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Participation in Public Life and Institutions
Ukraine
- EnglishCitizens have the right to participate in the administration of state affairs, in All-Ukrainian and local referendums, to freely elect and to be elected to bodies of state power and bodies of local self-government.
Citizens enjoy the equal right of access to the civil service and to service in bodies of local self-government. (Art. 38) - UkrainianГромадяни мають право брати участь в управлінні державними справами, у всеукраїнському та місцевих референдумах, вільно обирати і бути обраними до органів державної влади та органів місцевого самоврядування.
Громадяни користуються рівним правом доступу до державної служби, а також до служби в органах місцевого самоврядування. (Стаття 38)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
Papua New Guinea
- English…
(2) EQUALITY AND PARTICIPATION.
We declare our second goal to be for all citizens to have an equal opportunity to participate in, and benefit from, the development of our country.
WE ACCORDINGLY CALL FOR-
(1) an equal opportunity for every citizen to take part in the political, economic, social, religious and cultural life of the country; and
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(5) equal participation by women citizens in all political, economic, social and religious activities; and
(6) the maximization of the number of citizens participating in every aspect of development; and
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(9) every citizen to be able to participate, either directly or through a representative, in the consideration of any matter affecting his interests or the interests of his community;
… (Preamble, National Goals and Directive Principles)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- EnglishI. All Bolivians are citizens and exercise their citizenship rights from the age of 18, whatever may be their level of education, occupation or income.
II. Citizenship rights consist of:
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2. The right to exercise public functions without any requisites, except those established by law.
… (Art. 144) - SpanishI. Son ciudadanas y ciudadanos todas las bolivianas y todos los bolivianos, y ejercerán su ciudadanía a partir de los 18 años de edad, cualesquiera sean sus niveles de instrucción, ocupación o renta.
II. La ciudadanía consiste:
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2. En el derecho a ejercer funciones públicas sin otro requisito que la idoneidad, salvo las excepciones establecidas en la Ley.
… (Art. 144)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of
- EnglishCitizens enjoy equal rights in all spheres of State and public activity. (Art. 65)
- Korean공민은 국가사회생활의 모든 분야에서 누구나 다 같은 권리를 가진다. (제65조)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
Angola
- English1. Every citizen shall have the free and equal right to stand for public office, under the terms of the Constitution and the law.
… (Art. 53) - Portuguese1. Todo o cidadão tem o direito de acesso, em condições de igualdade e liberdade, aos cargos públicos, nos termos da Constituição e da lei.
... (Art. 53)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
Ecuador
- EnglishEcuadorians benefit from the following rights:
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2. To participate in affairs of public interest.
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7. To hold and discharge public office and duties on the basis of merits and capacities and in a transparent, inclusive, equitable, pluralistic and democratic selection and designation system that guarantees their participation, on the basis of criteria of gender equity and parity, equal opportunities for persons with disabilities, and intergenerational participation.
… (Art. 61) - SpanishLas ecuatorianas y ecuatorianos gozan de los siguientes derechos:
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2. Participar en los asuntos de interés público.
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7. Desempeñar empleos y funciones públicas con base en méritos y capacidades, y en un sistema de selección y designación transparente, incluyente, equitativo, pluralista y democrático, que garantice su participación, con criterios de equidad y paridad de género, igualdad de oportunidades para las personas con discapacidad y participación intergeneracional.
… (Art. 61)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
Myanmar
- EnglishThe Union shall, upon specified qualifications being fulfilled, in appointing or assigning duties to civil service personnel, not discriminate for or against any citizen of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, based on race, birth, religion, and sex. However, nothing in this Section shall prevent appointment of men to the positions that are suitable for men only. (Sec. 352)
- Burmeseနိုင်ငံတော်သည် အလုပ်အကိုင်ခန့်ထားရာတွင်ဖြစ်စေ၊ နိုင်ငံ့ဝန်ထမ်းရွေးချယ် တာဝန်ပေးရာတွင် ဖြစ်စေ သတ်မှတ်သော အရည်အချင်းနှင့်ပြည်စုံပါက ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်၏ မည်သည့်နိုင်ငံသားကိုမျှ လူမျိုး၊ ဇာတိ၊ ကိုးကွယ်ရာဘာသာ သာသနာ၊ အမျိုးသား၊ အမျိုးသမီးကို အကြောင်းပြုလျက် ရာထူးရွေးချယ်ခန့်ထားခြင်းကို ခွဲခြားမှုမပြုရ။ သို့ရာတွင် အမျိူးသားများနှင့်သာ လျော်ကန်သင့်မြတ်သည့် ရာထူးတာဝန်များအတွက် အမျိုးသားများအား ရေးချယ်ခန့်ထားခြင်းကို ဤပုဒ်မအရ အဟန့်အတား မဖြစ်စေရ။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၅၂)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
Cabo Verde
- English…
2. Every citizen shall have the right of access to civil service on conditions of equality, under the established terms of the law.
… (Art. 42) - Portuguese…
2. Todos os cidadãos têm direito de acesso à função pública, em condições de igualdade, nos termos estabelecidos na lei.
… (Art. 42)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
Guyana
- EnglishThe principal objective of the political system of the State is to establish an inclusionary democracy by providing increasing opportunities for the participation of citizens, and their organisations in the management and decision-making processes of the State, with particular emphasis on those areas of decision-making that directly affect their well-being. (Art. 13)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
Qatar
- EnglishIndividuals have the right to address public authorities. (Art. 46)
- Arabicلكل فرد الحق في مخاطبة السلطات العامة. (المادة 46)