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Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- English(1) Subject to the provisions of this article -
(a) no law shall make any provision that is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect; and
(b) no person shall be treated in a discriminatory manner by any person acting by virtue of any written law or in the performance of the functions of any public office or any public authority.
(2) In this article the expression ‘discriminatory’ means affording different treatment to different persons attributable wholly or mainly to their or their parents’ or guardians’ respective descriptions by race, place of origin, political opinion, colour, creed, age, disability, marital status, sex, gender, language, birth, social class, pregnancy, religion, conscience, belief or culture whereby persons of one such description are subjected to disabilities or restrictions to which other persons of the same or another such description are not made subject or are accorded privileges or advantages which are not afforded to persons of another such description.
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(4) Nothing contained in any law shall be held to be inconsistent with or in contravention of paragraph (1)(a) to the extent that it makes provision with respect to standards or qualifications (not being standards or qualifications specifically relating to a person’s or his or her parents’ or guardians’ respective description by race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed, age, disability, marital status, sex, gender, language, birth, social class, pregnancy, religion, conscience, belief or culture) to be required of any person who is appointed to any office in the public service, any office in a disciplined force, or any office in the service or of a local democratic organ or of a body corporate established by any law for public purposes.
… (Art. 149)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- English
The state is ruled on the basis of justice, shura, and equality. Citizens—in accordance with this statute and the conditions and circumstances prescribed by the law—have the right to participate in public affairs. (Art. 12)
- Arabic
يقوم الحكم في الدولة على أساس العدل والشورى والمساواة، وللمواطنين – وفقا لهذا النظام والشروط والأوضاع التي يبينها القانون – حق المشاركة في الشؤون العامة. (المادّة ١٢)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishThe High Council of Communication consists of nine (9) members including at least four (4) women.
… (Art. 139) - FrenchLe Haut Conseil de la Communication comprend neuf (9) membres dont au moins quatre (4) femmes.
… (Art. 139)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- English
Citizens have the right to participate in equality of conditions in public affairs and in state management.
In the formulation, execution, evaluation, control and monitoring [seguimiento] of the public and social policies, as well as the public services, the participation of the person, the family and the community will be guaranteed, the Law will guarantee their effective participation, nationally and locally. (Art. 50) - Spanish
Los ciudadanos tienen derecho de participar en igualdad de condiciones en los asuntos públicos y en la gestión estatal.
En la formulación, ejecución, evaluación, control y seguimiento de las políticas públicas y sociales, así como los servicios públicos, se garantizará la participación de la persona, la familia y la comunidad, la Ley garantizará su participación efectiva, nacional y localmente. (Art. 50)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- English
(1) No person shall be appointed by the President as the Chairman or a member of any of the Commissions specified in the Schedule to this Article, except on a recommendation of the Council.
(2) The provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article shall apply in respect of any person appointed to act as the Chairman or as a member of any such Commission.
(3) It shall be the duty of the Council to recommend to the President fit and proper persons for appointment as Chairmen or members of the Commissions specified in the Schedule to this Article, whenever the occasion for such appointments arises, and such recommendations shall endeavour to ensure that such recommendations reflect the pluralistic character of Sri Lankan society, including gender. In the case of the Chairmen of such Commissions, the Council shall recommend three persons for appointment, and the President shall appoint one of the persons recommended as Chairman.
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SCHEDULE
(a) The Election Commission.
(b) The Public Service Commission.
(c) The National Police Commission.
(d) The Audit Service Commission.
(e) The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka.
(f) The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption.
(g) The Finance Commission.
(h) The Delimitation Commission.
(i) The National Procurement Commission. (Art. 41B) - Sinhala
(1) මේ ව්යවස්ථාවේ උපලේඛනයේ නිශ්චිතව සඳහන් යම් කොමිෂන් සභාවක සභාපතිවරයා ලෙස හෝ සාමාජිකයකු ලෙස හෝ ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් තැනැත්තකු පත් කිරීම සභාවේ නිර්දේශය මත හැර, නොකරනු ලැබිය යුත්තේ ය.
(2) මේ ව්යවස්ථාවේ (1) වන අනු ව්යවස්ථාවේ විධිවිධාන, එකී යම් කොමිෂන් සභාවක සභාපතිවරයා ලෙස හෝ සාමාජිකයකු ලෙස වැඩබැලීම සඳහා පත් කරනු ලැබූ යම් තැනැත්තකු සම්බන්ධයෙන් ද අදාළ විය යුත්තේ ය.
(3) මේ ව්යවස්ථාවේ උපලේඛනයේ නිශ්චිතව සඳහන් කොමිෂන් සභාවල සභාපතිවරුන් ලෙස හෝ සාමාජිකයන් ලෙස පත් කිරීම සඳහා අවස්ථාව එළඹෙන කවර හෝ විටක එසේ පත් කරනු ලැබිය යුතු නිසි සහ යෝග්ය තැනැත්තන් ජනාධිපතිවරයා වෙත නිර්දේශ කිරීම සභාවේ කාර්යයක් වන අතර ඒ නිර්දේශවලින් ලිංගික වර්ගීකරණය ඇතුළුව ශ්රී ලාංකීය සමාජයේ බහුත්ත්ව ස්වභාවය පිළිබිඹු වන බව වගබලා ගැනීමට ප්රයත්න දරනු ලැබිය යුත්තේ ය. ඒ කොමිෂන් සභාවල සහාපතිවරුන් සම්බන්ධයෙන් වන විට, පත් කිරීම සඳහා සභාව විසින් තැනැත්තන් තිදෙනෙකු නිර්දේශ කරනු ලැබිය යුතු අතර, නිර්දේශ කරනු ලැබූ තැනැත්තන්ගෙන් එක් අයෙකු ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් සභාපතිවරයා ලෙස පත් කරනු ලැබිය යුත්තේ ය.
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උපලේඛනය
(අ) මැතිවරණ කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(ආ) රාජ්ය සේවා කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(ඇ) ජාතික පොලිස් කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(ඈ) විගණන සේවා කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(ඉ) ශ්රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(ඊ) අල්ලස් හෝ දූෂණ චෝදනා විමර්ශනය කිරීමේ කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(උ) මුදල් කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(ඌ) සීමා නිර්ණය කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(එ) ජාතික ප්රසම්පාදන කොමිෂන් සභාව. (41ආ වැනි වගන්තිය)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishMen and women have equal civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights. The State will promote the conditions and will create the adequate mechanisms for, making equality real and effective, by leveling [allanando] the obstacles that prevent or hinder its exercise and facilitating the participation of women in all areas [ámbitos] of the national life. (Art. 48)
- SpanishEl hombre y la mujer tienen iguales derechos civiles, políticos, sociales, económicos y culturales. El Estado promoverá las condiciones y creará los mecanismos adecuados para que la igualdad sea real y efectiva, allanando los obstáculos que impidan o dificulten su ejercicio y facilitando la participación de la mujer en todos los ámbitos de la vida nacional. (Art. 48)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishIn Tajikistan public life shall be developed on the basis of political and ideological diversity. … (Art. 8)
- RussianВ Таджикистане общественная жизнь развивается на основ политического и идеологического плюрализма. … (Статья 8)
- TajikДар Тоҷикистон ҳаёти ҷамъиятӣ дар асоси равияҳои гуногуни сиёсӣ ва мафкуравӣ инкишоф меёбад. … (Моддаи 8)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- English(1) Eswatini shall be a democratic country dedicated to principles which empower and encourage the active participation of all citizens at all levels in their own governance.(2) In the conduct of public affairs the State shall be guided by the principle of decentralisation and devolution of governmental functions and powers to the people at appropriate levels where the people can best manage and direct their own affairs.… (Sec. 58)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishParticipation and involvement of people in the exercise of their sovereignty in political affairs can be manifested by: voting to fill public offices, referendum, consultation of public opinion, mandate revocation, legislative, constitutional and constituent initiative, open forums and meetings of citizens whose decisions shall be binding among others; and in social and economic affairs: citizen service organs, self-management, co-management, cooperatives in all forms, including those of a financial nature, savings funds, community enterprises, and other forms of association guided by the values of mutual cooperation and solidarity.
The law shall establish conditions for the effective, functioning of the means of participation provided for under the present article. (Art. 70) - SpanishSon medios de participación y protagonismo del pueblo en ejercicio de su soberanía, en lo político: la elección de cargos públicos, el referendo, la consulta popular, la revocatoria del mandato, la iniciativa legislativa, constitucional y constituyente, el cabildo abierto y la asamblea de ciudadanos y ciudadanas cuyas decisiones serán de carácter vinculante, entre otros; y en lo social y económico, las instancias de atención ciudadana, la autogestión, la cogestión, las cooperativas en todas sus formas incluyendo las de carácter financiero, las cajas de ahorro, la empresa comunitaria y demás formas asociativas guiadas por los valores de la mutua cooperación y la solidaridad.
La ley establecerá las condiciones para el efectivo funcionamiento de los medios de participación previstos en este artículo. (Art. 70)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishThe state shall guarantee equal opportunities for all citizens in the fields of political, economic, social and cultural activities and shall enact the necessary laws for the realization thereof. (Art. 24)
- Arabicتكفل الدولة تكافؤ الفرص لجميع المواطنين سياسياً واقتصادياً واجتماعياً وثقافياً وتصدر القوانين لتحقيق ذلك. (المادّة 24)