Procedural limits to the protection of fundamental rights and the admissibility filter in the court of appeals

Abstract

The procedural protection of the fundamental rights by art. 20 of the 1980 Constitution have substantive and procedural limits. This article analyzes the procedural reasons supporting the fact of not giving rise to the protection for any general reason –distribution of powers– or two specific criteria: the inability of providing precautionary measure and the deference with the specialized instances. For reasons of justice and efficiency, the Courts of appeals should apply these criteria when deciding on the admissibility of the protection, unless there is information to invoke the thesis of the “evident violation”, which it is usually based on the guarantee of property or the guarantee of due process.