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Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English
The state is ruled on the basis of justice, shura, and equality. … (Art. 12)
- Arabic
يقوم الحكم في الدولة على أساس العدل والشورى والمساواة، ... (المادّة ١٢)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishA subject of the Queen, resident in any State, shall not be subject in any other State to any disability or discrimination which would not be equally applicable to him if he were a subject of the Queen resident in such other State. (Sec. 117)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishGuinea is a unitary republic, indivisible, secular, democratic and social.
It assures the equality before the law of all the citizens without distinction of origin, of race, of ethnicity, of gender [sexe], of religion and of opinion.
… (Art. 1) - FrenchLa Guinée est une République unitaire, indivisible, laïque, démocratique et sociale.
Elle assure l'égalité devant la loi de tous les citoyens sans distinction d'origine, de race, d'ethnie, de sexe, de religion et d'opinion.
… (Art. 1)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishThe State's essential objectives include the following:
…
d. To guarantee effective equality in the enjoyment and exercise of rights, and in compliance with the duties enshrined in the Constitution and the laws;
… (Art. 13) - SpanishEl Estado tiene como fines esenciales los siguientes:
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d) garantizar la igualdad efectiva en el disfrute y ejercicio de los derechos, y en el cumplimiento de los deberes consagrados en la Constitución y las leyes;
… (Art. 13)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishThe Citizens of Qatar shall be equal in public rights and duties. (Art. 34)
- Arabicالمواطنون متساوون في الحقوق والواجبات العامة. (المادّة 34)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English(1) An act or omission in relation to which this Part applies (including an enactment) is in breach of this Part if it is inconsistent with section 19 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), an act or omission is inconsistent with section 19 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 if the act or omission—
(a) limits the right to freedom from discrimination affirmed by that section; and
(b) is not, under section 5 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, a justified limitation on that right.
(3) To avoid doubt, subsections (1) and (2) apply in relation to an act or omission even if it is authorised or required by an enactment. (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 20L)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishWHEREAS the People of Dominica—
(a) have affirmed that the Commonwealth of Dominica is founded upon principles that acknowledge the supremacy of God, faith in fundamental human rights and freedoms, the position of the family in a society of free men and free institutions, the dignity of the human person, and the equal and inalienable rights with which all members of the human family are endowed by their Creator;
… (Preamble)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English
(1) All persons are equal before the law and are entitled to the equal protection of the law.
(2) No citizen shall be discriminated against on the grounds of race, religion, language, caste, sex, political opinion, place of birth or anyone of such grounds :
Provided that it shall be lawful to require a person to acquire within a reasonable time sufficient knowledge of any language as a qualification for any employment or office in the Public, Judicial or Local Government Service or in the service of any Public Corporation, where such knowledge is reasonably necessary for the discharge of the duties of such employment or office :
Provided further that it shall be lawful to require a person to have a sufficient knowledge of any language as a qualification for any such employment or office where no function of that employment or office can be discharged otherwise than with a knowledge of that language.
(3) No person shall, on the grounds of race, religion, language, caste, sex or any one of such grounds, be subject to any disability, liability, restriction or condition with regard to access to shops, public restaurants, hotels, places of public entertainment and places of public worship of his own religion.
(4) Nothing in this Article shall prevent special provision being made, by law, subordinate legislation or executive action, for the advancement of women, children or disabled persons. (Art. 12) - Sinhala
(1) නීතිය පසිඳලීම සහ ක්රියාත්මක කිරීම ද, නීතියේ රැකවරණය ද, සර්ව සාධාරණ විය යුත්තේ ය.
(2) කිසිම පුරවැසියක වර්ගය, ආගම, භාෂාව, කුලය, ස්ත්රී පුරුෂ භේදය, දේශපාලන මතය හෝ උපන් ස්ථානය යන හේතු මත හෝ ඉන් කවර වූ හේතුවක් මත හෝ වෙනස්කමකට හෝ විශේෂයකට හෝ භාජන නොවිය යුත්තේ ය:
එසේ වුවද, රජයේ සේවයේ, අධිකරණ සේවයේ, පළාත් පාලන සේවයේ නැතහොත් යම් රාජ්ය සංස්ථාවක සේවයේ යම් සේවා නියුක්තියක හෝ ධුරයක කාර්ය ඉටුකිරීම සඳහා යම් තැනැත්තකු යම් භාෂාවක් පිළිබඳ ප්රමාණවත් දැනීමක් ඇතිව සිටීම සාධාරණව අවශ්ය වන අවස්ථාවක ඒ සේවා නියුක්තිය හෝ ධුරය සඳහා සුදුසුකමක් වශයෙන් ඒ භාෂාව පිළිබඳ එසේ ප්රමාණවත් දැනීමක් සාධාරණ කාලයක් තුළදී ලබාගත යුතු යයි එවැනි තැනැත්තකුට නියම කිරීම නීත්යානුකූල වන්නේ ය:
එසේම තව දුරටත්, එවැනි යම් සේවා නියුක්තියක හෝ ධුරයක හෝ කිසිදු කර්තව්යයක් යම් භාෂාවක් පිළිබඳ දැනීම ඇත්තේ නම් මිස ඉටු කළ නොහැකිවන අවස්ථාවලදී, ඒ සේවා නියුක්තියට හෝ ධුරයට හෝ ඇතුළත් කර ගැනීමේ සුදුසුකමක් වශයෙන් යම් තැනැත්තකුට ඒ භාෂාව පිළිබඳ ප්රමාණවත් දැනීමක් තිබිය යුතු යයි නියම කිරීම නීත්යනුකූල වන්නේ ය.
(3) වර්ගය, ආගම, භාෂාව, කුලය හෝ ස්ත්රී පුරුෂ භේදය යන හේතු මත හෝ ඉන් කවර වූ හේතුවක් මත හෝ වෙළඳසල්වලට, පොදු භෝජනාගාරවලට, ආපනශාලාවලට, පොදු විනෝද ස්ථානවලට හෝ තම තමාගේ ආගමට අයත් පොදු පූජනීය ස්ථානවලට ඇතුළුවීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් යම් අශක්නුතාවකට, බැඳීමකට, සීමා කිරීමකට නැතහොත් කොන්දේසියකට කිසිම තැනැත්තෙක් යටත් නොවන්නේ ය.
(4) කාන්තාවන්ගේ, ළමයින්ගේ හෝ අබල තැනැත්තන්ගේ ප්රගතිය සඳහා නීතියෙන් හෝ අනු නීතිවලින් හෝ විධායක ක්රියා මාර්ගයෙන් හෝ විශේෂ විධිවිධාන සැලැස්වීම මේ ව්යවස්ථාවෙන් කිසිසේත් අවහිර නොවන්නේ ය. (12 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishWhere any conduct, practice, requirement, or condition that is not apparently in contravention of any provision of this Part has the effect of treating a person or group of persons differently on 1 of the prohibited grounds of discrimination in a situation where such treatment would be unlawful under any provision of this Part other than this section, that conduct, practice, condition, or requirement shall be unlawful under that provision unless the person whose conduct or practice is in issue, or who imposes the condition or requirement, establishes good reason for it. (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 65)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishThe State shall actively promote the welfare and development of the people of Malawi by progressively adopting and implementing policies and legislation aimed at achieving the following goals—
a. Gender Equality
To obtain gender equality through—
i. full participation of women in all spheres of Malawian society on the basis of equal opportunities with men;
ii. the implementation of the principles of nondiscrimination and such other measures as may be required; and
iii. the implementation of policies to address social issues such as domestic violence, security of the person, lack of maternity benefits, economic exploitation and rights to property.
… (Sec. 13)