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Equality and Non-Discrimination
Serbia
- EnglishEqual protection of rights before courts and other state bodies, entities exercising public powers and bodies of the autonomous province or local self-government shall be guaranteed.
… (Art. 36) - Serbian CyrillicЈемчи се једнака заштита права пред судовима и другим државним органима, имаоцима јавних овлашћења и органима аутономне покрајине и јединица локалне самоуправе.
… (Члан 36)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Zambia
- EnglishWE, THE PEOPLE OF ZAMBIA:
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CONFIRM the equal worth of women and men and their right to freely participate in, determine and build a sustainable political, legal, economic and social order; … (Preamble)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Georgia
- English1. All persons are equal before the law. Any discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, sex, origin, ethnicity, language, religion, political or other views, social affiliation, property or titular status, place of residence, or on any other grounds shall be prohibited.
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3. The State shall provide equal rights and opportunities for men and women. The State shall take special measures to ensure the essential equality of men and women and to eliminate inequality.
… (Art. 11) - Georgian1. ყველა ადამიანი სამართლის წინაშე თანასწორია. აკრძალულია დისკრიმინაცია რასის, კანის ფერის, სქესის, წარმოშობის, ეთნიკური კუთვნილების, ენის, რელიგიის, პოლიტიკური ან სხვა შეხედულებების, სოციალური კუთვნილების, ქონებრივი ან წოდებრივი მდგომარეობის, საცხოვრებელი ადგილის ან სხვა ნიშნის მიხედვით.
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3. სახელმწიფო უზრუნველყოფს თანაბარ უფლებებსა და შესაძლებლობებს მამაკაცებისა და ქალებისათვის. სახელმწიფო იღებს განსაკუთრებულ ზომებს მამაკაცებისა და ქალების არსებითი თანასწორობის უზრუნველსაყოფად და უთანასწორობის აღმოსაფხვრელად.
… (მუხლი 11)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Myanmar
- EnglishThe Union shall not discriminate any citizen of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, based on race, birth, religion, official position, status, culture, sex and wealth. (Sec. 348)
- Burmeseနိုင်ငံတော်သည် ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်၏ မည်သည့်နိုင်ငံသားကိုမျှ လူမျိုး၊ ဇာတိ၊ ကိုးကွယ်ရာဘာသာ၊ ရာထူးဌာနန္တရ၊ အဆင့်အတန်း၊ ယဉ်ကျေးမှု၊ အမျိုးသား၊ အမျိုးသမီး၊ ဆင်းရဲချမ်းသာတို့ကို အကြောင်းပြု၍ ခွဲခြားမှုမရှိစေရ။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၄၈)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Ukraine
- EnglishAll people are free and equal in their dignity and rights.
… (Art. 21) - UkrainianУсі люди є вільні і рівні у своїй гідності та правах.
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Equality and Non-Discrimination
Equatorial Guinea
- EnglishThe fundamentals of the Equatoguinean society are:
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c) The recognition of the right of equality between the man and the woman;
… (Art. 5) - SpanishLos fundamentos de la sociedad ecuatoguineana son:
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c) El reconocimiento del derecho de igualdad entre el hombre y la mujer.
… (Art. 5) - FrenchLes fondements de la société équatoguinéenne sont:
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c) La reconnaissance du droit à l'égalité entre l'homme et la femme.
… (Art. 5)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Argentina
- EnglishCongress is empowered:
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23.- To legislate and promote positive measures guaranteeing true equal opportunities and treatment, the full benefit and exercise of the rights recognized by this Constitution and by the international treaties on human rights in force, particularly referring to children, women, the aged, and disabled persons.
… (Sec. 75) - SpanishCorresponde al Congreso:
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23. Legislar y promover medidas de acción positiva que garanticen la igualdad real de oportunidades y de trato, y el pleno goce y ejercicio de los derechos reconocidos por esta Constitución y por los tratados internacionales vigentes sobre derechos humanos, en particular respecto de los niños, las mujeres, los ancianos y las personas con discapacidad.
… (Art. 75)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Palestine
- EnglishPalestinians shall be equal before the law and the judiciary, without distinction based upon race, sex, color, religion, political views or disability. (Art. 9)
- Arabicالفلسطينيون أمام القانون و القضاء سواء لا تمييز بينهم بسبب العرق أو اللون أو الدين أو الرأي السياسي أو الإعاقة. (المادّة 9)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Micronesia, Federated States of
- EnglishEqual protection of the laws may not be denied or impaired on account of sex, race, ancestry, national origin, language, or social status. (Art. IV, Sec. 4)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Gambia
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(2) Every person in The Gambia, whatever his or her race, colour, gender, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status, shall be entitled to the fundamental human rights and freedoms of the individual contained in this Chapter3, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest. (Sec. 17)