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Limitations and/or Derogations

Fiji
  • English
    …
    (4) A legal person has the rights and freedoms recognised in this Chapter, to the extent required by the nature of the right or freedom, and the nature of the particular legal person.
    (5) The rights and freedoms set out in this Chapter apply according to their tenor and may be limited by—
    (a) limitations expressly prescribed, authorised or permitted (whether by or under a written law) in relation to a particular right or freedom in this Chapter;
    (b) limitations prescribed or set out in, or authorised or permitted by, other provisions of this Constitution; or
    (c) limitations which are not expressly set out or authorised (whether by or under a written law) in relation to a particular right or freedom in this Chapter, but which are necessary and are prescribed by a law or provided under a law or authorised or permitted by a law or by actions taken under the authority of a law.
    … (Sec. 6)
  • iTaukei
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    (4) Na matakabani e tu vua na dodonu kei na galala me vaka e virikotori ena Wase qo, me yacova na kena iyalayala e vakatarai me vakayagataki kina na dodonu se na galala qo ka na vakatautaki tale ga ena ituvaki ni matakabani.
    (5) Na dodonu kei na galala e vakamacalataki ena Wase qo ena rawa ni yalani ena—
    (a) so na vanua vakarautaki se vakadonui (veitalia ke virikotori ena lawa tabaki se sega) ena tiki ni dodonu se galala ena Wase qo;
    (b) so na vanua vakarautaki se vakadonui ena dua na tikina vakarautaki ena Yavunivakavulewa qo; se
    (c) so na vanua e sega ni vakarautaki se vakadonui (veitalia ke virikotori ena lawa tabaki se sega) ena tiki ni dodonu se galala ena Wase qo; ia e gadrevi ka tauyavutaki vakalawa se vakarautaki ena dua na lawa se vakadonui vakalawa se vakayacori ena veivakadonui vakalawa.
    … (Sec. 6)

Limitations and/or Derogations

Ecuador
  • English
    The following rights of persons are recognized and guaranteed:
    …
    5. The right to freely develop one's personality, without any constraints other than respect for the rights of others.
    … (Art. 66)
  • Spanish
    Se reconoce y garantizará a las personas:
    ...
    5. El derecho al libre desarrollo de la personalidad, sin más limitaciones que los derechos de los demás.
    ... (Art. 66)

Limitations and/or Derogations

Myanmar
  • English
    The Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Services may, during the duration of the declaration of a state of emergency, restrict or suspend as required, one or more fundamental rights of the citizens in the required area. (Sec. 420)
  • Burmese
    တပ်မတော်ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ်သည် အရေးပေါ်အခြေအနေ ကြေညာထားစဉ် ကာလအတွင်း လိုအပ်သည့်နယ်မြေဒေသတွင် နိုင်ငံသားများ၏ မူလအခွင့်အရေးတစ်ရပ်ရပ်ကို ဖြစ်စေ၊ တစ်ရပ် ထပ်ပို၍ဖြစ်စေ လိုအပ်သလို ကန့်သတ်နိုင်သည် သို့မဟုတ် ရပ်ဆိုင်ထားနိုင်သည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၄၂၀)

Limitations and/or Derogations

Papua New Guinea
  • English
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    (2) Every person has the right to freedom based on law, and accordingly has a legal right to do any thing that-
    (a) does not injure or interfere with the rights and freedoms of others;
    … (Sec. 32)

Limitations and/or Derogations

Honduras
  • English
    The declarations, rights and guarantees enumerated in this Constitution shall not be construed as a denial of other declarations, rights and guarantees not specified that spring from the national sovereignty, from the democratic and representative form of government, and from the dignity of man. (Art. 63)
  • Spanish
    Las declaraciones, derechos y garantías que enumera esta Constitución, no serán entendidos como negación de otras declaraciones, derechos y garantías no especificadas, que nacen de la soberanía, de la forma republicana, democrática y representativa de gobierno y de la dignidad del hombre. (Art. 63)

Limitations and/or Derogations

Tajikistan
  • English
    During the state of emergency the rights and liberties stipulated in articles 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 25, and 28 of the Constitution shall not be limited.
    The Constitutional Law shall determine the legal regime of the state of emergency. (Art. 47)
  • Russian
    В условиях чрезвычайного положения не могут быть ограничены права и свободы, предусмотренные в статьях 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 25 и 28 Конституции.
    Правовой режим чрезвычайного положения определяется конституционным законом. (Статья 47)
  • Tajik
    Дар давраи вазъияти фавқулодда ҳуқуқ ва озодиҳое, ки дар моддаҳои 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 25, 28‐и Конститутсия пешбинӣ шудааст, маҳдуд карда намешавад.
    Низоми ҳуқуқии вазъияти фавқулоддаро қонуни конститутсионӣ муайян мекунад. (Моддаи 47)

Limitations and/or Derogations

Kyrgyzstan
  • English

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    2. In the Kyrgyz Republic, laws that abolish or diminish human rights and freedoms must not be adopted.
    … (Art. 56)

  • Russian

    ...
    2. В Кыргызской Республике не должны приниматься законы, отменяющие или умаляющие права и свободы человека.
    ... (Статья 56)

  • Kyrgyz

    ...
    2. Кыргыз Республикасында адамдын укуктарын жана эркиндиктерин жокко чыгаруучу же кемсинтүүчү мыйзамдар кабыл алынбайт.
    ... (56-берене)

Limitations and/or Derogations

Peru
  • English

    The enumeration of the rights established in this Chapter4 does not exclude others that the Constitution guarantees, nor others of analogous nature or that are based on the dignity of man, or on the principles of sovereignty of the people, of the democratic State of law and the republican form of government. (Art. 3)

  • Spanish

    La enumeración de los derechos establecidos en este capítulo no excluye los demás que la Constitución garantiza, ni otros de naturaleza análoga o que se fundan en la dignidad del hombre, o en los principios de soberanía del pueblo, del Estado democrático de derecho y de la forma republicana de gobierno. (Art. 3)

Limitations and/or Derogations

Uzbekistan
  • English

    None of the provisions of the present Constitution may be interpreted in a way detrimental to the rights and interests of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the basic principles and norms stipulated in section one of this Constitution.
    Laws and other normative legal acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall be adopted on the basis of and in fulfillment of the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan. None of the laws or other normative legal acts may run counter to the norms and principles of the Constitution. (Art. 16)

  • Uzbek

    Ushbu Konstitutsiyaning birorta qoidasi O‘zbekiston Respublikasining huquq va manfaatlariga, ushbu Konstitutsiyaning birinchi bo‘limida nazarda tutilgan asosiy prinsip va normalarga zarar yetkazadigan tarzda talqin etilishi mumkin emas.
    O‘zbekiston Respublikasining qonunlari va boshqa normativ-huquqiy hujjatlari O‘zbekiston Respublikasining Konstitutsiyasi asosida va uni ijro etish yuzasidan qabul qilinadi. Birorta qonun yoki boshqa normativ-huquqiy hujjat Konstitutsiyaning prinsip va normalariga zid bo‘lishi mumkin emas. (16-modda)

Limitations and/or Derogations

Namibia
  • English
    Whenever or wherever in terms of this Constitution the limitation of any fundamental rights or freedoms contemplated by this Chapter6 is authorised, any law providing for such limitation shall:
    (a) be of general application, shall not negate the essential content thereof, and shall not be aimed at a particular individual;
    (b) specify the ascertainable extent of such limitation and identify the Article or Articles hereof on which authority to enact such limitation is claimed to rest. (Art. 22)