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Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishThe National Assembly shall have exclusive power to legislate on the following matters:
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c) Restrictions and limitations on the rights, freedoms and guarantees of citizens;
… (Art. 164) - PortugueseÀ Assembleia Nacional compete legislar com reserva absoluta sobre as seguintes matérias:
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c) Restrições e limitações aos direitos, liberdades e garantias dos cidadãos;
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Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishThe territory in which the guarantees mentioned in the preceding article are suspended shall be governed during the suspension, by the state of siege law, but neither that law nor any other may provide for the suspension of any guarantees other than those already mentioned.
Likewise, during the suspension no new offenses may be established or penalties imposed other than those established by laws in force at the time the suspension was decreed. (Art. 188) - SpanishEl territorio en que fuesen suspendidas las garantías expresadas en el Artículo anterior, se regirá durante la suspensión, por la Ley de Estado de Sitio, pero ni en dicha Ley ni en otra alguna podrá disponerse la suspensión de otras garantías que las ya mencionadas.
Tampoco podrá hacerse, durante la suspensión, declaraciones de nuevos delitos ni imponerse otras penas que las ya establecidas en las leyes vigentes al decretarse la suspensión. (Art. 188)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishA citizen of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the state shall be bound by mutual rights and mutual responsibility. Citizens’ rights and freedoms, established by the Constitution and laws, shall be inalienable. No one shall have the right to deprive or limit them without a court. (Art. 19)
- UzbekO‘zbekiston Respublikasi fuqarosi va davlat bir-biriga nisbatan bo‘lgan huquqlari va burchlari bilan o‘zaro bog‘liqdirlar. Fuqarolarning Konstitutsiya va qonunlarda mustahkamlab qo‘yilgan huquq va erkinliklari daxlsizdir, ulardan sud qarorisiz mahrum etishga yoki ularni cheklab qo‘yishga hech kim haqli emas. (19-modda)
Limitations and/or Derogations
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Each citizen has the right to the full development [épanouissement] of his person within respect for the rights of others, of the public order, of ethics [morale] and of morals [bonnes mœurs].
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Chaque citoyen a droit au plein épanouissement de sa personne dans le respect des droits d’autrui, de l’ordre public, de la morale et des bonnes mœurs.
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Limitations and/or Derogations
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The exercise of the actions of habeas corpus and of amparo is not suspended during the effectiveness [vigencia] of the regimes of exception to which Article 137 of the Constitution refers.
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El ejercicio de las acciones de hábeas corpus y de amparo no se suspende durante la vigencia de los regímenes de excepción a que se refiere el artículo 137º de la Constitución.
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(2) Obligations established by the Constitution and the law shall not be defaulted upon on grounds of religious or other convictions. (Art. 58) - Bulgarian…
(2) Религиозните и другите убеждения не са основание за отказ да се изпълняват задълженията, установени в Конституцията и законите. (Чл. 58)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English(1) At a time of national disaster or during a state of national defence or public emergency threatening the life of the nation or the constitutional order, the President may by Proclamation in the Gazette declare that a state of emergency exists in Namibia or any part thereof.
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(5) (a) During a state of emergency in terms of this Article or when a state of national defence prevails, the President shall have the power by Proclamation to make such regulations as in his or her opinion are necessary for the protection of national security, public safety and the maintenance of law and order.
(b) The powers of the President to make such regulations shall include the power to suspend the operation of any rule of the common law or statute or any fundamental right or freedom protected by this Constitution, for such period and subject to such conditions as are reasonably justifiable for the purpose of dealing with the situation which has given rise to the emergency: provided that nothing in this Sub-Article shall enable the President to act contrary to the provisions of Article 24 hereof.
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Limitations and/or Derogations
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2. Everyone has the right to the free development of his personality in a manner compatible with the rights of other citizens.
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2. ማንኛውም ሰው የራሱን ስብዕና ከሌሎች ዜጐች መብቶች ጋር በተጣጣመ ሁኔታ በነጻ የማሳደግ መብት አለው፡፡
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Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishEveryone has the right to be protected by the courts in the enjoyment and exercise of constitutional rights and guarantees, including even those inherent individual rights not expressly mentioned in this Constitution or in international instruments concerning human rights. …
The exercise of this right shall not be affected in any way by the declaration of a state of exception or restriction of constitutional guarantees. (Art. 27) - SpanishToda persona tiene derecho a ser amparada por los tribunales en el goce y ejercicio de los derechos y garantías constitucionales, aun de aquellos inherentes a la persona que no figuren expresamente en esta Constitución o en los instrumentos internacionales sobre derechos humanos. …
El ejercicio de este derecho no puede ser afectado, en modo alguno, por la declaración del estado de excepción o de la restricción de garantías constitucionales. (Art. 27)
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(3) Amendments to this Basic Law affecting the division of the Federation into Länder, their participation on principle in the legislative process, or the principles laid down in Articles 15 and 20 shall be inadmissible. (Art. 79) - German…
(3) Eine Änderung dieses Grundgesetzes, durch welche die Gliederung des Bundes in Länder, die grundsätzliche Mitwirkung der Länder bei der Gesetzgebung oder die in den Artikeln 1 und 20 niedergelegten Grundsätze berührt werden, ist unzulässig. (Art. 79)