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Indigenous Peoples
- English
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(5) Article 89 shall not apply to the State of Sabah or Sarawak, and Article 8 shall not invalidate or prohibit any provision of State law in the State of Sabah or Sarawak for the reservation of land for natives of the State or for alienation to them, or for giving them preferential treatment as regards the alienation of land by the State.
(6) In this Article “native” means—
(a) in relation to Sarawak, a person who is a citizen and belongs to one of the races specified by State law as indigenous to the State; and
(b) in relation to Sabah, a person who is a citizen, is the child or grandchild of a person of a race indigenous to Sabah, and was born (whether on or after Malaysia Day or not) either in Sabah or to a father domiciled in Sabah at the time of the birth. (Art. 161A) - Malay
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(5) Perkara 89 tidaklah terpakai bagi Negeri Sabah atau Sarawak, dan Perkara 8 tidaklah menidaksahkan atau melarang apa-apa peruntukan undang-undang Negeri di Negeri Sabah atau Sarawak bagi merizabkan tanah bagi anak negeri Negeri itu atau bagi memberikan hakmilik kepada mereka, atau bagi memberikan layanan keutamaan kepada mereka berkenaan dengan pemberian hakmilik tanah oleh Negeri itu.
(6) Dalam Perkara ini “anak negeri” ertinya—
(a) berhubung dengan Sarawak, seseorang yang merupakan warganegara dan yang tergolong dalam salah satu daripada ras yang dinyatakan dalam undang-undang Negeri sebagai ras ash bagi Negeri itu; dan
(b) berhubung dengan Sabah, seseorang yang merupakan warganegara, ialah anak atau cucu kepada seorang daripada suatu ras asli bagi Sabah, dan telah lahir (sama ada atau tidak pada atau selepas Hari Malaysia) sama ada di Sabah atau dengan bapanya berdomisil di Sabah pada masa kelahiran itu. (Perkara 161A)
Indigenous Peoples
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(c) For National races of which representatives are so permitted to participate in legislature of Regions, States or Self-Administered Areas in accord with Section 15, such representatives are to be permitted to participate, mainly, to undertake their National races affairs. (Sec. 17) - Burmese
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(ဂ) ပုဒ်မ ၁၅ အရ သက်ဆိုင်ရာ တိုင်းဒေသကြီး သို့မဟုတ် ပြည်နယ်နှင့် ကိုယ်ပိုင် အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရစီရင်စု ဥပဒေပြုရေးတွင် ကိုယ်စားလှယ်ပါဝင်ခွင့်ရရှိသည့် တိုင်းရင်းသား လူမျိုးဖြစ်လျှင် ထိုတိုင်းဒေသကြီး သို့မဟုတ် ပြည်နယ် နှင့် ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ စီရင်စု အုပ်ချုပ်ရေးတွင် အဓိကအားဖြင့် ထိုတိုင်းရင်းသားလူမျိုးများရေးရာကို ဆောင် ရွက်နိုင်ရေးအတွက် တိုင်းရင်းသားလူမျိုး ကိုယ်စားလှယ်များ ပါဝင်ခွင့်ပြုရမည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၁၇)
Indigenous Peoples
- EnglishGuatemala is formed by diverse ethnic groups among which are found the indigenous groups of Mayan descent. The State recognizes, respects, and promotes their forms of life, customs, traditions, forms of social organization, the use of the indigenous attire by men and women, [and their] languages and dialects. (Art. 66)
- SpanishGuatemala está formada por diversos grupos étnicos entre los que figuran los grupos indígenas de ascendencia maya. El Estado reconoce, respeta y promueve sus formas de vida, costumbres, tradiciones, formas de organización social, el uso del traje indígena en hombres y mujeres, idiomas y dialectos. (Art. 66)
Indigenous Peoples
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The State shall apply the principles of agrarian reform or stewardship, whenever applicable in accordance with law, in the disposition or utilization of other natural resources, including lands of the public domain under lease or concession suitable to agriculture, subject to prior rights, homestead rights of small settlers, and the rights of indigenous communities to their ancestral lands.
… (Art. XIII, Sec. 6) - Filipino
Dapat ipatupad ng Estado ang mga simulain ng repormang pansakahan o stewardship kailanma't mapapairal nang naaalinsunod sa batas sa pamamahagi o paggamit ng iba pang mga likas na kayamanan, kasama ang mga lupaing pambayan na angkop sa pagsasaka sa ilalim ng pamumwisan o konsesyon, batay sa mga karapatang nauuna, mga karapatan sa homested ng maliliit na nananahanan, at mga karapatan ng katutubong mga pamayanan sa kanilang minanang mga lupain.
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Indigenous Peoples
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The Communities of the Caribbean Coast have the right to the free expression and preservation of their languages, art and culture. The development of their [su] culture and their values enriches the national culture. The State will create special programs for the exercise of these rights. (Art. 90)
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Las comunidades de la Costa Caribe tienen derecho a la libre expresión y preservación de sus lenguas, arte y cultura. El desarrollo de su cultura y sus valores enriquece la cultura nacional. El Estado creará programas especiales para el ejercicio de estos derechos. (Art. 90)
Indigenous Peoples
- EnglishThe following are determined exclusively by the laws of Ukraine:
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3) the rights of indigenous peoples and national minorities;
… (Art. 92) - UkrainianВиключно законами України визначаються:
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3) права корінних народів і національних меншин;
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Indigenous Peoples
- EnglishThe State will respect the cultural particulars [peculiaridades] of the indigenous peoples, especially in that related to formal education. In addition, their defense against demographic regression, the depredation of their habitat, environmental contamination, economic exploitation, and cultural alienation[,] will be attended to. (Art. 66)
- SpanishEl Estado respetará las peculiaridades culturales de los pueblos indígenas especialmente en lo relativo a la educación formal. Se atenderá, además, a su defensa contra la regresión demográfica, la depredación de su hábitat, la contaminación ambiental, la explotación económica y la alienación cultural. (Art. 66)
Indigenous Peoples
- EnglishOnly indigenous citizens of the Republic of Vanuatu who have acquired their land in accordance with a recognised system of land tenure shall have perpetual ownership of their land. (Art. 75)
- FrenchSeuls les citoyens indigènes de la République ayant acquis leur terre selon un système reconnu de tenure foncière jouissent des droits de propriété perpétuelle sur celle-ci. (Art. 75)
Indigenous Peoples
- English… The nation of Afghanistan shall be comprised of Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Turkman, Baluch, Pachaie, Nuristani, Aymaq, Arab, Qirghiz, Qizilbash, Gujur, Brahwui and other tribes. … (Art. 4)
- Dari... ملت افغانستان متشكل از اقوام پشتون، تاجك ، هزاره، ازبك، تركمن، بلوچ، پشه یی، نورستانی، ایماق، عرب، قرغیز، قزلباش، گوجر، براهوی وسایر اقوام می باشد. ... (مادۀ ۴)
- Pashtoد افغانستان ملت له پښتون، تاجك، هزاره، ازبك، تركمن، بلوچ، پشه يې، نورستاني، ايماق، عرب، قرغيز، قزلباش، گوجر، براهوي او نورو قومونو څخه جوړ دى.... (۴ ماده)
Indigenous Peoples
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(3) All State organs and all public officers have the duty to address the needs of vulnerable groups within society, including women, older members of society, persons with disabilities, children, youth, members of minority or marginalised communities, and members of particular ethnic, religious or cultural communities.
… (Art. 21) - Swahili...
(3) Vyombo vyote vya Serikali na watumishi wa umma wana wajibu wa kushughulikia mahitaji ya makundi yaliyopo katika mazingira hatarishi katika jamii, ikiwa ni pamoja na wanawake, wazee, watu wenye ulemavu, watoto, vijana, wanajamii wenye uwakilishi mdogo katika jamii au watu waliotengwa na jamii, na watu wa jamii ya kabila, dini au utamaduni fulani.
… (Kifungu cha 21)