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Equality and Non-Discrimination
Colombia
- EnglishThe people of Colombia,
In the exercise of their sovereign power, represented by their delegates to the National Constituent Assembly, invoking the protection of God, and in order to strengthen the unity of the nation and ensure to its members life, peaceful coexistence, work, justice, equality, understanding, freedom, and peace within a legal, democratic, and participatory framework that may guarantee a just political, economic, and social order and committed to promote the integration of the Latin American community, decree, authorize, and promulgate the following:
… (Preamble) - SpanishEl pueblo de Colombia,
en ejercicio de su poder soberano, representado por sus delegatarios a la Asamblea Nacional Constituyente, invocando la protección de Dios, y con el fin de fortalecer la unidad de la Nación y asegurar a sus integrantes la vida, la convivencia, el trabajo, la justicia, la igualdad, el conocimiento, la libertad y la paz, dentro de un marco jurídico, democrático y participativo que garantice un orden político, económico y social justo, y comprometido a impulsar la integración de la comunidad latinoamericana, decreta, sanciona y promulga la siguiente:
… (Preambulo)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Iraq
- English…
Accusations of being infidels, and terrorism did not stop us from marching forward to build a nation of law. Sectarianism and racism have not stopped us from marching together to strengthen our national unity, following the path of peaceful transfer of power, adopting the course of just distribution of resources, and providing equal opportunity for all. We, the people of Iraq, who have just risen from our stumble, and who are looking with confidence to the future through a republican, federal, democratic, pluralistic system, have resolved with the determination of our men, women, elderly, and youth to respect the rule of law, to establish justice and equality, to cast aside the politics of aggression, to pay attention to women and their rights, the elderly and their concerns, and children and their affairs, to spread the culture of diversity, and to defuse terrorism.
… (Preamble) - Arabic…
لم يثننا التكفيرُ والارهابُ من أن نمضي قُدماً لبناء دولة القانون، ولم توقفنا الطائفية والعنصرية من ان نسير معاً لتعزيز الوحدة الوطنية، وانتهاج سُبُلِ التداول السلمي للسلطة، وتبني اسلوب التوزيع العادل للثروة، ومنح تكافؤ الفرص للجميع نحنُ شعبُ العراقِ الناهض توّاً من كبوته، والمتطلع بثقة إلى مستقبله من خلال نظامٍ جمهوري اتحادي ديمقراطي تعددي، عَقَدَنا العزم برجالنا ونسائنا، وشيوخنا وشبابنا، على احترام قواعد القانون وتحقيق العدل والمساواة، ونبذ سياسة العدوان، والاهتمام بالمرأةِ وحقوقها، والشيخ وهمومه، والطفل وشؤونه، واشاعة ثقافة التنوع، ونزع فتيل الارهاب
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Equality and Non-Discrimination
North Macedonia
- EnglishThe citizens of the Republic of North Macedonia …
...responsible to future generations to preserve and develop everything that is valuable from the rich cultural inheritance and coexistence within North Macedonia, equal in rights and obligations towards the common good - the Republic of North Macedonia,
… (Preamble)4 - MacedonianГраѓаните на Република Северна Македонија ...
... одговорни пред идните генерации за зачувување и развој на сe што е вредно од богатото културно наследство и соживот во Северна Македонија, еднакви во своите права и обврски кон заедничкото добро - Република Северна Македонија,
… (Preamble)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Lesotho
- English…
5. In this Constitution unless the context otherwise requires,
a. words and expressions importing the masculine gender include the feminine;
… (Sec. 154)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Dominican Republic
- EnglishThe grammatical genders that are adopted in the wording of the text of this Constitution do not signify, in any way, restriction to the principle of equality of rights of women and men. (Art. 273)
- SpanishLos géneros gramaticales que se adoptan en la redacción del texto de esta Constitución no significan, en modo alguno, restricción al principio de la igualdad de derechos de la mujer y del hombre. (Art. 273)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Libya
- EnglishThe State shall guarantee equal opportunity for every citizen and shall provide an appropriate standard of living. … (Art. 8)
- Arabicتضمن الدّولة تكافؤ الفرص، وتعمل على توفير المستوي المعيشي اللّائق. ... (المادّة 8)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Ecuador
- EnglishThe State shall draw up and implement policies to achieve equality between women and men, through the specialized mechanism set up by law, and shall mainstream the gender approach in plans and programs and shall provide technical assistance for its mandatory enforcement in the public sector. (Art. 70)
- SpanishEl Estado formulará y ejecutará políticas para alcanzar la igualdad entre mujeres y hombres, a través del mecanismo especializado de acuerdo con la ley, e incorporará el enfoque de género en planes y programas, y brindará asistencia técnica para su obligatoria aplicación en el sector público. (Art. 70)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Lebanon
- English...
C. Lebanon is a democratic parliamentary republic based upon the respect of public freedoms, freedom of opinion and freedom of belief; and of social justice and equality in rights and duties among all citizens, without distinction or preference.
… (Preamble) - Arabic...
ج. لبنان جمهورية ديمقراطية برلمانية، تقوم على احترام الحريات العامة وفي طليعتها حرية الرأي والمعتقد، وعلى العدالة الاجتماعية والمساواة في الحقوق والواجبات بين جميع المواطنين دون تمايز أو تفضيل.
... (التّوطئة)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Slovenia
- EnglishIn Slovenia everyone shall be guaranteed equal human rights and fundamental freedoms irrespective of national origin, race, sex, language, religion, political or other conviction, material standing, birth, education, social status, disability or any other personal circumstance.
All are equal before the law. (Art. 14) - SloveneV Sloveniji so vsakomur zagotovljene enake človekove pravice in temeljne svoboščine, ne glede na narodnost, raso spol, jezik, vero, politično ali drugo prepričanje, gmotno stanje, rojstvo, izobrazbo, družbeni položaj, invalidnost ali katerokoli drugo osebno okoliščino.
Vsi so pred zakonom enaki. (14. Člen)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Morocco
- EnglishThe man and the woman enjoy, in equality, the rights and freedoms of civil, political, economic, social, cultural and environmental character, enounced in this Title3 and in the other provisions of the Constitution, as well as in the international conventions and pacts duly ratified by Morocco and this, with respect for the provisions of the Constitution, of the constants [constantes] of the Kingdom and of its laws.
The State works for the realization of parity between men and women.
An Authority for parity and the struggle against all forms of discrimination is created, to this effect. (Art. 19) - Arabicيتمتّع الرّجل والمرأة، على قدم المساواة، بالحقوق والحرّيات المدنيّة والسياسيّة والاقتصاديّة والاجتماعيّة والثقافية والبيئية، الواردة في هذا الباب من الدستور، وفي مقتضياته الأخرى، وكذا في الاتفاقيات والمواثيق الدّولية، كما صادق عليها المغرب، وكل ذلك في نطاق أحكام الدستور وثوابت المملكة وقوانينها.
تسعى الدولة إلى تحقيق مبدأ المناصفة بين الرجال والنّساء.
وتُحدث لهذه الغاية، هيئة للمناصفة ومكافحة كل أشكال التمييز. (الفصل19)