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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
- English
1. All persons lawfully residing within Mongolia shall be equal before the law and the Court.
2. No person shall be discriminated against on the basis of ethnic origin, language, race, age, sex, social origin and status, property, occupation and position, religion, opinion and education. Every one shall be a person before the law. (Art. 14) - Mongolian
1. Монгол Улсад хууль ёсоор оршин суугаа хүн бүр хууль, шүүхийн өмнө эрх тэгш байна.
2. Хүнийг үндэс, угсаа, хэл, арьсны өнгө, нас, хүйс, нийгмийн гарал, байдал, хөрөнгө чинээ, эрхэлсэн ажил, албан тушаал, шашин шүтлэг, үзэл бодол, боловсролоор нь ялгаварлан гадуурхаж үл болно. Хүн бүр эрх зүйн этгээд байна. (Арван дөрөвдүгээр зүйл)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English(1) To enjoy the protection of law and to be treated in accordance with law is the inalienable right of every citizen. Wherever he may be, and of every other person for the time being within Pakistan.
… (Art. 4) - Urdu(ا) ہر شہری کا خواہ کہیں بھی ہو، اور کسی دوسرے شخص کا جو فی الوقت پاکستان میں ہو، یہ ناقابل انتقال حق ہے کہ اسے قانون کا تحفظ حاصل ہو اور اس کے ساتھ قانون کے مطابق سلوک کیا جائے۔
… (آرٹیکل ۴)
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
- English…
All citizens of the People’s Republic of China are equal before the law.
… (Art. 33) - Chinese…
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
- EnglishEqual opportunities shall be guaranteed to all Iraqis, and the state shall ensure that the necessary measures to achieve this are taken. (Art. 16)
- Arabicتكافؤ الفرص حقٌ مكفولٌ لجميع العراقيين، وتكفل الدولة اتخاذ الإجراءات اللازمة لتحقيق ذلك. (المادة 16)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English
The State pursues the policy of promoting unity and equality among all ethnic groups. All ethnic groups have the right to protect, preserve and promote the fine customs and cultures of their own and of the nation. All acts creating division and discrimination among ethnic groups are prohibited.
… (Art. 8) - Lao
ລັດ ປະຕິບັດນະໂຍບາຍສາມັກຄີ ແລະ ສະເໝີພາບ ລະຫວ່າງຊົນເຜົ່າຕ່າງໆ. ທຸກຊົນເຜົ່າລ້ວນແຕ່ມີສິດປົກປັກຮັກສາ, ເສີມຂະຫຍາຍຮີດຄອງປະເພນີ ແລະ ວັດທະນະທຳອັນດີງາມຂອງຕົນແລະ ຂອງຊາດ. ຫ້າມທຸກການກະທຳທີ່ເປັນການແບ່ງແຍກ ແລະ ການປະພຶດທີ່ເປັນການຈຳແນກ ລະຫວ່າງຊົນເຜົ່າ.
… (ມາດຕາ. 8) (ປັບປຸງ)
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)