Title XI of the Constitution of the French Fifth Republic

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Title XI of the Constitution of the French Fifth Republic is the section that establishes and governs the French Ombudsman institution, known as the Defender of Rights, and outlines its role in protecting citizens’ rights and overseeing public administration.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional title ⓘ
part of the Constitution of the French Fifth Republic ⓘ
aim ensuring respect for citizens by public bodies ⓘ
improving relations between citizens and public administration ⓘ
protection of individual rights and freedoms ⓘ
appliesTo public administration in France ⓘ
public authorities in France ⓘ
basisFor organic laws organizing the Defender of Rights ⓘ
concerns administrative oversight ⓘ
fundamental rights ⓘ
relations between citizens and the state ⓘ
constitutionalObjective to provide citizens with a recourse against maladministration ⓘ
to strengthen the protection of rights and liberties ⓘ
constitutionalRank supreme law within the French legal order ⓘ
country France ⓘ
defines constitutional framework of the Defender of Rights ⓘ
ensures constitutional recognition of the Defender of Rights ⓘ
establishes Defender of Rights ⓘ
function to define the conditions of intervention of the Defender of Rights ⓘ
to define the missions of the Defender of Rights ⓘ
to define the powers of the Defender of Rights ⓘ
to define the status of the Defender of Rights ⓘ
governs Defender of Rights ⓘ
guarantees existence of an independent authority for rights protection ⓘ
hierarchicalPosition below the Constitution of the French Fifth Republic only as a component of it ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legalEffect binding on public authorities ⓘ
directs the organization of an independent rights-protection authority ⓘ
legalNature norm of constitutional value ⓘ
legalSystem French constitutional law ⓘ
linked to: French law
oversightRole control over the functioning of public services with regard to rights ⓘ
partOf Constitution of the French Fifth Republic ⓘ
relatedInstitution Defender of Rights ⓘ
French Ombudsman ⓘ
rightsProtected citizens’ rights ⓘ
freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution of the French Fifth Republic ⓘ
scope national territory of France ⓘ
subjectMatter oversight of public administration ⓘ
protection of citizens’ rights ⓘ

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Article 69 of the French Constitution → locatedInText → Title XI of the Constitution of the French Fifth Republic ⓘ
Article 70 of the French Constitution → belongsTo → Title XI of the Constitution of the French Fifth Republic ⓘ