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Obligations of the State
- English(a) Every citizen shall enjoy the right of equality, the right of liberty and the right of justice, as prescribed in this Constitution.
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(d) Necessary law shall be enacted to make citizens’ freedoms, rights, benefits, responsibilities and restrictions effective, steadfast and complete. (Sec. 21) - Burmese(က) နိုင်ငံသားတိုင်းသည် ဤဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေတွင် သတ်မှတ်ပြဌာန်းထားသည့် တန်းတူညီမျှမှု အခွင့်အရေး၊ လွတ်လပ်မှုအခွင့်အရေး၊ တရားမျှတမှု အခွင့် အရေးတို့ ခံစားခွင့်ရှိသည်၊
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(ဃ) နိုင်ငံသားများ၏ လွတ်လပ်ခွင့်၊ လုပ်ပိုင်ခွင့်၊ ခံစားခွင့်၊ တာဝန်နှင့် တားမြစ်ချက်များ ထိရောက်ခိုင်မာပြည့်စုံစေရန် လိုအပ်သောဥပဒေ ပြဌာန်းရမည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၂၁)
Obligations of the State
- EnglishThe fundamental tasks of the state are:
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b) To guarantee the fundamental rights and freedoms and respect for the principles of a democratic state based on the rule of law;
... (Art. 9) - PortugueseSão tarefas fundamentais do Estado:
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b) Garantir os direitos e liberdades fundamentais e o respeito pelos princípios do Estado de direito democrático;
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Obligations of the State
- EnglishWhereas the People of Trinidad and Tobago-
(a) have affirmed that the Nation of Trinidad and Tobago is founded upon principles that acknowledge the supremacy of God, faith in fundamental human rights and freedoms, the position of the family in a society of free men and free institutions, the dignity of the human person and the equal and inalienable rights with which all members of the human family are endowed by their Creator;
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(e) desire that their Constitution should enshrine the above-mentioned principles and beliefs and make provision for ensuring the protection in Trinidad and Tobago of fundamental human rights and freedoms.
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Obligations of the State
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The law establishes the rules concerning:
- ... the civic rights and the fundamental guarantees granted to the citizens for the exercise of the public freedoms,
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La loi fixe les règles concernant :
- … les droits civiques et les garanties fondamentales accordées aux citoyens pour l'exercice des libertés publiques,
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Obligations of the State
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(3) The civic rights, duties and interests of every person and community shall be protected and determined by the courts of law or other state agencies established by or under the law.
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Obligations of the State
- EnglishThe aim of this Law is to improve the standard of the administrative work and the development in the provinces of the Kingdom. It is also aimed at maintaining security and order, and guaranteeing citizens' rights and freedom within the framework of the Sharia. (Law of the Provinces, Art. 1)
- Arabicيهدف هذا النظام إلى رفع مستوى العمل الإداري و التنمية في مناطق المملكة، كما يهدف إلى المحافظة على الأمن و النظام، و كفالة حقوق المواطنين و حرياتهم، في إطار الشريعة الإسلامية. (نظام المناطق، المادّة 1)
Obligations of the State
- EnglishThe Russian Federation shall have jurisdiction over:
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c. regulation and protection of human and civil rights and freedoms;
… (Art. 71) - RussianВ ведении Российской Федерации находятся:
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в) регулирование и защита прав и свобод человека и гражданина;
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Obligations of the State
- EnglishIs of the competence of the National Public Power:
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32. Legislation in the fields of constitutional guarantees, rights and duties; … (Art. 156) - SpanishEs de la competencia del Poder Público Nacional:
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32. La legislación en materia de derechos, deberes y garantías constitucionales; … (Art. 156)
Obligations of the State
- EnglishThe Equatoguinean State respects the principles of International Law and reaffirms its adherence to the rights and obligations that emanate from the International Organizations and Organs to which it has adhered. (Art. 8)
- SpanishEl Estado ecuatoguineano acata los principios del Derecho Internacional y reafirma su adhesión a los derechos y obligaciones que emanan de las Organizaciones y Organismos Internacionales a los que se ha adherido. (Art. 8)
- FrenchL'État équatoguinéen respecte les principes du droit international et réaffirme son adhésion aux droits et obligations qui sont fixés par les organisations et organismes internationaux dont il est membre. (Art. 8)
Obligations of the State
- EnglishThe State must take all practical measures to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms enshrined in Chapter 45 and to promote their full realisation and fulfilment. (Sec. 11)