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Political Rights and Association
- EnglishEvery person has the right to associate with other individuals and groups. This includes the right to form and belong to organizations, including trade unions and political parties. It also includes the right not to associate with others, and a person cannot be forced to associate with any other individual or group. (Art. 16)
- SomaliQof kastaa wuxuu xaq u leeyahay in uu ku biiro qof kale ama koox. Xaqaas waxaa ka mid ah inuu abaabulo ama ka mid noqdo ururro ay ka mid yihiin ururro shaqaale ama xisbiyo siyaasadeed. Wuxuu kaloo xor u yahay in uusan cidna ku biirin, lagumana qasbi karo inuu cid kale ku biiro. (Qodobka 16aad.)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishThe State shall promote equality with respect to the representation of women and men in publicly appointed or elected office, in its executive and decision-making institutions, and political parties and movements. As for candidacies in multi-person elections, their participation shall be respected by rotation of power and sequencing.
The State shall adopt affirmative action measures to guarantee the participation of discriminated sectors. (Art. 65) - SpanishEl Estado promoverá la representación paritaria de mujeres y hombres en los cargos de nominación o designación de la función pública, en sus instancias de dirección y decisión, y en los partidos y movimientos políticos. En las candidaturas a las elecciones pluripersonales se respetará su participación alternada y secuencial.
El Estado adoptará medidas de acción afirmativa para garantizar la participación de los sectores discriminados. (Art. 65)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishThe citizen has the right to elect and nominate himself as a candidate in an election, as well as the right to demonstrate his opinion in a referendum. The law shall regulate the provisions regarding the practice of this right. (Art. 43)
- Arabicللمواطن حق الانتخاب والترشيح وإبداء الرأي في الاستفتاء، وينظم القانون الأحكام المتعلقة بممارسة هذا الحقّ. (المادّة 43)
Political Rights and Association
- English1. Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and to freedom of association with others,
… (Art. 11 of ECHR, Human Rights Act 1998 Schedule 1)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishSuffrage is universal, direct or indirect, free, equal and secret.
All Congolese being already eighteen (18) years of age and enjoying their civil and political rights are electors within the conditions established by the law. (Art. 6) - FrenchLe suffrage est universel, direct ou indirect, libre, égal et secret.
Sont électeurs dans les conditions fixées par la loi, tous les congolais âgés de dix-huit (18) ans révolus et jouissant de leurs droits civils et politiques. (Art. 6)
Political Rights and Association
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We, while approving this new Constitution, believe that true democracy will succeed only if political democracy is accompanied by an economic and social democracy, and this, by giving citizens the right to freely choose their representatives, to establish the accountability of the latter, and giving them the right to a just distribution of the national wealth.
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إنّنا، ونحن نقرّ هذا الدّستور الجديد، مؤمنون بأنّ الدّيمقراطيّة الحقيقيّة لن تنجح إلاّ إذا كانت الدّيمقراطيّة السّياسيّة مشــفوعة بديمقراطيّة اقتصادية واجتماعيّة، وذلك بتمكين المواطن من حقّه في الاختيار الحرّ، ومن مساءلة من اختاره، ومن حقّه التّوزيع العادل للثّروات الوطنيّة.
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Nous, tout en approuvant la présente nouvelle Constitution, croyons que la vraie démocratie ne réussira que si la démocratie politique est assortie d’une démocratie économique et sociale, et ce, en donnant au citoyen le droit de choisir librement ses représentants, d’instaurer la redevabilité de ces derniers, et lui donnant le droit à une répartition juste des richesses nationales.
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Political Rights and Association
- EnglishSubject to the provisions of article 159, every person may vote at an election if he is of the age of eighteen years or upwards and is either a citizen of Guyana or a Commonwealth citizen domiciled and resident in Guyana. (Art. 59)
Political Rights and Association
- English
Citizens of the Republic of Belarus shall have the right to elect freely and be elected to state bodies on the basis of universal, equal, direct or indirect suffrage by secret ballot. (Art. 38)
- Belarusian
Грамадзяне Рэспублікі Беларусь маюць права свабодна выбіраць і быць выбранымі ў дзяржаўныя органы на аснове ўсеагульнага, роўнага, прамога або ўскоснага выбарчага права пры тайным галасаванні. (Артыкул 38)
- Russian
Граждане Республики Беларусь имеют право свободно избирать и быть избранными в государственные органы на основе всеобщего, равного, прямого или косвенного избирательного права при тайном голосовании. (Статья 38)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishAll Haitians, regardless of sex or marital status, who have attained twenty-one years of age may exercise their political and civil rights if the meet the other conditions prescribed by the Constitution and by law. (Art. 17)
- FrenchLes haïtiens sans distinction de sexe et d'état civil, âgé de dix-huit (18) ans accomplis, peuvent exercer leurs droits civils et politiques s'ils réunissent les autres conditions prévues par la Constitution et par la loi. (Art. 17)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishThe members of the House of Representatives are elected directly by citizens who are at least eighteen years of age and who do not fall within the categories of exclusion stipulated by the law.
Each elector has the right to only one vote. (Art. 61) - DutchDe leden van de Kamer van volksvertegen woordigers worden rechtstreeks gekozen door de burgers die volle achttien jaar oud zijn en die niet verkeren in een der gevallen van uitsluiting bij de wet bepaald.
Ieder kiezer heeft recht op slechts één stem. (Art. 61) - FrenchLes membres de la Chambre des représentants sont élus directement par les citoyens âgés de dix-huit ans accomplis et ne se trouvant pas dans l’un des cas d’exclusion prévus par la loi.
Chaque électeur n’a droit qu’à un vote. (Art. 61) - GermanDie Mitglieder der Abgeordnetenkammer werden unmittelbar von den Bürgern gewählt, die das achtzehnte Lebensjahr vollendet haben und sich nicht in einem der durch Gesetz bestimmten Ausschließungsfälle befinden.
Jeder Wähler hat ein Recht auf nur eine Stimme. (Art. 61)