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Limitations and/or Derogations
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Paragraph 2. The rights and guarantees expressed in this Constitution do not exclude others deriving from the regime and from the principles adopted by it, or from the international treaties in which the Federative Republic of Brazil is a party.
… (Art. 5) - Portuguese
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§ 2º - Os direitos e garantias expressos nesta Constituição não excluem outros decorrentes do regime e dos princípios por ela adotados, ou dos tratados internacionais em que a República Federativa do Brasil seja parte.
… (Art. 5)
Limitations and/or Derogations
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(1) In case a grave emergency arises in sovereignty, territorial integrity or the security of any part of Nepal by the reason of war, external aggression, armed rebellion, extreme economic disarrays, natural disaster or epidemic; the President may, by Proclamation, declare or order a state of emergency in respect of the whole of Nepal or of any particular part thereof.
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(10) At the time of issuance of the Proclamation or order of a state of emergency pursuant to clause (1), the fundamental rights as provided for in Part-3 may be suspended until the proclamation or order is in operation.
Provided that Article 16, sub-clauses (c) and (d) of clause (2) of Article 17, Article 18, clause (2) of Article 19, Articles 20, 21, 22 and 24, clause (1) of Article 26, Articles 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, clauses (1) and (2) of Article 36, Articles 38, 39, clauses (2) and (3) of Article 40, Articles 41, 42, 43, 45, and the right to constitutional remedy in relation to such Articles pursuant to Article 46 and the right to seek the remedy of habeas corpus shall not be suspended.
(11) In case any Article of this Constitution is suspended pursuant to clause (10), no petition may lie in any court for the enforcement of the fundamental right conferred by that Article nor may a question be raised in any Court in that respect.
… (Art. 273) - Nepali
(१) नेपालको सार्वभौमसत्ता, भौगोलिक अखण्डता वा कुनै भागको सुरक्षामा युद्ध, बाह्य आक्रमण, सशस्त्र विद्रोह, चरम आर्थिक विश्रृंखलता, प्राकृतिक विपद वा महामारीको कारणले गम्भीर संकट उत्पन्न भएमा राष्ट्रपतिले नेपालभर वा नेपालको कुनै खास क्षेत्रमा लागू हुने गरी संकटकालीन अवस्थाको घोषणा गर्न वा आदेश जारी गर्न सक्नेछ ।
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(१०) उपधारा (१) बमोजिम संकटकालीन अवस्थाको घोषणा वा आदेश जारी गर्दा त्यस्तो घोषणा वा आदेश बहाल रहेसम्मका लागि भाग–३ मा व्यवस्था भएका मौलिक हक निलम्बन गर्न सकिनेछ ।
तर धारा १६, धारा १७ को उपधारा (२) को खण्ड (ग) र (घ), धारा १८, धारा १९ को उपधारा (२), धारा २०, २१, २२, २४, धारा २६ को उपधारा (१), २९, ३०, ३१, ३२, ३५, ३६ को उपधारा (१) र (२), ३८, ३९, ४० को उपधारा (२) र (३), ४१, ४२, ४३, ४५ र धारा ४६ बमोजिमको संवैधानिक उपचारको हक र बन्दी प्रत्यक्षीकरणको उपचार प्राप्त गर्ने हक निलम्बन गरिने छैन ।
(११) उपधारा (१०) बमोजिम यस संविधानको कुनै धारा निलम्बन गरिएकोमा सो धाराद्वारा प्रदत्त मौलिक हकको प्रचलनका लागि कुनै अदालतमा निवेदन दिन वा त्यस सम्बन्धमा कुनै अदालतमा प्रश्न उठाउन सकिने छैन ।
... (धारा २७३)
Limitations and/or Derogations
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Nothing in this Division7 derogates the rights and freedoms of the individual under any other law and, in particular, an Organic Law or an Act of the Parliament may provide further guarantees of rights and freedoms and may further restrict the limitations that may be placed on, or on the exercise of, any right or freedom (including the limitations that may be imposed under Section 38 (general qualifications on qualified rights). (Sec. 33)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishIn addition to the other attributions that this Constitution confers on it, it corresponds exclusively to the Legislative Assembly:
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7. To suspend by a vote of no less than the two-thirds of the totality of its members, in the case of evident public necesity, the individual rights and guarantees written in Articles 22, 23, 24, 26, 28, 29, 30 and 37 of this Constitution. This suspension may be of all or of some rights and guarantees, for the totality or part of the territory, and [for] up to thirty days; during this, and with regard to persons, the Executive Power may only order their detention in establishments not allocated to common inmates, or decree their confinement to inhabited places. It must also give account to the Assembly at its next meeting on the measures taken to safeguard the public order or to maintain the security of the State.
In no case may individual rights and guarantees not written in this paragraph be suspended;
… (Art. 121) - SpanishAdemás de las otras atribuciones que le confiere esta Constitución, corresponde exclusivamente a la Asamblea Legislativa:
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7) Suspender por votación no menor de los dos tercios de la totalidad de sus miembros, en caso de evidente necesidad pública, los derechos y garantías individuales consignados en los artículos 22, 23, 24, 26, 28, 29, 30 y 37 de esta Constitución. Esta suspensión podrá ser de todos o de algunos derechos y garantías, para la totalidad o parte del territorio, y hasta treinta días; durante ella y respecto de las personas, el Poder Ejecutivo sólo podrá ordenar su detención en establecimientos no destinados a reos comunes o decretar su confinamiento en lugares habitados.
Deberá también dar cuenta a la Asamblea en su próxima reunión de las medidas tomadas para salvar el orden público o mantener la seguridad del Estado. En ningún caso podrán suspenderse derechos o garantías individuales no consignados en este inciso;
… (Art. 121)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English... The Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand (Interim), B.E. 2557 (2014) Amendment (No. 1), B.E. 2558 (2015) accordingly provides that there shall be a Constitution Drafting Committee to draft a Constitution to be used as the principle of governance and as a guide for preparing organic laws and other laws by prescribing new mechanisms to reform and strengthen the governance of the country. This is to be carried out by: ... guaranteeing, safeguarding and protecting Thai people’s rights and liberties more clearly and inclusively by holding that the Thai people’s rights and liberties are the principle, while the restriction and limitation thereon are exceptions, provided that the exercise of such rights and liberties must be subject to the rules for protecting the public; ... (Preamble)
- Thai...รัฐธรรมนูญแห่งราชอาณาจักรไทย (ฉบับชั่วคราว) พุทธศักราช ๒๕๕๗ แก้ไขเพิ่มเติม (ฉบับที่ ๑) พุทธศักราช ๒๕๕๘ จึงได้บัญญัติให้มีคณะกรรมการร่างรัฐธรรมนูญมีหน้าที่ร่างรัฐธรรมนูญเพื่อใช้เป็นหลักในการปกครอง และเป็นแนวทางในการจัดทำกฎหมายประกอบรัฐธรรมนูญและกฎหมายอื่น โดยได้กำหนดกลไกเพื่อจัดระเบียบและสร้างความเข้มแข็งแก่การปกครองประเทศขึ้นใหม่ด้วยการ...การรับรอง ปกป้อง และคุ้มครองสิทธิเสรีภาพของปวงชนชาวไทยให้ชัดเจนและครอบคลุมอย่างกว้างขวางยิ่งขึ้น โดยถือว่าการมีสิทธิเสรีภาพเป็นหลัก การจำกัดตัดสิทธิเสรีภาพเป็นข้อยกเว้น แต่การใช้สิทธิเสรีภาพดังกล่าวต้องอยู่ภายใต้กฎเกณฑ์เพื่อคุ้มครองส่วนรวม...(คำปรารภ)
Limitations and/or Derogations
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2. The rights and freedoms established by the Constitution are not exhaustive and shall not be construed to deny or diminish other universally recognised human and civil rights and freedoms. (Art. 62) - Russian
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2. Права и свободы, установленные Конституцией, не являются исчерпывающими и не должны толковаться как отрицание или умаление других общепризнанных прав и свобод человека и гражданина. (Статья 62) - Kyrgyz
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2. Конституцияда белгиленген укуктар жана эркиндиктер толук деп саналбайт, адамдын жана жарандын жалпы таанылган башка укуктарын жана эркиндиктерин жокко чыгарат же азайтат деп чечмеленбөөгө тийиш. (62-берене)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishThe National Assembly and all bodies with legal and regulatory authority shall be obligated to adjust, formally and materially, the laws and other legal standards related to the rights provided for in the Constitution and international treaties and those that are needed to guarantee the dignity of human beings or communities, peoples and nations. In no case shall amending the Constitution, laws, other legal and regulatory frameworks or actions by the government endanger the rights recognized by the Constitution. (Art. 84)
- SpanishLa Asamblea Nacional y todo órgano con potestad normativa tendrá la obligación de adecuar, formal y materialmente, las leyes y demás normas jurídicas a los derechos previstos en la Constitución y los tratados internacionales, y los que sean necesarios para garantizar la dignidad del ser humano o de las comunidades, pueblos y nacionalidades. En ningún caso, la reforma de la Constitución, las leyes, otras normas jurídicas ni los actos del poder público atentarán contra los derechos que reconoce la Constitución. (Art. 84)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English
A citizen of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the state shall be bound by mutual rights and duties.
The human rights and freedoms, established by the Constitution and the laws, shall be inalienable, and no one shall have the right to deprive or limit them without a court decision.
... (Art. 20) - Uzbek
O‘zbekiston Respublikasi fuqarosi va davlat bir-biriga nisbatan o‘zaro huquq va majburiyatlar bilan bog‘liqdir.
Insonning Konstitutsiya va qonunlarda mustahkamlab qo‘yilgan huquq va erkinliklari daxlsizdir hamda ulardan sud qarorisiz mahrum etishga yoki ularni cheklab qo‘yishga hech kim haqli emas.
... (20-modda)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishThe Republic proclaims respect [for] and the intangible guarantee of the development of the personality.
Each has the right to the free development of their personality if they neither violate the rights of others, nor infringe the constitutional order. (Art. 2) - FrenchLa République proclame le respect et la garantie intangible au développement de la personnalité.
Chacun a droit au libre épanouissement de sa personnalité pourvu qu’il ne viole le droit d’autrui, ni n’enfreigne l’ordre constitutionnel. (Art. 2)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishLaws and governmental provisions or any other provisions that regulate the exercise of declarations, rights and guarantees recognized by this Constitution shall not be enforced if they diminish, restrict, or evade such rights and guarantees. (Art. 64)
- SpanishNo se aplicarán leyes y disposiciones gubernativas o de cualquier otro orden, que regulen el ejercicio de las declaraciones, derechos y garantías establecidos en esta Constitución, si los disminuyen, restringen o tergiversan. (Art. 64)