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Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English(1) All citizens are equal before law and are entitled to equal protection of law.
(2) There shall be no discrimination on the basis of sex.
(3) Nothing in this Article shall prevent the State from making any special provision for the protection of women and children. (Art. 25) - Urdu(١) تمام شہری قانون کی نظر میں برابر ہیں اور قانونی تحفظ کے مساوی طور پر حقدار ہیں۔
(٢) جنس کی بنا ء پر کوئی امتیاز نہیں کیا جائے گا۔
(٣) اس آرٹیکل میں مذکور کوئی امر عورتوں اور بچوں کے تحفظ کے لئے مملکت کی طرف سے کوئی خاص اہتمام کرنے میں مانع نہ ہو گا۔ (آرٹیکل ۲۵)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishWe the people of Kiribati, …
In implementing this Constitution, we declare that –
…
2. the principle of equality and justice shall be upheld;
… (Preamble)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishSovereignty belongs only to the people, who shall exercise and protect it. The people are the source of powers, and safeguard their national unity that is based on the principles of equality, justice and equal opportunities among all citizens, as stated in the Constitution. (Art. 4)
- Arabicالسّيادة للشّعب وحده، يمارسها ويحميها، وهو مصدر السّلطات، ويصون وحدته الوطنية التي تقوم علي مبادىء المساواة والعدل وتكافؤ الفرص بين جميع المواطنين، وذلك على الوجه المبين فى الدستور. (المادّة 4)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English(1) All persons are equal before the law and have the right to equal protection and benefit of the law.
(2) Women and men have the right to equal treatment, including the right to equal opportunities in political, economic, cultural and social spheres.
(3) Every person has the right not to be treated in an unfairly discriminatory manner on such grounds as their nationality, race, colour, tribe, place of birth, ethnic or social origin, language, class, religious belief, political affiliation, opinion, custom, culture, sex, gender, marital status, age, pregnancy, disability or economic or social status, or whether they were born in or out of wedlock.
(4) A person is treated in a discriminatory manner for the purpose of subsection (3) if—
(a) they are subjected directly or indirectly to a condition, restriction or disability to which other people are not subjected; or
(b) other people are accorded directly or indirectly a privilege or advantage which they are not accorded.
(5) Discrimination on any of the grounds listed in subsection (3) is unfair unless it is established that the discrimination is fair, reasonable and justifiable in a democratic society based on openness, justice, human dignity, equality and freedom.
(6) The State must take reasonable legislative and other measures to promote the achievement of equality and to protect or advance people or classes of people who have been disadvantaged by unfair discrimination, and—
(a) such measures must be taken to redress circumstances of genuine need;
(b) no such measure is to be regarded as unfair for the purposes of subsection (3). (Sec. 56)
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
- EnglishAll persons are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to the equal protection of the law. In this respect, the law shall guarantee to all persons equal and effective protection without discrimination on grounds of race, nation, nationality, or other social origin, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, property, birth or other status. (Art. 25)
- Amharicሁሉም ሰዎች በሕግ ፊት እኩል ናቸው፤ በመካከላቸውም ማንኛውም ዓይነት ልዩነት ሳይደረግ በሕግ እኩል ጥበቃ ይደረግላቸዋል፡፡ በዚህ ረገድ በዘር፣በብሔር፣ ብሔረሰብ፣በቀለም፣ በጾታ፣ በቋንቋ፣ በሃይማኖት፣ በፖለቲካ፣ በማኅበራዊ አመጣጥ፣ በሀብት፣በትውልድ ወይም በሌላ አቋም ምክንያት ልዩነት ሳይደረግ ሰዎች ሁሉ እኩልና ተጨባጭ የሕግ ዋስትና የማግኘት መብት አላቸው፡፡ (አንቀጽ 25)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishThe following are essential purposes and functions of the State, in addition to those established in the Constitution and the law:
1. To construct a just and harmonious society, built on decolonization, without discrimination or exploitation, with full social justice, in order to strengthen the Pluri-National identities.
2. To guarantee the welfare, development, security and protection, and equal dignity of individuals, nations, peoples, and communities, and to promote mutual respect and intra-cultural, inter-cultural and plural language dialogue.
… (Art. 9) - SpanishSon fines y funciones esenciales del Estado, además de los que establece la Constitución y la ley:
1. Constituir una sociedad justa y armoniosa, cimentada en la descolonización, sin discriminación ni explotación, con plena justicia social, para consolidar las identidades plurinacionales.
2. Garantizar el bienestar, el desarrollo, la seguridad y la protección e igual dignidad de las personas, las naciones, los pueblos y las comunidades, y fomentar el respeto mutuo y el diálogo intracultural, intercultural y plurilingüe.
... (Art. 9)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishMen and women in Turkmenistan shall have equal rights and freedoms, and equal opportunities for their realization.
Violation of equality on the basis of gender shall be punishable according to the law. (Art. 29) - RussianМужчина и женщина в Туркменистане имеют равные права и свободы, а также равные возможности для их реализации.
Нарушение равноправия по признаку пола влечёт ответственность, установленную законом. (Статья 29) - TurkmenTürkmenistanda erkekleriň we aýallaryň deň hukuklary we azatlyklary, şeýle hem olary durmuşа geçirmek üçin deň mümkinçilikleri bardyr.
Deňhukuklylygyň jyns alamaty boýunça bozulmagy kanunda bellenilen jogapkärçilige eltýär. (29-nji madda)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English
Algeria is [of] solidarity with all the peoples who struggle for political and economic liberation, for the right of self-determination and against all racial discrimination. (Art. 32)
- Arabic
الجرئاز متماضنة مع جميع الشّعوب الّتي تكافح من أجل التّحرّر السّياسيّ والاقتصاديّ، والحقّ في تقرير المصير، وضدّ كلّ تمييز عنصريّ. (المــادة 32)
- French
L'Algérie est solidaire de tous les peuples qui luttent pour la libération politique et économique, pour le droit à l'autodétermination et contre toute discrimination raciale. (Art. 32)