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Equality and Non-Discrimination
Yemen
- EnglishCitizens are all equal in rights and duties. (Art. 41)
- Arabicالمواطنون جميعهم متســاوون في الحقوق والواجبــات العامة. (المادّة 41)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Angola
- English…
3. Men and women shall be equal within the family, in society and before the state, enjoying the same rights and being responsible for the same duties.
… (Art. 35) - Portuguese…
3. O homem e a mulher são iguais no seio da família, da sociedade e do Estado, gozando dos mesmos direitos e cabendo-lhes os mesmos deveres.
… (Art. 35)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Namibia
- EnglishThe State shall actively promote and maintain the welfare of the people by adopting, inter alia, policies aimed at the following:
(a) enactment of legislation to ensure equality of opportunity for women, to enable them to participate fully in all spheres of Namibian society;
… (Art. 95)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Panama
- EnglishAll Panamanians and aliens are equal before the Law, but the Law, for reasons of labor, health, morality, public security and national economy, may subject to special conditions, or may deny the exercise of specific activities to aliens in general. … (Art. 20)
- SpanishLos panameños y los extranjeros son iguales ante la Ley, pero ésta podrá, por razones de trabajo, de salubridad, moralidad, seguridad pública y economía nacional, subordinar a condiciones especiales o negar el ejercicio de determinadas actividades a los extranjeros en general. … (Art. 20)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Croatia
- EnglishFreedom, equal rights, national equality and equality of sexes, peace-making, social justice, respect for human rights, inviolability of ownership, conservation of nature and the environment, the rule of law and a democratic multiparty system are the highest values of the constitutional order of the Republic of Croatia and the basis for interpreting the Constitution. (Art. 3)
- CroatianSloboda, jednakost, nacionalna ravnopravnost i ravnopravnost spolova, mirotvorstvo, socijalna pravda, poštivanje prava čovjeka, nepovredivost vlasništva, očuvanje prirode i čovjekova okoliša, vladavina prava i demokratski višestranački sustav najviše su vrednote ustavnog poretka Republike Hrvatske i temelj za tumačenje Ustava. (Članak 3)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Cabo Verde
- EnglishAll citizens shall have equal social dignity and shall be equal before the law. No one may be privileged, favored or disadvantaged, deprived of any right or exempted from any duty by reason of race, sex, ascendancy, language, origin, religion, social and economic conditions or political or ideological convictions. (Art. 24)
- PortugueseTodos os cidadãos têm igual dignidade social e são iguais perante a lei, ninguém podendo ser privilegiado, beneficiado ou prejudicado, privado de qualquer direito ou isento de qualquer dever em razão de raça, sexo, ascendência, língua, origem, religião, condições sociais e económicas ou convicções políticas ou ideológicas. (Art. 24)