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Political Rights and Association
- EnglishThe right to vote is guaranteed. (Art. 87)
- KirundiUburenganzira bwo gutora buremejwe. (Ingingo ya 87)
- FrenchLe droit de vote est garanti. (Art. 87)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishThe right to assemble or associate peacefully for any licit objective may not be restricted; but only the citizens of the Republic may do so to take part in the political matters of the country.
… (Art. 9) - SpanishNo se podrá coartar el derecho de asociarse o reunirse pacíficamente con cualquier objeto lícito; pero solamente los ciudadanos de la República podrán hacerlo para tomar parte en los asuntos políticos del país.
… (Art. 9)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishNo law may deny or impair freedom of expression, peaceable assembly, association, or petition. (Art. IV, Sec. 1)
Political Rights and Association
- English(1) All Germans shall have the right to form corporations and other associations.
… (Art. 9) - German(1) Alle Deutschen haben das Recht, Vereine und Gesellschaften zu bilden.
… (Art. 9)
Political Rights and Association
- English1. The right to peaceful assembly is recognized and guaranteed; every person shall have the right to freedom of association with others, including the right to form or join political parties, associations and trade or professional unions for the protection of his or her interests.
… (Art. 25)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishElections of the National Assembly and community councils, as well as referenda shall be carried out on the basis of universal, equal, free, and direct suffrage, by secret vote. (Art. 7)
- ArmenianԱզգային ժողովի և համայնքների ավագանիների ընտրությունները, ինչպես նաև հանրաքվեներն անցկացվում են ընդհանուր, հավասար, ազատ և ուղղակի ընտրական իրավունքի հիման վրա՝ գաղտնի քվեարկությամբ: (Հոդված 7)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishMembers of Parliament shall be elected in such manner as is prescribed by law, by Nauruan citizens who have attained the age of twenty years. (Art. 29)
Political Rights and Association
- English
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Reaffirming our adherence and our attachment to the Conventions of the United Nations on the Rights of the Child and on the Rights of Women, particularly to the objective of the parity of man-woman representation within the institutions of the country as well as to the international instruments concerning the protection and promotion of human rights;
… (Preamble)8 - French
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Réaffirmant notre adhésion et notre attachement à la Déclaration Universelle des Droits de l’Homme, à la Charte Africaine des Droits de l’Homme et des Peuples, aux Conventions des Nations Unies sur les Droits de l’Enfant et sur les Droits de la Femme, particulièrement à l’objectif de la parité de représentation homme-femme au sein des institutions du pays ainsi qu’aux instruments internationaux relatifs à la protection et à la promotion des droits humains;
… (Préambule)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishNo person shall be qualified to be an elector at an election of the President, or of the Members of Parliament or to vote at any Referendum, if he is subject to any of the following disqualifications, namely –
(a) if he is not a citizen of Sri Lanka;
(b) if he has not attained the age of eighteen years on the qualifying date specified by law under the provisions of Article 101;
(c) if he is under any law in force in Sri Lanka found or declared to be of unsound mind;
… (Art. 89) - Sinhala(අ) යම්කිසි තැනැත්තෙක් ශ්රී ලංකාවේ පුරවැසියෙක් නොවේ නම්,
(ආ) යම්කිසි තැනැත්තෙක් 101 වැනි ව්යවස්ථාවේ විධිවිධාන යටතේ නීතියෙන් නිශ්චය කොට ඇති සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමේ දිනයේ දී අටළොස් විය සම්පූර්ණ කර නොමැති නම්,
(ඇ) යම්කිසි තැනැත්තෙක් සිහිවිකල තැනැත්තකු ලෙස ශ්රී ලංකාවේ බලපවත්නා යම්කිසි නීතියක් යටතේ තීරණය කරනු ලැබ සිටී නම් හෝ විනිශ්චය කරනු ලැබ සිටී නම්
– ඒ තැනැත්තා ජනාධිපතිවරයා තෝරා පත් කිරීමේ ඡන්ද විමසීමක දී හෝ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරයන් තෝරා පත් කිරීමේ මැතිවරණයක දී හෝ ඡන්ද හිමියකු වීමට හෝ ජනමත විචාරණයක දී ඡන්දය දීමට හෝ සුදුස්සෙක් නොවන්නේ ය.
… (89 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Political Rights and Association
- English…The sovereign People of Senegal, …
Proclaim:
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- the access of all the citizens, without discrimination, to the exercise of power at all its levels,
… (Preamble) - French... Le peuple du Sénégal souverain, …
Proclame :
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- l’accès de tous les citoyens, sans discrimination, à l’exercice du pouvoir à tous les niveaux ;
… (Préambule)