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Minorities
China
- English…
The People's Republic of China is a unitary multi-national state built up jointly by the people of all its nationalities. Socialist relations of equality, unity, mutual assistance, and harmony have been established among the nationalities and will continue to be strengthened. In the struggle to safeguard the unity of the nationalities, it is necessary to combat big-nation chauvinism, mainly Han chauvinism, and also necessary to combat local-national chauvinism. The state does its utmost to promote the common prosperity of all nationalities in the country.
… (Preamble) - Chinese…
中华人民共和国是全国各族人民共同缔造的统一的多民族国家。平等团结互助和谐的社会主义民族关系已经确立,并将继续加强。在维护民族团结的斗争中,要反对大民族主义,主要是大汉族主义,也要反对地方民族主义。国家尽一切努力,促进全国各民族的共同繁荣。
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Minorities
Belarus
- EnglishThe State shall bear responsibility for preserving the historic, cultural and spiritual heritage, and for free development of the cultures of all ethnic communities residing in the Republic of Belarus. (Art. 15)
- BelarusianДзяржава адказная за захаванне гісторыка-культурнай і духоўнай спадчыны, свабоднае развіццё культур усіх нацыянальных супольнасцей, якія пражываюць у Рэспубліцы Беларусь. (Артыкул 15)
- RussianГосударство ответственно за сохранение историко-культурного и духовного наследия, свободное развитие культур всех национальных общностей, проживающих в Республике Беларусь. (Статья 15)
Minorities
China
- EnglishThe state gives financial, material and technical assistance to the minority nationalities to accelerate their economic and cultural development.
… (Art. 122) - Chinese国家从财政、物资、技术等方面帮助各少数民族加速发展经济建设和文化建设事业。
… (第一百二十二条)
Minorities
Hungary
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We proclaim that the national minorities living with us form part of the Hungarian political community and are constituent parts of the State.
We commit ourselves to promoting and safeguarding our heritage, our unique language, Hungarian culture and the languages and cultures of national minorities living in Hungary, along with all man-made and natural assets of the Carpathian Basin. ...
… (National Avowal) - Hungarian…
Kinyilvánítjuk, hogy a velünk élő nemzetiségek a magyar politikai közösség részei és államalkotó tényezők.
Vállaljuk, hogy örökségünket, egyedülálló nyelvünket, a magyar kultúrát, a magyarországi nemzetiségek nyelvét és kultúráját, a Kárpát-medence természet adta és ember alkotta értékeit ápoljuk és megóvjuk. ...
… (Nemzeti Hitvallás)
Minorities
Poland
- EnglishPolish shall be the official language in the Republic of Poland. This provision shall not infringe upon national minority rights resulting from ratified international agreements. (Art. 27)
- PolishW Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej językiem urzędowym jest język polski. Przepis ten nie narusza praw mniejszości narodowych wynikających z ratyfikowanych umów międzynarodowych. (Art. 27)
Minorities
Serbia
- EnglishPersons belonging to national minorities shall be guaranteed equality before the law and equal legal protection.
Any discrimination on the grounds of affiliation to a national minority shall be prohibited.
Specific regulations and provisional measures which the Republic of Serbia may introduce in economic, social, cultural and political life for the purpose of achieving full equality among members of a national minority and citizens who belong to the majority, shall not be considered discrimination if they are aimed at eliminating extremely unfavorable living conditions which particularly affect them. (Art. 76) - Serbian CyrillicПрипадницима националних мањина јемчи се равноправност пред законом и једнака законска заштита.
Забрањена је било каква дискриминација због припадности националној мањини.
Не сматрају се дискриминацијом посебни прописи и привремене мере које Република Србија може увести у економском, социјалном, културном и политичком животу, ради постизања пуне равноправности између припадника националне мањине и грађана који припадају већини, ако су усмерене на уклањање изразито неповољних услова живота који их посебно погађају. (Члан 76)
Minorities
Switzerland
- English...
2 The Cantons shall decide on their official languages. In order to preserve harmony between linguistic communities, the Cantons shall respect the traditional territorial distribution of languages and take account of indigenous linguistic minorities.
… (Art. 70) - French...
2 Les cantons déterminent leurs langues officielles. Afin de préserver l’harmonie entre les communautés linguistiques, ils veillent à la répartition territoriale traditionnelle des langues et prennent en considération les minorités linguistiques autochtones.
… (Art. 70) - German...
2 Die Kantone bestimmen ihre Amtssprachen. Um das Einvernehmen zwischen den Sprachgemeinschaften zu wahren, achten sie auf die herkömmliche sprachliche Zusammensetzung der Gebiete und nehmen Rücksicht auf die angestammten sprachlichen Minderheiten.
… (Art. 70) - Italian…
2 I Cantoni designano le loro lingue ufficiali. Per garantire la pace linguistica rispettano la composizione linguistica tradizionale delle regioni e considerano le minoranze linguistiche autoctone.
… (Art. 70)
Minorities
India
- English…
(2) No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, descent, place of birth, residence or any of them, be ineligible for, or discriminated against in respect of, any employment or office under the State.
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(4) Nothing in this article shall prevent the State from making any provision for the reservation of appointments or posts in favour of any backward class of citizens which, in the opinion of the State, is not adequately represented in the services under the State.
(4A) Nothing in this article shall prevent the State from making any provision for reservation in matters of promotion, with consequential seniority, to any class or classes of posts in the services under the State in favour of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes which, in the opinion of the State, are not adequately represented in the services under the State.
… (Art. 16) - Hindi...
(2) राज्य के अधीन किसी नियोजन या पद के संबंध में केवल धर्म, मूलवंश, जाति, लिंग, उद्भव, जन्मस्थान, निवास या इनमें से किसी के आधार पर न तो कोई नागरिक अपात्र होगा और न उससे विभेद किया जाएगा।
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(4) इस अनुच्छेद की कोई बात राज्य को पिछड़े हुए नागरिकों के किसी वर्ग के पक्ष में, जिनका प्रतिनिधित्व राज्य की राय में राज्य के अधीन सेवाओं में पर्याप्त नहीं है, नियुक्तियों या पदों के आरक्षण के लिए उपबंध करने से निवारित नहीं करेगी।
(4क) इस अनुच्छेद की कोई बात राज्य को अनुसूचित जातियों और अनुसूचित जनजातियों के पक्ष में, जिनका प्रतिनिधित्व राज्य की राय में राज्य के अधीन सेवाओं में पर्याप्त नहीं है, राज्य के अधीन सेवाओं में किसी वर्ग या वर्गों के पदों पर, पारिणामिक ज्येष्ठता सहित, प्रोन्नति के मामलों में आरक्षण के लिए उपबंध करने से निवारित नहीं करेगी।
… (अनुच्छेद 16)
Minorities
Burundi
- EnglishThe National Assembly is composed of at least one hundred Deputies on the basis of 60% of Hutu and of 40% of Tutsi, including a minimum of 30% of women, elected by universal direct suffrage for a mandate of five years[,] and of three Deputies originating from the Twa ethnicity co-opted in accordance with the electoral code.
... (Art. 169) - KirundiInarna nshingamateka igizwe n’imiburiburi n’abashingamateka ijana barimwo 60 % b’abahutu na 40 % b’abatutsi, bose hamwe harimwo n’imiburiburi abashingamateka b’abakenyezi 30 % batowe n’abanyagihugu bagatorerwa ikiringo c’imyaka itanu harimwo n’abashingamateka batatu b’Abatwa bongeweko nk’uko Ibwirizwa rigenga amatora ribitegekanya.
... (Ingingo ya 169) - FrenchL’Assemblée nationale est composée d’au moins cent députés à raison de 60% de Hutu et de 40% de Tutsi, y compris un minimum de 30% de femmes, élus au suffrage universel direct pour un mandat de cinq ans et de trois députés issus de l’ethnie Twa cooptés conformément au code électoral.
... (Art. 169)
Minorities
Iraq
- English…
Second: This Constitution guarantees the Islamic identity of the majority of the Iraqi people and guarantees the full religious rights to freedom of religious belief and practice of all individuals such as Christians, Yazidis, and Mandean Sabeans. (Art. 2) - Arabic…
ثانياً :ـ يضمن هذا الدستور الحفاظ على الهوية الاسلامية لغالبية الشعب العراقي، كما ويضمن كامل الحقوق الدينية لجميع الافراد في حرية العقيدة والممارسة الدينية، كالمسيحيين، والايزديين، والصابئة المندائيين. (المادة 2)