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Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishThe PEOPLE OF SRI LANKA … assuring to all peoples FREEDOM, EQUALITY, JUSTICE, FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS and the INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY as the intangible heritage that guarantees the dignity and well-being of succeeding generations of the People of SRI LANKA … (Preamble)
- Sinhalaශ්රී ලංකාවාසී ජනතාව විසින් ... ශ්රී ලංකාවාසී ජනතාවගේ මතු පරම්පරා වලද ධර්මිෂ්ට නිවහල් සමාජයක් බිහි කිරීමෙහිලා සහ සුරක්ෂිත කිරීමෙහිලා ඒ පරම්පරා විසින් දරන්නාවූ ප්රයත්නයේ දී සහාය වීමට පැමිණෙන සකල ලෝකවාසීන්ගේ ද අභිමානය සහ සමෘද්ධිය සහතික කෙරෙන අස්පර්ශනීය උරුමයක් ලෙස නිදහස, සමානාත්මතාව, යුක්තිය මූලික මානව අයිතිවාසිකම් හා අධිකරණයේ ස්වාධිනත්වය සකල ජනතාවට සහතික කරන්නාවූත් ... (පූර්විකාව)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishTurkmenistan shall guarantee the equality of rights and freedoms of a person and a citizen, and also the equality of a person and a citizen before the law regardless of their nationality, skin colour, gender, origin, property and official status, place of residence, language, religion, political beliefs, and other circumstances. (Art. 28)
- RussianТуркменистан гарантирует равенство прав и свобод человека и гражданина, а также равенство человека и гражданина перед законом и судом независимо от национальности, цвета кожи, пола, происхождения, имущественного и должностного положения, места жительства, языка, отношения к религии, политических убеждений или иных обстоятельств. (Статья 28)
- Turkmenürkmenistan adamyň we raýatyň hukuklarynyň we azatlyklarynyň deňligini, şeýle hem milletine, teniniň reňkine, jynsyna, gelip çykyşyna, emläk hem wezipe ýagdaýyna, ýaşaýan ýerine, diline, dine garaýşyna, syýasy ynam-ygtykadyna ýa-da gaýry ýagdaýlara garamazdan, adamyň we raýatyň kanunyň we kazyýetiň öňündäki deňligini kepillendirýär. (28-njy madda)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishWomen and men shall have equal rights. (Art. 30)
- ArmenianԿանայք և տղամարդիկ իրավահավասար են: (Հոդված 30)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
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All citizens of the People’s Republic of China are equal before the law.
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中华人民共和国公民在法律面前一律平等。
… (第三十三条 )
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishIn order to attain the objectives specified in Article 2, the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has the duty of directing all its resources to the following goals:
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9. the abolition of all forms of undesirable discrimination and the provision of equitable opportunities for all, in both the material and spiritual spheres;
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14. securing the multifarious rights of all citizens, both women and men, and providing fair legal security for all, as well as the equality of all before the law;
… (Art. 3) - Persianدولت جمهوری اسلامی ایران موظف است برای نیل به اهداف مذکور در اصل دوم، همه امکانات خود را برای امور زیر به کار برد:
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9- رفع تبعیضات ناروا و ایجاد امکانات عادلانه برای همه، در تمام زمینههای مادی و معنوی.
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14- تأمین حقوق همهجانبه افراد از زن و مرد و ایجاد امنیت قضایی عادلانه برای همه و تساوی عموم در برابر قانون.
… (اصل 3)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishThe State shall preserve the pillars of society and shall guarantee security, tranquillity and equal opportunity to all citizens. (Art. 8)
- Arabicتصون الدولة دعامات المجتمع، وتكفل الأمن والطمأنينة وتكافؤ الفرص للمواطنين. (المادّة 8)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishThe Union shall guarantee any person to enjoy equal rights before the law and shall equally provide legal protection. (Sec. 347)
- Burmeseနိုင်ငံတော်သည် မည်သူ့ကိုမဆို ဥပဒေအရာတွင် တန်းတူညီမျှအခွင့်အရေးရရှိစေရမည်။ ထို့ပြင် ဥပဒေ၏အကာအကွယ်ကိုလည်း တန်းတူညီမျှစွာ ရယူပိုင်ခွင့်ပေးရမည်။(ပုဒ်မ-၃၄၇)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
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Wherein the principles of democracy, freedom, equality, tolerance and social justice as enunciated by Islam shall be fully observed;
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Wherein shall be guaranteed fundamental rights including equality of status, of opportunity and before law, social, economic and political justice, and freedom of thought, expression, belief, faith, worship and association, subject to law and public morality;
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جس میں جمہوریت ،آزادی، مساوات، رواداری اور عدل عمرانی کے اصولوں کو جس طرح اسلام نے ان کی تشریح کی ہے، پوری طرح عمل کیا جائے گا؛
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جس میں بنیادی حقوق کی ضمانت دی جائے گی اور ان حقوق میں قانون و اخلاق عامہ کے تابع حیثیت اور مواقع میں مساوات، قانون کی نظر میں برابری، معاشرتی،معاشی اور سیاسی انصاف و خیال، اظہار خیال، عقیدہ، دین، عبادت اور اجتماع کی آزادی شامل ہوگی؛
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Equality and Non-Discrimination
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3. Citizens shall be equal in rights and duties without discrimination among them on grounds of sex, origin, language, religion or creed;
4. The state shall guarantee the principle of equal opportunities among citizens. (Art. 33) - Arabic
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3 المواطنون متساوون في الحقوق والواجبات، لا تمييز بينھم في ذلك بسبب الجنس أو الأصل أو اللغة أو الدين أو العقيدة.
4 تكفل الدولة مبدأ تكافؤ الفرص بين المواطني ن. (المادّة 33)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
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Women and men shall have equal rights.
The State shall ensure equal rights and opportunities for women and men in the administration of public and state affairs and in other spheres of social and state life. (Art. 58) - Uzbek
Xotin-qizlar va erkaklar teng huquqlidirlar.
Davlat xotin-qizlar va erkaklarga jamiyat hamda davlat ishlarini boshqarishda, shuningdek jamiyat va davlat hayotining boshqa sohalarida teng huquq va imkoniyatlarni ta’minlaydi. (58-modda)