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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1) The inviolability of private property shall be guaranteed;
... (Art. 34) - German1) Die Unverletzlichkeit des Privateigentums ist gewährleistet;
... (Art. 34)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
(1) The right to possess private property and the debts incurred by the State are guaranteed.
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(6) The right to inherit private property is guaranteed. (Art. 46) - Moldovian
(1) Dreptul la proprietate privată, precum şi creanţele asupra statului sînt garantate.
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(6) Dreptul la moştenire a proprietăţii private este garantat. (Art. 46)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe guarantee in this Charter10 of certain rights and freedoms shall not be construed so as to abrogate or derogate from any aboriginal, treaty or other rights or freedoms that pertain to the aboriginal peoples of Canada including
(a) any rights or freedoms that have been recognized by the Royal Proclamation of October 7, 1763; and
(b) any rights or freedoms that now exist by way of land claims agreements or may be so acquired. (Constitution Act 1982, Sec. 25) - FrenchLe fait que la présente charte garantit certains droits et libertés ne porte pas atteinte aux droits ou libertés — ancestraux, issus de traités ou autres — des peoples autochtones du Canada, notamment:
a) aux droits ou libertés reconnus par la proclamation royale du 7 octobre 1763;
b) aux droits ou libertés existants issus d’accords sur des revendications territoriales ou ceux susceptibles d’être ainsi acquis. (Loi constitutionnelle de 1982, Sec. 25)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe official religion of Iran is Islam and the Twelver Ja'farî school [in usul al-Dîn and fiqh], and this principle will remain eternally immutable. Other Islamic schools, including the Hanafî, Shafi'î, Malikî, Hanbalî, and Zaydî, are to be accorded full respect, and their followers are free to act in accordance with their own jurisprudence in performing their religious rites. These schools enjoy official status in matters pertaining to religious education, affairs of personal status (marriage, divorce, inheritance, and wills) and related litigation in courts of law. … (Art. 12)
- Persianدین رسمی ایران، اسلام و مذهب جعفری اثنی عشری است و این اصل الیالابد غیرقابل تغییر است و مذاهب دیگر اسلامی اعم از حنفی، شافعی، مالکی، حنبلی و زیدی دارای احترام کامل میباشند و پیروان این مذاهب در انجام مراسم مذهبی، طبق فقه خودشان آزادند و در تعلیم و تربیت دینی و احوال شخصیه (ازدواج، طلاق، ارث و وصیت) و دعاوی مربوط به آن در دادگاهها رسمیت دارند و. ... (اصل 12)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe right of inheritance is guaranteed. (Art. 46)
- RomanianDreptul la moştenire este garantat. (Art. 46)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe right to property is guaranteed. … (Art. 13)
- FrenchLe droit de propriété est garanti. … (Art. 13)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishIndigenous communes, communities, peoples and nations are recognized and guaranteed, in conformity with the Constitution and human rights agreements, conventions, declarations and other international instruments, the following collective rights:
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4. To keep ownership, without subject to a statute of limitations, of their community lands, which shall be unalienable, immune from seizure and indivisible. These lands shall be exempt from paying fees or taxes.
5. To keep ownership of ancestral lands and territories and to obtain free awarding of these lands.
6. To participate in the use, usufruct, administration and conservation of natural renewable resources located on their lands.
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The territories of the peoples living in voluntary isolation are an irreducible and intangible ancestral possession and all forms of extractive activities shall be forbidden there. The State shall adopt measures to guarantee their lives, enforce respect for self-determination and the will to remain in isolation and to ensure observance of their rights. The violation of these rights shall constitute a crime of ethnocide, which shall be classified as such by law.
The State shall guarantee the enforcement of these collective rights without any discrimination, in conditions of equality and equity between men and women. (Art. 57) - SpanishSe reconoce y garantizará a las comunas, comunidades, pueblos y nacionalidades indígenas, de conformidad con la Constitución y con los pactos, convenios, declaraciones y demás instrumentos internacionales de derechos humanos, los siguientes derechos colectivos:
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4. Conservar la propiedad imprescriptible de sus tierras comunitarias, que serán inalienables, inembargables e indivisibles. Estas tierras estarán exentas del pago de tasas e impuestos.
5. Mantener la posesión de las tierras y territorios ancestrales y obtener su adjudicación gratuita.
6. Participar en el uso, usufructo, administración y conservación de los recursos naturales renovables que se hallen en sus tierras.
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Los territorios de los pueblos en aislamiento voluntario son de posesión ancestral irreductible e intangible, y en ellos estará vedada todo tipo de actividad extractiva. El Estado adoptará medidas para garantizar sus vidas, hacer respetar su autodeterminación y voluntad de permanecer en aislamiento, y precautelar la observancia de sus derechos. La violación de estos derechos constituirá delito de etnocidio, que será tipificado por la ley.
El Estado garantizará la aplicación de estos derechos colectivos sin discriminación alguna, en condiciones de igualdad y equidad entre mujeres y hombres. (Art. 57)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. In the Kyrgyz Republic the diversity of forms of property shall be recognized and equal legal protection to private, state, municipal and other forms of property shall be guaranteed.
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4. The Kyrgyz Republic shall protect the property of its citizens and legal persons, as well as its property located on the territory of other States.
5. … Land may also be in private, municipal and other forms of ownership except for pastures which may not be in private property.
6. The limits of and procedure for the exercise of rights by owners and implementation of guarantees of their protection shall be determined by law. (Art. 12) - Russian1. В Кыргызской Республике признается разнообразие форм собственности и гарантируется равная правовая защита частной, государственной, муниципальной и иных форм собственности.
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4. Кыргызская Республика защищает собственность своих граждан и юридических лиц, а также свою собственность, находящуюся на территории других государств.
5. … Земля также может находиться в частной, муниципальной и иных формах собственности, за исключением пастбищ, которые не могут находиться в частной собственности.
6. Пределы и порядок осуществления собственниками своих прав и гарантии их защиты определяются законом. (Статья 12) - Kyrgyz1. Кыргыз Республикасында менчиктин ар кандай түрлөрү таанылат жана жеке, мамлекеттик, муниципалдык жана башка менчик түрлөрүн тең укуктуу корголушуна кепилдик берилет.
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4. Кыргыз Республикасы өз жарандары менен юридикалык жактарынын менчигин, ошондой эле башка мамлекеттердин аймагында жайгашкан өзүнүн менчигин коргойт.
5. … Жеке менчикте болушу мүмкүн эмес жайыттарды кошпогондо, жер ошондой эле менчиктин жеке, муниципалдык жана башка формаларында болушу мүмкүн.
6. Менчик ээлеринин өз укуктарын ишке ашыруунун чектери жана тартиби, аларды коргоонун кепилдиктери мыйзам менен аныкталат. (12-берене)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1 The right to own property is guaranteed.
… (Art. 26) - French1 La propriété est garantie.
… (Art. 26) - German1 Das Eigentum ist gewährleistet.
… (Art. 26) - Italian1 La proprietà è garantita.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- Englisha. All persons are born equally free and independent and have certain natural, inherent and inalienable rights, among which are the right of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of pursuing and maintaining and security of the person and of acquiring, possessing and protecting property, subject to such qualifications as provided for in this Constitution.
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