Constitución en Inglés

156 constituteproject.org Colombia 2021 Chapter I General Provisions T he administration of justice is a public function. Its decisions are independent. Its proceedings shall be public and permanent with the exceptions established by statute, and substantive law shall prevail in them. Legal limits shall be diligently observed, and failure to apply them shall be sanctioned. The functioning of the judiciary shall be decentralized and autonomous. The right of any individual to have access to the administration of justice is guaranteed. A law shall specify the cases in which this may be done without the representation of counsel. In their decisions, judges are bound exclusively by the rule of law. Fairness, jurisprudence, and the general principles of law and doctrine are the auxiliary criteria of judicial proceedings. The Justices of the Supreme Court of Justice and the Council of State will be elected by their respective bodies, following a public hearing, from a list of ten eligible people sent by the Superior Council of the Judicature after a public call for nominations is made according to law. ARTICLE 228 ARTICLE 229 ARTICLE 230 ARTICLE 231