protection

Is named protection to the act and result of protecting oneself or. East verb, which comes from the Latin word anteparāre, Alludes to care, protect or benefit. For example: "When my parents died, I was protected by my maternal grandparents", "Look at that dog in the rain: we should give him shelter at home", "Syrian refugees should receive the protection of European countries".

Within the group of expressions that include this word, one of the most common is to protection of, and can be seen in the first of the examples in the previous paragraph. However, it is important to note that it can also be said under the protection of, although it does not appear as often as the first.

The most common use of concept appears on the judicial plane. A appeal for protection, often referred to simply as protection, is an action contemplated by various Constitutions and that allows a person to appeal to a high court when they consider that their rights were not respected or protected by other courts.

The amparo remedies, in this way, allow safeguard the constitutional rights of individuals. They also protect the principles of Constitution in the event of possible violations by judicial organisms or even contradictions generated by certain norms.

Suppose a footballer is sanctioned by the Disciplinary Tribunal of the tournament that disputes after being confirmed, through a drug test, who played a game under the influence of a drug. The athlete, faced with this situation, presents an appeal for protection in the Justice alleging that they are restricting his right to work and highlighting that he used a social drug that does not provide sports benefits. The Supreme Court, in this way, gives rise to protection and obliges the Disciplinary Tribunal to allow the player to continue in activity.

As with any technical term, the amparo remedy receives different names, depending on the Spanish-speaking country. In Colombia, for example, it is known as action of guardianship, while in Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador it is called Amparo action. This has not always been the case, since in Bolivia it used to be called appeal, but the name was replaced over time.

According to the legal perspective, scholars have different opinions about this concept. For example, there are those who reject the idea that it is considered a remedy, since in such a case it should be raised within a process, instead of seeking to protect the rights of individuals, as is the case with the appeal for amparo. If it were a resource, then it would be used to correct certain procedures inadequate or to correctly interpret the regulations in force in the context of a trial.

Finally, it should be noted that Protection is a name of woman that is used in Spain and in several Latin American countries. Chilean actress Amparo Noguera, Spanish politics Amparo Valcarce and the Colombian writer Amparo Osorio are three outstanding examples.

The etymology of this proper name is not a mystery, since its meaning is the same as the term protection when used as a common noun, that is, «protection«. This brings us to one of the meanings given by the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy: "person or thing that provides protection to another."

It is interesting to think that the word protection It does not only refer to the protection that someone or a law can provide us, but also to the same people who provide it to us. In this way, we can use it as a synonym for «refuge«: «My friends have been my protection in these difficult times» or «In my childhood, books were my protection against the violence that was lived in my house».