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Obligations of the State
Saudi Arabia
- EnglishThe State shall protect human rights in accordance with Islamic Shari'ah. (Basic Law, Art. 26)
- Arabicتحمى الدولة حقوق الإنسان وفق للشريعة الإسلامية. (النظام الأساسي، المادة 26)
Obligations of the State
Russian Federation
- English1. The enumeration in the Constitution of the Russian Federation of the basic rights and freedoms should not be interpreted as a denial or diminution of other universally recognized human and civil rights and freedoms.
2. In the Russian Federation no laws must be adopted which abolish or diminish human and civil rights and freedoms.
... (Art. 55) - Russian1. Перечисление в Конституции Российской Федерации основных прав и свобод не должно толковаться как отрицание или умаление других общепризнанных прав и свобод человека и гражданина.
2. В Российской Федерации не должны издаваться законы, отменяющие или умаляющие права и свободы человека и гражданина.
... (Статья 55)
Obligations of the State
Malawi
- English1. Save in so far as it may be authorized to do so by this Constitution, the National Assembly or any subordinate legislative authority shall not make any law, and the executive and the agencies of Government shall not take any action, which abolishes or abridges the rights and freedoms enshrined in this Chapter, and any law or action in contravention thereof shall, to the extent of the contravention, be invalid.
… (Sec. 46)
Obligations of the State
Ecuador
- EnglishThe drafting, enforcement, evaluation and monitoring of public policies and public services that guarantee the rights enshrined in the Constitution shall be governed by the following provisions:
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2. Without detriment to the prevalence of public welfare over individual well-being, when the impacts of the implementation of public policies or the provision of public goods and services undermine or threaten to undermine constitutional rights, the policy or provision must be reformulated or alternative measures shall be adopted to reconcile the conflicting rights.
… (Art. 85) - SpanishLa formulación, ejecución, evaluación y control de las políticas públicas y servicios públicos que garanticen los derechos reconocidos por la Constitución, se regularán de acuerdo con las siguientes disposiciones:
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2. Sin perjuicio de la prevalencia del interés general sobre el interés particular, cuando los efectos de la ejecución de las políticas públicas o prestación de bienes o servicios públicos vulneren o amenacen con vulnerar derechos constitucionales, la política o prestación deberá reformularse o se adoptarán medidas alternativas que concilien los derechos en conflicto.
… (Art. 85)