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Equality and Non-Discrimination
Paraguay
- EnglishMen and women have equal civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights. The State will promote the conditions and will create the adequate mechanisms for, making equality real and effective, by leveling [allanando] the obstacles that prevent or hinder its exercise and facilitating the participation of women in all areas [ámbitos] of the national life. (Art. 48)
- SpanishEl hombre y la mujer tienen iguales derechos civiles, políticos, sociales, económicos y culturales. El Estado promoverá las condiciones y creará los mecanismos adecuados para que la igualdad sea real y efectiva, allanando los obstáculos que impidan o dificulten su ejercicio y facilitando la participación de la mujer en todos los ámbitos de la vida nacional. (Art. 48)
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.
… (Стаття 21)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Seychelles
- EnglishWe, the People of Seychelles, …
RECOGNISING the inherent dignity and the equal and inalienable rights of members of the human family as the foundation for freedom, justice, welfare, fraternity, peace and unity;
REAFFIRMING that these rights include the rights of the individual to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness free from all types of discrimination; …
EXERCISING our natural and inalienable right to a framework of Government which shall secure for ourselves and posterity the blessings of truth, liberty, fraternity, equality of opportunity, justice, peace, stability and prosperity; …
SOLEMNLY DECLARING our unswaying commitment, during this our Third Republic, to …
• uphold the rule of law based on the recognition of the fundamental human rights and freedoms enshrined in this Constitution and on respect for the equality and dignity of human beings;
… (Preamble)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Uruguay
- EnglishAll persons are equal before the law, no other distinctions being recognized among them save those of talent and virtue. (Art. 8)
- SpanishTodas las personas son iguales ante la ley, no reconociéndose otra distinción entre ellas sino la de los talentos o las virtudes. (Art. 8)
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)