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Participation in Public Life and Institutions
Uganda
- EnglishThe State shall ensure gender balance and fair representation of marginalised groups on all constitutional and other bodies. (National Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy, VI)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
Myanmar
- EnglishThe Union shall, upon specified qualifications being fulfilled, in appointing or assigning duties to civil service personnel, not discriminate for or against any citizen of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, based on race, birth, religion, and sex. However, nothing in this Section shall prevent appointment of men to the positions that are suitable for men only. (Sec. 352)
- Burmeseနိုင်ငံတော်သည် အလုပ်အကိုင်ခန့်ထားရာတွင်ဖြစ်စေ၊ နိုင်ငံ့ဝန်ထမ်းရွေးချယ် တာဝန်ပေးရာတွင် ဖြစ်စေ သတ်မှတ်သော အရည်အချင်းနှင့်ပြည်စုံပါက ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်၏ မည်သည့်နိုင်ငံသားကိုမျှ လူမျိုး၊ ဇာတိ၊ ကိုးကွယ်ရာဘာသာ သာသနာ၊ အမျိုးသား၊ အမျိုးသမီးကို အကြောင်းပြုလျက် ရာထူးရွေးချယ်ခန့်ထားခြင်းကို ခွဲခြားမှုမပြုရ။ သို့ရာတွင် အမျိူးသားများနှင့်သာ လျော်ကန်သင့်မြတ်သည့် ရာထူးတာဝန်များအတွက် အမျိုးသားများအား ရေးချယ်ခန့်ထားခြင်းကို ဤပုဒ်မအရ အဟန့်အတား မဖြစ်စေရ။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၅၂)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
Cabo Verde
- English...
4. The Republic of Cabo Verde shall create gradually the conditions indispensable for the removal of all obstacles that may hinder the full development of the human person and limit the equality of its citizens, as well as their effective participation in the political, economic, social and cultural organization of the State and of the Cabo Verdean society. (Art. 1) - Portuguese...
4. A República de Cabo Verde criará progressivamente as condi- ções indispensáveis à remoção de todos os obstáculos que possam impedir o pleno desenvolvimento da pessoa humana e limitar a igualdade dos cidadãos e a efectiva participação destes na organização política, económica, social e cultural do Estado e da sociedade cabo-verdiana. (Art. 1)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
Barbados
- English(1) Subject to the provisions of this section—
(a) no law shall make any provision that is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect;
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(2) In this section the expression “discriminatory” means affording different treatment to different persons attributable wholly or mainly to their respective descriptions by race, place of origin, political opinions, colour or creed, whereby persons of one such description are subjected to disabilities or restrictions to which persons of 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 subsection (1)(a) to the extent that it makes provision with respect to standards or qualifications (not being standards or qualifications specifically relating to race, place of origin, political opinion, colour or creed) 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 of a local government authority or of a body corporate established by any law for public purposes.
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Participation in Public Life and Institutions
Qatar
- EnglishIndividuals have the right to address public authorities. (Art. 46)
- Arabicلكل فرد الحق في مخاطبة السلطات العامة. (المادة 46)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- EnglishThe public powers see to the elimination of any form of discrimination concerning women and assure the protection and the promotion of their rights.
They take, in all the domains, notably in the civil, political, economic, social and cultural domains, all the measures appropriate to assure the total realization and full participation of women in the development of the Nation.
They take measures to struggle against all forms of violence made against women in public and in private life.
Women have the right to an equitable representation within the national, provincial and local institutions. The State guarantees the implementation of man-woman parity in these said institutions.
The law establishes the modalities of application of these rights. (Art. 14) - FrenchLes pouvoirs publics veillent à l’élimination de toute forme de discrimination à l’égard de la femme et assurent la protection et la promotion de ses droits.
Ils prennent, dans tous les domaines, notamment dans les domaines civil, politique, économique, social et culturel, toutes les mesures appropriées pour assurer le total épanouissement et la pleine participation de la femme au développement de la nation.
Ils prennent des mesures pour lutter contre toute forme de violences faites à la femme dans la vie publique et dans la vie privée.
La femme a droit à une représentation équitable au sein des institutions nationales, provinciales et locales.
L’Etat garantit la mise en oeuvre de la parité homme-femme dans lesdites institutions.
La loi fixe les modalités d’application de ces droits. (Art. 14)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
Cuba
- EnglishWomen and men have equal rights and responsibilities in the economic, political, cultural, occupational, social, and familial domains, as well as in any other domain. The State guarantees that both will be offered the same opportunities and possibilities.
The State encourages the holistic development of women and their full social participation. … (Art. 43) - SpanishLa mujer y el hombre tienen iguales derechos y responsabilidades en lo económico, político, cultural, laboral, social, familiar y en cualquier otro ámbito. El Estado garantiza que se ofrezcan a ambos las mismas oportunidades y posibilidades.
El Estado propicia el desarrollo integral de las mujeres y su plena participación social. … (Art. 43)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
Türkiye
- EnglishEvery Turk has the right to enter public service.
No criteria other than the qualifications for the office concerned shall be taken into consideration for recruitment into public service. (Art. 70) - TurkishHer Türk, kamu hizmetlerine girme hakkına sahiptir.
Hizmete alınmada, görevin gerektirdiği niteliklerden başka hiçbir ayırım gözetilemez. (Madde 70)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
Gambia
- EnglishEvery citizen of The Gambia of full age and capacity shall have the right, without unreasonable restrictions—
(a) to take part in the conduct of public affairs, directly or through freely chosen representatives;
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(c) to have access, on general terms of equality, to public service in The Gambia. (Sec. 26)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
El Salvador
- EnglishThe political rights of the citizen are:
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3) To opt for public office [cargo] complying with the requirements determined by this Constitution and the secondary laws. (Art. 72) - SpanishLos derechos políticos del ciudadano son:
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3- Optar a cargos públicos cumpliendo con los requisitos que determinan esta Constitución y las leyes secundarias. (Art. 72)