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Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- English
The state is ruled on the basis of justice, shura, and equality. Citizens—in accordance with this statute and the conditions and circumstances prescribed by the law—have the right to participate in public affairs. (Art. 12)
- Arabic
يقوم الحكم في الدولة على أساس العدل والشورى والمساواة، وللمواطنين – وفقا لهذا النظام والشروط والأوضاع التي يبينها القانون – حق المشاركة في الشؤون العامة. (المادّة ١٢)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishThe State works for the promotion of the political rights of the woman for a better representation within the elected assemblies, the institutions and the public and private administrations.
The modalities of application of this Article are established by the law. (Art. 34) - Arabicتعمل الدولة على تعزيز الحقوق السياسية للمرأة في المجالس المنتخبة والمؤسسات والإدارات العامة والخاصة.
ويحدد القانون طرائق تطبيق هذه المادة. (المادة 34) - FrenchL'Etat œuvre à la promotion des droits politiques de la femme par une meilleure représentation dans les assemblées élues, les institutions et administrations publiques et privées.
Les modalités d'application de cet article sont fixées par la loi. (Art. 34)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- 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
- English(1) No person shall be appointed by the President as the Chairman or a member of any of the Commissions specified in the Schedule to this Article, except on a recommendation of the Council.
(2) The provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article shall apply in respect of any person appointed to act as the Chairman or as a member of any such Commission.
(3) It shall be the duty of the Council to recommend to the President fit and proper persons for appointment as Chairmen or members of the Commissions specified in the Schedule to this Article, whenever the occasion for such appointments arises, and such recommendations shall endeavour to ensure that such recommendations reflect the pluralistic character of Sri Lankan society, including gender. In the case of the Chairmen of such Commissions, the Council shall recommend three persons for appointment, and the President shall appoint one of the persons recommended as Chairman.
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SCHEDULE
(a) The Election Commission.
(b) The Public Service Commission.
(c) The National Police Commission.
(d) The Audit Service Commission.
(e) The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka.
(f) The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption.
(g) The Finance Commission.
(h) The Delimitation Commission.
(i) The National Procurement Commission. (Art. 41B) - Sinhala41ආ. (1) මේ ව්යවස්ථාවේ උපලේඛනයේ නිශ්චිතව සඳහන් යම් කොමිෂන් සභාවක සභාපතිවරයා ලෙස හෝ සාමාජිකයකු ලෙස හෝ ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් තැනැත්තකු පත් කිරීම සභාවේ නිර්දේශය මත හැර, නොකරනු ලැබිය යුත්තේ ය.
(2) මේ ව්යවස්ථාවේ (1) වන අනු ව්යවස්ථාවේ විධිවිධාන, එකී යම් කොමිෂන් සභාවක සභාපතිවරයා ලෙස හෝ සාමාජිකයකු ලෙස වැඩබැලීම සඳහා පත් කරනු ලැබූ යම් තැනැත්තකු සම්බන්ධයෙන් ද අදාළ විය යුත්තේ ය.
(3) මේ ව්යවස්ථාවේ උපලේඛනයේ නිශ්චිතව සඳහන් කොමිෂන් සභාවල සභාපතිවරුන් ලෙස හෝ සාමාජිකයන් ලෙස පත් කිරීම සඳහා අවස්ථාව එළඹෙන කවර හෝ විටක එසේ පත් කරනු ලැබිය යුතු නිසි සහ යෝග්ය තැනැත්තන් ජනාධිපතිවරයා වෙත නිර්දේශ කිරීම සභාවේ කාර්යයක් වන අතර ඒ නිර්දේශවලින් ලිංගික වර්ගීකරණය ඇතුළුව ශ්රී ලාංකීය සමාජයේ බහුත්ත්ව ස්වභාවය පිළිබිඹු වන බව වගබලා ගැනීමට ප්රයත්න දරනු ලැබිය යුත්තේ ය. ඒ කොමිෂන් සභාවල සහාපතිවරුන් සම්බන්ධයෙන් වන විට, පත් කිරීම සඳහා සභාව විසින් තැනැත්තන් තිදෙනෙකු නිර්දේශ කරනු ලැබිය යුතු අතර, නිර්දේශ කරනු ලැබූ තැනැත්තන්ගෙන් එක් අයෙකු ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් සභාපතිවරයා ලෙස පත් කරනු ලැබිය යුත්තේ ය.
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උපලේඛනය
(අ) මැතිවරණ කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(ආ) රාජ්ය සේවා කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(ඇ) ජාතික පොලිස් කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(ඈ) විගණන සේවා කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(ඉ) ශ්රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(ඊ) අල්ලස් හෝ දූෂණ චෝදනා විමර්ශනය කිරීමේ කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(උ) මුදල් කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(ඌ) සීමා නිර්ණය කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(එ) ජාතික ප්රසම්පාදන කොමිෂන් සභාව. (41ආ වැනි වගන්තිය)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- English…
2. The State shall, through participation of all citizens, ensure national stability and development by encouraging democratic dialogue and national consensus; and by laying a firm political, cultural and moral foundation of national unity and social harmony.
… (Art. 6)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- English
... The [female] and [male] citizens and the family are protagonist elements in the making of decisions, planning and administration [gestión] of the public affairs of the State. (Art. 6)
- Spanish
... Las ciudadanas y ciudadanos y la familia son elementos protagónicos en la toma de decisiones, planificación y gestión de los asuntos públicos del Estado. (Art. 6)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishThe door for holding a public office is open to all citizens on the basis of equal conditions and in accordance with the provisions of the law. … (Art. 35)
- Arabicباب الوظائف العامة مفتوح لجميع المواطنين على أساس المساواة بينهم في الظروف وفقا لأحكام القانون ... (المادّة 35)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishThe State must promote the well-being of the citizens, to protect and to defend the rights of the human person and the defenders of human rights.
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It guarantees the equal access to public employment.
… (Art. 23) - FrenchL'État doit promouvoir le bien- être des citoyens, protéger et défendre les droits de la personne humaine et les défenseurs des droits humains.
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Il garantit l'égal accès aux emplois publics.
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Participation in Public Life and Institutions
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4. All Suriname citizens shall be eligible for appointment to any public office in without discrimination.
… (Art. 3) - Dutch…
4. Alle Surinamers zijn op gelijke voet in openbare dienst benoembaar.
… (Art. 3)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- English(1) Citizens have the right to participate in the administration of public affairs either directly or through the free election of their representatives.
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(4) Citizens shall have access, on an equal basis, to any elective and other public office. (Charter, Art. 21) - Czech(1) Občané mají právo podílet se na správě veřejných věcí přímo nebo svobodnou volbou svých zástupců.
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(4) Občané mají za rovných podmínek přístup k voleným a jiným veřejným funkcím. (Listina, Čl. 21)