Constitución en Inglés

178 constituteproject.org Colombia 2021 It will be composed of seven (7) justices. Four of them will be elected by Congress in plenary from lists of candidates submitted the Superior Council of the Judicature following a regulated public call for candidates. Three of the seven justices will be elected by Congress in plenary from lists of candidates submitted by the President of the Republic, following a regulated call for candidates. They will serve for eight-year terms and must fulfill the same prerequisites required for Justices of the Supreme Court of Justice. Justices of the National Judicial Discipline Commission cannot be reelected. There may be Sectional Committees of Judicial Discipline with membership specified by law. The National Judicial Discipline Commission will be in charge of examining the conduct and sanction malfeasance of licensed attorneys, according the procedure specified by law, unless the law assigns this function to a collegium of attorneys. The National Judicial Discipline Commission and Sectional Commissions of Judicial Discipline will not competent to hear legal actions to protect fundamental rights]. Justices of the National Judicial Discipline Commission must be elected within the year following the present constitutional amendment’s entry into force. Once seated, the National Judicial Discipline Commission shall assume the disciplinary proceedings of the Jurisdictional Chamber of the Superior Council of the Judicature. The Disciplinary Chambers of the Sectional Councils of the Judicature will be transformed into Sectional Commissions of Judicial Discipline. [Members of the national and regional commissions] will be guaranteed the career rights of justices PARAGRAPH TRANSITORY PARAGRAPH 1