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Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- English1. All persons are equal before and under the law in all spheres of political, economic, social and cultural life and in every other respect and shall enjoy equal protection of the law.
… (Art. 21)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
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(3) Every citizen shall have the right to obtain equal opportunities in government.
… (Art. 28D) - Indonesian…
(3) Setiap warga negara berhak memperoleh kesempatan yang sama dalam pemerintahan.
… (Pasal 28D)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
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2. Only citizens of Vanuatu shall be appointed to public office. The Public Service Commission shall determine other qualifications for appointment to the public service.
… (Art. 57) - French…
2) Seuls les citoyens de Vanuatu peuvent être nommés à des emplois publics. La Commission de la Fonction publique fixe les autres critères de nomination dans la Fonction publique.
… (Art. 57)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- English1. Subject to the provision of paragraph (4), (5) and (9) of this Article no law shall make any provision which is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect.
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3. In this Article, the expression "discriminatory" means affording different treatment to different person attributable wholly or mainly to their respective descriptions by race, place of origin political opinions colour or creed whereby person of one such description are subjected to disabilities or restrictions to which person of another such description are not made subject or are accorded privileges or advantages which are not accorded to persons of another such description.
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5. Nothing contained in any law shall be held to be inconsistent with or in contravention of paragraph (1) of this Article to the extent that it makes provision with respect to standards or qualifications (not being a standard or qualification specifically relating to race, place of origin, political opinions, colour or creed) in order to be eligible for service as a public officer or as a member of a disciplined force of for the service of a local government authority or a body corporate established by law for public purposes.
… (Art. 26)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
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The Lao Front for National Development, Lao Veterans Federation, the Lao Federation of Trade Unions, the Lao Women's Union, the Lao People's Revolutionary Youth Union and other social organisations are the organs to unite and mobilise all strata of the multi-ethnic people to take part in the tasks of protection and construction of the country; to develop the right of self- determination of the people and to protect the legitimate rights and interests of members of their respective organisations. (Art. 7)
- Lao
ແນວລາວສ້າງຊາດ, ສະຫະພັນນັກຮົບເກົ່າ, ສະຫະພັນກໍາມະບານລາວ, ສະຫະພັນແມ່ຍິງລາວ, ຄະນະຊາວໜຸ່ມປະຊາຊົນປະຕິ ວັດລາວ ແລະ ບັນດາອົງການຈັດຕັ້ງສັງຄົມ ເປັນບ່ອນສຶກສາອົບຮົມ, ເຕົ້າໂຮມຄວາມສາມັກຄີ ແລະ ປຸກລະດົມບັນດາຊັ້ນຄົນຂອງທຸກຊົນເຜົ່າ ເຂົ້າຮ່ວມໃນພາລະກິດປົກປັກຮັກສາ ແລະສ້າງສາປະເທດຊາດ, ເສີມຂະຫຍາຍສິດເປັນເຈົ້າຂອງປະຊາຊົນ, ປົກປັກຮັກສາສິດ ແລະຜົນປະໂຫຍດອັນຊອບທໍາຂອງສະມາຊິກໃນອົງການຈັດຕັ້ງຂອງຕົນ. (ມາດຕາ 7 (ປັບປຸງ)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- English(1) For the purposes of this Constitution, the public services are—
(a) the armed forces;
(b) the judicial and legal service;
(c) the general public service of the Federation;
(d) the police force;
(e) (Repealed);
(f) the joint public services mentioned in Article 133;
(g) the public service of each State; and
(h) the education service.
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(2A) Except as expressly provided by this Constitution, every person who is a member of any of the services mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (f) and (h) of Clause (1) holds office during the pleasure of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, and, except as expressly provided by the Constitution of the State, every person who is a member of the public service of a State holds office during the pleasure of the Ruler or Yang di-Pertua Negeri.
… (Art. 132) - Malay(1) Bagi maksud Perlembagaan ini, perkhidmatan-perkhidmatan awam ialah—
(a) angkatan tentera;
(b) perkhidmatan kehakiman dan perundangan;
(c) perkhidmatan awam am Persekutuan;
(d) pasukan polis;
(e) (Dimansuhkan);
(f) perkhidmatan awam bersama yang disebut dalam Perkara 133;
(g) perkhidmatan awam setiap Negeri; dan
(h) perkhidmatan pendidikan.
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(2A) Kecuali sebagaimana yang diperuntukkan dengan nyata oleh Perlembagaan ini, tiap-tiap orang yang menjadi anggota mana-mana perkhidmatan yang disebut dalam perenggan (a), (b), (c), (d), (f) dan (h) Fasal (1) memegang jawatan selama diperkenankan oleh Yang di-Pertuan Agong, dan, kecuali sebagaimana yang diperuntukkan dengan nyata oleh Perlembagaan Negeri itu, tiap-tiap orang yang menjadi anggota perkhidmatan awam sesuatu Negeri memegang jawatan selama diperkenankan oleh Raja atau Yang di-Pertua Negeri.
… (Perkara 132)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishThe State has the duty to put in place a policy of reforms pertinent to matters of defense and of security that reinforces the unity and the cohesion of the Burundian People, notably by assuring the necessary ethnic, regional and gender equilibriums. (Art. 261)
- KirundiLeta itegerezwa gushinga umugambi wo guhindura biboneka ivyerekeye kurwanira n’ugucungera umutekano bituma ubumwe n’umwumvikano w’abanyagihugu bikomera cane cane ku kuwurangura ku buryo abarundi bose bo mu moko yose, intara zose n’ibitsina vyose baserukirwa muri izo nzego. (Ingingo ya 261)
- FrenchL’Etat a le devoir de mettre en place une politique des réformes pertinentes en matière de défense et de sécurité qui renforce l’unité et la cohésion du peuple burundais, notamment en assurant les équilibres ethniques, régionaux et de genres nécessaires. (Art. 261)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- English(1) Subject to the provisions of subsections (4), (5) and (7) of this section, no law shall make any provision that is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect.
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(3) In this section, the expression “discriminatory” means affording different treatment to different persons attributable wholly or mainly to their respective descriptions by sex, race, place of origin, political opinions, colour or creed whereby persons of one such description are subject to disabilities or restrictions to which persons of another such description are not made subject or are accorded privileges or advantages which are not accorded to persons of another such description.
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(5) Nothing contained in any law shall be held to be inconsistent with or in contraventions subsection (1) of this section to the extent that it makes provision with respect to standards or qualifications (not being standards or qualifications specifically relation to sex, race, place of origin, political opinions, colour or creed) to be required of any person who is appointed to or to act in any office or employment.
… (Sec. 13)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishThe right of the people and their organizations to effective and reasonable participation at all levels of social, political, and economic decision-making shall not be abridged. The State shall, by law, facilitate the establishment of adequate consultation mechanisms. (Art. XIII, Sec. 16)
- FilipinoHindi dapat bawalan ang karapatan ng sambayanan at ng kanilang mga organisasyon sa mabisa at makatwirang pakikilahok sa lahat ng mga antas ng pagpapasiyang panlipunan, pampulitika, at pangkabuhayan. Dapat padaliin ng Estado, sa pamamagitan ng batas, ang pagtatatag ng sapat na mga pamamaraan sa pakikipagsanggunian. (Art. XIII, Seksyon 16)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishNo Congolese person may, in matters of education or of access to public functions or any other matter, be subject to a discriminatory measure, that results from the law or from an act of the executive, for reason of his religion, of his family origin, of his social condition, of his residence, of his opinion or political convictions, or his belonging to a certain race, to an ethnicity, to a tribe, [or] to a cultural or linguistic minority. (Art. 13)
- FrenchAucun Congolais ne peut, en matière d’éducation et d’accès aux fonctions publiques ni en aucune autre matière, faire l’objet d’une mesure discriminatoire, qu’elle résulte de la loi ou d’un acte de l’exécutif, en raison de sa religion, de son origine familiale, de sa condition sociale, de sa résidence, de ses opinions ou de ses convictions politiques, de son appartenance à une race, à une ethnie, à une tribu, à une minorité culturelle ou linguistique. (Art. 13)