Constitución en Inglés

146 constituteproject.org Colombia 2021 The states of exception referred to in the previous articles shall be subject to the following provisions: 1. Legislative decrees shall be signed by the President of the Republic and all his/her ministers and may refer only to matters that are directly and specifically connected with the situation specified in the declaration of a state of exception. 2. Neither human rights nor fundamental freedoms may be suspended. The rules of International Humanitarian Law shall be observed in all cases. A statutory law shall regulate the powers of the Government during states of exception and shall establish legal controls and guaranties to protect rights, in accordance with international treaties. The measures that are adopted must be proportionate to the gravity of the events. 3. The normal functioning of branches of government or state organs shall not be interrupted. 4. As soon as the foreign war or the causes that gave rise to the state of internal disturbance have come to an end, the Government shall declare public order to have been restored and shall lift the state of exception. 5. The President and the ministers shall be responsible when they declare states of exception without the occurrence of a foreign war or internal disturbance, and they shall also be responsible, as shall other officials, for any abuse that they commit in the exercise of the powers referred to in the earlier articles. ARTICLE 214