2º- investigar, de oficio o por denuncia que hubiere recibido, casos de violaciones a los derechos humanos;
3º- asistir a las presuntas victimas de violaciones a los derechos humanos;
4º- promover recursos judiciales o administrativos para la protección de los derechos humanos;
5º- vigilar la situacion de las personas privadas de su libertad. Sera notificado de todo arresto y cuidara que sean respetados los limites legales de la detencion administrativa;
6º- practicar inspecciones, donde lo estime necesario, en orden a asegurar el respeto a los derechos humanos;
7º- supervisar la actuacion de la administracion publica frente a las personas;
8º- promover reformas ante los Organos del Estado para el progreso de los derechos humanos;
9º- emitir opiniones sobre proyectos de leyes que afecten el ejercicio de los derechos humanos;
10º- promover y proponer las medidas que estime necesarias en orden a prevenir violaciones a los derechos humanos;
11º- formular conclusiones y recomendaciones publica o privadamente;
12º- elaborar y publicar informes;
13º- desarrollar un programa permanente de actividades de promocion sobre el conocimiento y respeto de los derechos humanos;
14º- las demás que le atribuyan la constitucion o la ley.
El Procurador para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos podra tener delegados departamentales y locales de caracter permanente.
II.- Corresponde al Procurador General de la Republica:
1º- velar por la defensa de la familia y de las personas e intereses de los menores y demás incapaces;
2º- dar asistencia legal a las personas de escasos recursos económicos, y representarlas judicialmente en la defensa de su libertad individual y de sus derechos laborales;
3º- nombrar, remover, conceder licencias y aceptar renuncias a los Procuradores Auxiliares de todos los Tribunales de la Republica, a los procuradores de trabajo y a los demas funcionarios y empleados de su dependencia;
4º- ejercer las demas atribuciones que establezca la ley. (Art. 194)