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National Human Rights Bodies
Uganda
- English1. There shall be a commission called the Uganda Human Rights Commission.
… (Art. 51)
National Human Rights Bodies
Thailand
- EnglishThere shall be the following organic acts:
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10. Organic Act on Human Rights Commission. (Sec. 130) - Thaiให้มีพระราชบัญญัติประกอบรัฐธรรมนูญดังต่อไปนี้
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(๑๐) พระราชบัญญัติประกอบรัฐธรรมนูญว่าด้วยคณะกรรมการสิทธิมนุษยชนแห่งชาติ (มาตรา ๑๓๐)
National Human Rights Bodies
Colombia
- EnglishThe Procurator General of the Nation will exercise the following functions directly:
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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) - SpanishEl Procurador General de la Nación ejercerá directamente las siguientes funciones:
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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
- EnglishThe Parliament appoints for a term of four years a Parliamentary Ombudsman and two Deputy Ombudsmen, who shall have outstanding knowledge of law.
… (Sec. 38) - FinnishEduskunta valitsee neljän vuoden toimikaudeksi oikeusasiamiehen sekä kaksi apulaisoikeusasiamiestä, joiden tulee olla eteviä laintuntijoita.
… (38 §) - SwedishRiksdagen väljer för en mandattid på fyra år en justitieombudsman samt två biträdande justitieombudsmän, som skall ha utmärkta lagkunskaper.
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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
Slovenia
- EnglishIn order to protect human rights and fundamental freedoms in relation to state authorities, local self-government authorities, and bearers of public authority, the office of the ombudsman for the rights of citizens shall be established by law.
Special ombudsmen for the rights of citizens may also be established by law for particular fields. (Art. 159) - SloveneZa varovanje človekovih pravic in temeljnih svoboščin v razmerju do državnih organov, organov lokalne samouprave in nosilcev javnih pooblastil se z zakonom določi varuh pravic državljanov.
Z zakonom se lahko za posamezna področja določijo posebni varuhi pravic državljanov. (159. Člen)
National Human Rights Bodies
Trinidad and Tobago
- English...
(5) Notwithstanding subsection (4) the Ombudsman—
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(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
- English1. The Ombudsman shall be appointed, for 5 years, by the President of the Republic after consultation with the Prime Minister, the Speaker of Parliament, the leaders of the political parties represented in Parliament, the President of the Malvatumauri Council of Chiefs, the Presidents of the Provincial Government Councils, and the chairmen of the Public Service Commission and the Judicial Service Commission.
2. A person shall be disqualified for appointment as Ombudsman if he is a member of Parliament, the Malvatumauri Council of Chiefs or a Provincial Government Council, if he holds any other public office, or if he exercises a position of responsibility within a political party.
... (Art. 61) - French1) Le Médiateur de Vanuatu est nommé, pour cinq ans, par le Président de la République, après consultation du Premier Ministre, du Président du Parlement, des présidents des groupes politiques constitués au sein du Parlement, du président du Conseil National des Chefs, des présidents des conseils provinciaux ainsi que des présidents des Commissions de la Fonction publique et de la Magistrature.
2) La fonction de Médiateur est incompatible avec l'appartenance au Parlement, au Conseil National des Chefs ou à un conseil provincial, et avec l'exercice de toute autre fonction publique ou d'une responsabilité au sein d'un parti politique.
... (Art. 61)
National Human Rights Bodies
Chad
- EnglishThe National Commission of the Rights of Man (CNDH) is autonomous concerning the choice of the questions that it examines by referring itself [to the matters]. The Commission is entirely free in its opinions that it transmits to the President of the Republic and of which it assures diffusion for public opinion. (Art. 173)
- Arabicاللجنة الوطنية لحقوق الإنسان (CNDH) هي مستقلة في اختيار المسائل التي تبحثها بمبادرتها الخاصة. اللجنة حرة تماماً في آرائها التي تحيلها إلى رئيس الجمهورية والتي تضمن نشرها للرأي العام. (المادة 173)
- FrenchLa Commission Nationale des Droits de l'Homme (CNDH) est autonome quant aux choix des questions qu'elle examine par auto-saisine. La Commission est entièrement libre de ses avis qu'elle transmet au Président de la République et dont elle assure la diffusion auprès de l'opinion publique. (Art. 173)
National Human Rights Bodies
Ghana
- EnglishThere shall be established by Act of Parliament within six months after Parliament first meets after the coming into force of this Constitution, a Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice which shall consist of—
(a) a Commissioner for Human Rights and Administrative Justice; and
(b) two Deputy Commissioners for Human Rights and Administrative Justice. (Art. 216)