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Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishThe powers of the Cabinet in a state of emergency are as follows: while the state of emergency is in effect, the Cabinet may take any measures without restriction, or may partially repeal or limit the effects of provisions of this Declaration. Furthermore, if the exceptional situation reaches the point that it threatens the safety of the nation, the Cabinet may, in consultation with the Sovereignty Council, suspend part of the rights document found in this Declaration. However, it may not reduce the right to life, protection from enslavement or torture, or the principle of nondiscrimination on the basis of race, gender, religious conviction, disability, or the right to litigate or the right to a fair trial. (Art. 40)
- Arabicسلطات مجلس الوزراء في حالة الطوارئ: يجوز لمجلس الوزراء أثناء سريان مالة الطوارئ أن يتخذ أية تدابيير لاتقيد او تلغي جزئياً، او تحد من أثار أحكام هذة الوثيقة، ومع ذلك في حالة وصول الحالة الإستثنائية درجة تحدد سلامة الأُمة يجوز للمجلس بالتشاور مع مجلس السيادة تعليق جزء من وثيقة الحقوق الواردة في هذة الوثيقة، ولايجوز مع ذلك الإنتقاص من الحق في الحياة او الحرمة من الإسترقاق او التعذيب او عدم التمييز علي اساس العرق او النوع او العقيدة الدينية او الإعاقة او حق التقاضي او الحق في المحاكمة العادلة. (الماده 41)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishThe Sovereignty of the People shall be exercised and enjoyed in the following manner:–
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(d) the fundamental rights which are by the Constitution declared and recognized shall be respected, secured and advanced by all the organs of government and shall not be abridged, restricted or denied, save in the manner and to the extent hereinafter provided;
… (Art. 4) - Sinhalaජනතාවගේ පරමාධිපත්යය ක්රියාත්මක වීම ද, භුක්ති විඳීම ද, මතු දැක්වෙන ආකාරයෙන් සිදුවන්නේ ය:–
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(ඈ) ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවෙන් ප්රකාශ කොට පිළිගනු ලබන මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් සියලු පාලන ආයතන විසින් ගරු කරනු ලැබිය යුත්තේ ය; ආරක්ෂා කරනු ලැබිය යුත්තේ ය; වර්ධනය කරනු ලැබිය යුත්තේ ය; තව ද, ඒ මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් මෙහි මින් මතු විධිවිධාන සලස්වා ඇති ආකාරයට සහ ප්රමාණයට මිස සංක්ෂිප්ත කිරීම, සීමා කිරීම හෝ අහිමි කිරීම නොකළ යුත්තේ ය;
… (4 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English
No constitutional revision may infringe on:
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7. the fundamental freedoms, the rights of Man and of the Citizen;
… (Art. 223) - Arabic
ل يمكن أّي تعديل دستورّي أن يمّس:
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7- الحّرّيات األساسّية وحقوق اإلنسان والمواطن،
... (المــادة 223) - French
Toute révision constitutionnelle ne peut porter atteinte :
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7)- aux libertés fondamentales, aux Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen ;
... (Art. 223)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English(1) An emergency law may limit any of the fundamental human rights or freedoms, but only to the extent set out in section 87.
(2) If a state of public emergency is declared under section 113 in relation to only a part of Zimbabwe, an emergency law may not limit fundamental human rights or freedoms under this Schedule in any other part of Zimbabwe. (Second Schedule, Limitations on Rights during Public Emergencies, Sec. 2)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishThe implementation of the rights and freedoms of citizens stipulated by this Constitution may be limited only in a state of emergency or martial law in a manner and within the limits established by the Constitution and laws. (Art. 65)
- RussianОсуществление отдельных прав и свобод граждан, предусмотренных настоящей Конституцией, может быть ограничено только в условиях режима чрезвычайного или военного положения в порядке и пределах, которые установлены Конституцией и законами. (Статья 65)
- TurkmenRaýatlaryň şu Konstitusiýada göz öňünde tutulan aýry-aýry hukuklarynyň we azatlyklarynyň amala aşyrylmagy diňe adatdan daşary ýa-da harby ýagdaýlar düzgüni şertlerinde Konstitusiýada we kanunlarda bellenen tertipde we çäklerde çäklendirilip bilner. (65-nji madda)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishExpressly excluded from revision are:
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– the fundamental rights of the citizen;
… (Art. 153) - FrenchSont expressément exclus de la révision:
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- Les droits fondamentaux du citoyen;
… (Art. 153)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishI. The Executive shall report to the Pluri-National Legislative Assembly concerning the reasons for the declaration of the state of emergency, as well as the use that has been made of the powers conferred by the Constitution and the law.
II. Those persons who violate the rights established in this Constitution shall be subject to criminal process for violation of rights.
III. The states of emergency shall be regulated by law. (Art. 139) - SpanishI. El Ejecutivo rendirá cuentas a la Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional de los motivos que dieron lugar a la declaración del estado de excepción, así como del uso que haya hecho de las facultades conferidas por la Constitución y la ley.
II. Quienes violen los derechos establecidos en esta Constitución serán objeto de proceso penal por atentado contra los derechos.
III. Los estados de excepción serán regulados por la ley. (Art. 139)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishFreedoms and rights may only be restricted by law in order to protect the freedoms and rights of others, the legal order, and public morals and health.
Any restriction of freedoms or rights shall be proportionate to the nature of the need for such restriction in each individual case. (Art. 16) - CroatianSlobode i prava mogu se ograničiti samo zakonom da bi se zaštitila sloboda i prava drugih ljudi te pravni poredak, javni moral i zdravlje.
Svako ograničenje slobode ili prava mora biti razmjerno naravi potrebe za ograničenjem u svakom pojedinom slučaju. (Članak 16)
Limitations and/or Derogations
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4. a. When a state of emergency is declared, the Council of Ministers shall, in accordance with regulations it issues, have all necessary power to protect the country's peace and sovereignty, and to maintain public security, law and order.
b. The Council of Ministers shall have the power to suspend such political and democratic rights contained in this Constitution to the extent necessary to avert the conditions that required the declaration of a state of emergency.
c. In the exercise of its emergency powers the Council of Ministers cannot, however, suspend or limit the rights provided for in Articles 1, 18, 25, and sub-Articles 1 and 2 of Article 39 of this Constitution.
5. The House of Peoples' Representatives, while declaring a state of emergency, shall simultaneously establish a State of Emergency Inquiry Board, comprising of seven persons to be chosen and assigned by the House from among its members and from legal experts.
6. The State of Emergency Inquiry Board shall have the following powers and responsibilities:
a. To make public within one month the names of all individuals arrested on account of the state of emergency together with the reasons for their arrest.
b. To inspect and follow up that no measure taken during the state of emergency is inhumane.
c. To recommend to the Prime Minister or to the Council of Ministers corrective measures if it finds any case of inhumane treatment.
d. To ensure the prosecution of perpetrators of inhumane acts.
e. To submit its views to the House of Peoples' Representatives on a request to extend the duration of the state of emergency. (Art. 93) - Amharic…
4. ሀ/ የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ በሚታወጅበት ጊዜ የሚኒስትሮች ምክር ቤት በሚያወጣቸው ደንቦች መሰረት የሀገርን ሰላምና ሕልውና፣ የሕዝብን ደህንነት፣ሕግና ሥርዓትን የማስከበር ሥልጣን ይኖረዋል፡፡
ለ/ የሚኒስትሮች ምክር ቤት ሥልጣን በሕገ መንግሥቱ የተቀመጡትን መሰረታዊ የፖለቲካና የዴሞክራሲ መብቶችን፣ የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጁን ለማወጅ ምክንያት የሆነውን ጉዳይ ለማስወገድ ተፈላጊ ሆኖ በተገኘውደረጃ፣ እስከ ማገድ ሊደርስ የሚችል ነው፡፡
ሐ/ የሚኒስትሮች ምክር ቤት በአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ ሥራ የሚያወጣቸው ድንጋጌዎችና የሚወስዳቸው እርምጃዎች በማናቸውም ረገድ በዚህ ሕገመንግሥት አንቀጽ 1፣፣ 18፣ 25፣ እና 39 ንዑስ አንቀጽ 1 እና 2 የተቀመጡትን መብቶች የሚገድቡ ሊሆኑ አይችሉም፡፡
5. በሀገሪቱ የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ በሚታወጅበት ወቅት የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት ከአባላቱና ከሕግ ባለሙያዎች መርጦ የሚመድባቸው ሰባት አባላት ያሉት የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ አፈጻጸም መርማሪ ቦርድ ያቋቁማል፡፡ ቦርዱ አዋጁ በሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት በሚጸድቅበት ጊዜ ይቋቋማል፣
6. የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ አፈጻጸም መርማሪ ቦርድ የሚከተሉት ሥልጣንና ኃላፊነቶች አሉት፡፡
ሀ/ በአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ ምክንያት የታሰሩትን ግለሰቦች ስም በአንድ ወር ጊዜ ውስጥ ይፋ ማድረግና የታሰሩበትን ምክንያት መግለጽ፣
ለ/ በአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ ወቅት የሚወሰዱት እርምጃዎች በማናቸውም ረገድ ኢሰብዓዊ አለመሆናቸውን መቆጣጠርና መከታተል፣
ሐ/ ማናቸውም የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ እርምጃ ኢሰብዓዊ መሆኑን ሲያምንበት ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ ወይም የሚኒስሮች ምክር ቤት እርምጃውን እንዲያስተካክል ሐሳብ መስጠት፣
መ/ በአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ እርምጃዎች ኢሰብዓዊ ድርጊት የሚፈጽሙትን ሁሉ ለፍርድ እንዲቀርቡ ማድረግ፣
ሠ/ የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ እንዲቀጥል ለሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት ጥያቄ ሲቀርብ ያለውን አስተያየት ለምክር ቤቱ ማቅረብ፡፡ (አንቀጽ 93)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishThe exercise of the rights and liberties provided for in this Constitution implies responsibilities. They are duties of Cuban citizens, in addition to the other duties established by this Constitution and the laws, are:
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g. To respect the rights of others and to not abuse one's own rights;
… (Art. 90) - SpanishEl ejercicio de los derechos y libertades previstos en esta Constitución implican responsabilidades. Son deberes de los ciudadanos cubanos, además de los otros establecidos en esta Constitución y las leyes:
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g) respetar los derechos ajenos y no abusar de los propios;
… (Art. 90)