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Minorities
Sri Lanka
- English...
(5) The State shall strengthen national unity by promoting co-operation and mutual confidence among all sections of the People of Sri Lanka, including the racial, religious, linguistic and other groups and shall take effective steps in the fields of teaching, education and information in order to eliminate discrimination and prejudice.
... (Art. 27) - Sinhala...
(5) වාර්ගික, ආගමික, විවිධ භාෂා භාවිත කරන සහ වෙනත් ජන කොට්ඨාස ඇතුළු ශ්රී ලංකා වාසී සකල ජනතාව අතර සහයෝගය සහ අන්යොන්ය විශ්වාසය වඩාලීමෙන් ජාතියේ සමගිය තහවුරු කිරීම ද, විශේෂ සැලකිලි සහ වෙනස්කම් තුරන් කිරීම සඳහා ඉගැන්වීම, අධ්යාපනය දීම සහ ප්රවෘත්ති සැපයීම යන ක්ෂේත්රවල ඵලදායී පියවර ගැනීම ද රජය විසින් කළ යුත්තේ ය.
... (27 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Minorities
Ecuador
- EnglishTo build up their identity, culture, traditions and rights, the collective rights of the Afro-Ecuadorian people are recognized, as set forth in the Constitution, the law, and human rights agreements, conventions, declarations and other international instruments. (Art. 58)
- SpanishPara fortalecer su identidad, cultura, tradiciones y derechos, se reconocen al pueblo afroecuatoriano los derechos colectivos establecidos en la Constitución, la ley y los pactos, convenios, declaraciones y demás instrumentos internacionales de derechos humanos. (Art. 58)
Minorities
Belgium
- EnglishEnjoyment of the rights and freedoms recognised for Belgians must be provided without discrimination. To this end, laws and federate laws guarantee among others the rights and freedoms of ideological and philosophical minorities. (Art. 11)
- DutchHet genot van de rechten en vrijheden aan de Belgen toegekend moet zonder discriminatie verzekerd worden. Te dien einde waarborgen de wet 8 en het decreet inzonderheid de rechten en vrijheden van de ideologische en filosofische minderheden. (Art. 11)
- FrenchLa jouissance des droits et libertés reconnus aux Belges doit être assurée sans discrimination. A cette fin, la loi et le décret garantissent notamment les droits et libertés des minorités idéologiques et philosophiques. (Art. 11)
- GermanDer Genuß der den Belgiern zuerkannten Rechte und Freiheiten muß ohne Diskriminierung gesichert werden. Zu diesem Zweck gewährleisten das Gesetz und das Dekret insbesondere die Rechte und Freiheiten der ideologischen und philosophischen Minderheiten. (Art. 11)
Minorities
Italy
- English
The Republic shall safeguard language minorities by means of appropriate measures. (Art. 6)
- Italian
La Repubblica tutela con apposite norme le minoranze linguistiche. (Art. 6)
Minorities
Romania
- English…
(2) Organizations of citizens belonging to national minorities, which fail to obtain the number of votes for representation in Parliament, have the right to one Deputy seat each, under the terms of the electoral law. Citizens of a national minority are entitled to be represented by one organization only.
… (Art. 62) - Romanian…
(2) Organizaţiile cetăţenilor aparţinând minorităţilor naţionale, care nu întrunesc în alegeri numărul de voturi pentru a fi reprezentate în Parlament, au dreptul la câte un loc de deputat, în condiţiile legii electorale. Cetăţenii unei minorităţi naţionale pot fi reprezentaţi numai de o singură organizaţie.
... (Art. 62)
Minorities
Serbia
- EnglishMembers of national minorities shall have a right to: expression, preservation, fostering, developing and public expression of national, ethnic, cultural, religious specificity; use of their symbols in public places; use of their language and script; have proceedings also conducted in their languages before state bodies, organizations with delegated public powers, bodies of autonomous provinces and local self-government units, in areas where they make a significant majority of population; education in their languages in public institutions and institutions of autonomous provinces; founding private educational institutions; use of their name and family name in their language; traditional local names, names of streets, settlements and topographic names also written in their languages, in areas where they make a significant majority of population; complete, timely and objective information in their language, including the right to expression, receiving, sending and exchange of information and ideas; establishing their own mass media, in accordance with the Law.
Under the Law and in accordance with the Constitution, additional rights of members of national minorities may be determined by provincial regulations. (Art. 79) - Serbian CyrillicПрипадници националних мањина имају право: на изражавање, чување, неговање, развијање и јавно изражавање националне, етничке, културне и верске посебности; на употребу својих симбола на јавним местима; на коришћење свог језика и писма; да у срединама где чине значајну популацију, државни органи, организације којима су поверена јавна овлашћења, органи аутономних покрајина и јединица локалне самоуправе воде поступак и на њиховом језику; на школовање на свом језику у државним установама и установама аутономних покрајина; на оснивање приватних образовних установа; да на своме језику користе своје име и презиме; да у срединама где чине значајну популацију, традиционални локални називи, имена улица, насеља и топографске ознаке буду исписане и на њиховом језику; на потпуно, благовремено и непристрасно обавештавање на свом језику, укључујући и право на изражавање, примање, слање и размену обавештења и идеја; на оснивање сопствених средстава јавног обавештавања, у складу са законом.
У складу са Уставом, на основу закона, покрајинским прописима могу се установити додатна права припадника националних мањина. (Члан 79)
Minorities
New Zealand
- EnglishA person who belongs to an ethnic, religious, or linguistic minority in New Zealand shall not be denied the right, in community with other members of that minority, to enjoy the culture, to profess and practise the religion, or to use the language, of that minority. (Bill of Rights Act 1990, Sec. 20)
Minorities
India
- English(1) Seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, except the Scheduled Tribes in the autonomous districts of Assam, in the Legislative Assembly of every State.
… (Art. 332) - Hindi(1) प्रत्येक राज्य की विधान सभा में, अनुसूचित जातियों के लिए और असम के स्वशासी जिलों की अनुसूचित जनजातियों को छोड़ कर अन्य अनुसूचित जनजातियों के लिए स्थान आरक्षित रहेंगे।
… (अनुच्छेद 332)
Minorities
Burundi
- EnglishA time period of five years is granted to the Senate to evaluate in order to put an end to or to extend the system of ethnic quotas in the Executive, the Legislative and the Judiciary after the establishment of the institutions issuing from this Constitution. (Art. 289)
- KirundiInama Nkenguzamateka ihawe ikiringo c’imyaka itanu hamaze gushirwaho inzego zitegekanijwe n’iri Bwirizwa Shingiro kugira irimbure ivyakozwe hanyuma hakurwe mw’Ibwirizwa Shingiro ingendo ijanye n’ivy’amoko muri Reta, mu Nama Nshingamateka na Nkenguzamateka hamwe no mu Rwego rw’Ubutungane. (Art. 289)
- FrenchUn délai de cinq ans est accordé au Sénat pour évaluer afin de mettre fin ou proroger le système de quota ethniques dans l’Exécutif, le Législatif et le Judiciaire après la mise en place des institutions issues de la présente Constitution. (Art. 289)
Minorities
Nepal
- English(1) The economically, socially or educationally backward women, Dalit, indigenous nationalities, Madhesi, Tharu, Muslims, backward classes, minorities, marginalized communities, persons with disabilities, gender and sexual minorities, farmers, labourers, oppressed or citizens of backward regions and indigent Khas Arya shall have the right to participate in the State bodies on the basis of principle of proportional inclusion.
(2) The indigent citizens and citizens of the communities on the verge of extinction shall have the right to get special opportunities and benefits in education, health, housing, employment, food and social security for their protection, upliftment, empowerment and development.
… (Art. 42) - Nepali(१) सामाजिक रूपले पछाडि परेका महिला, दलित, आदिवासी, आदिवासी जनजाति, मधेशी, थारू, अल्पसंख्यक, अपांगता भएका व्यक्ति, सीमान्तीकृत, मुस्लिम, पिछडा वर्ग, लैंगिक तथा यौनिक अल्पसंख्यक, युवा, किसान, श्रमिक, उत्पीडित वा पिछडिएको क्षेत्रका नागरिक तथा आर्थिकरूपले विपन्न खस आर्यलाई समावेशी सिद्धान्तका आधारमा राज्यको निकायमा सहभागिताको हक हुनेछ ।
(२) आर्थिक रूपले विपन्न तथा लोपोन्मुख समुदायका नागरिकको संरक्षण, उत्थान, सशक्तीकरण र विकासकालागि शिक्षा, स्वास्थ्य, आवास रोजगारी, खाद्यान्न र सामाजिक सुरक्षामा विशेष अवसर तथा लाभ पाउने हक हुनेछ ।
... (धारा ४२)