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Political Rights and Association
- EnglishA citizen of Palau eighteen (18) years of age or older may vote in national and state elections. The Olbiil Era Kelulau shall prescribe a minimum period of residence and provide voter registration for national elections. Each state shall prescribe a minimum period of residence and provide for voter registration for state elections. ... (Art. VII)
Political Rights and Association
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2. Subject to the provisions of subsections (3) and (4), every person who—
a. is a citizen of Lesotho; and
b. has attained the age of twenty-one years; and
c. possesses such qualifications as to residence as may be prescribed by Parliament, shall be qualified to be registered as an elector in elections to the National Assembly under a law in that behalf; and no other person may be so registered.
… (Sec. 57)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishAll citizens shall have the right to vote as prescribed by law. (Art. 24)
- Korean모든 국민은 법률이 정하는 바에 의하여 선거권을 가진다. (제24조)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishAny law concerning the Political Parties must reserve in its structures and in its mechanisms of functioning a treatment in conformity with the principle of the quota of at least thirty percent (30%) of women as expressed in Article 17-1. (Art. 31-1-1)
- FrenchToute loi relative aux Partis politiques doit réserver dans ses structures et dans ses mécanismes de fonctionnement un traitement en conformité avec le principe du quota d’au moins trente pour cent (30%) de femmes exprimé à l’aritcle 17.1. (Art. 31.1.1)
Political Rights and Association
- English1. Greeks shall have the right to form non-profit associations and unions, in compliance with the law, which, however, may never subject the exercise of this right to prior permission.
… (Art. 12) - Greek1. Oι Έλληνες έχουν το δικαίωμα να συνιστούν ενώσεις και μη κερδοσκοπικά σωματεία, τηρώντας τους νόμους, που ποτέ όμως δεν μπορούν να εξαρτήσουν την άσκηση του δικαιώματος αυτού από προηγούμενη άδεια.
… ('Αρθρο 12)
Political Rights and Association
- English
1. Subject to the succeeding provisions of this section, any person who is registered under an Act of Parliament as an elector for Parliamentary elections in an electoral district is entitled to vote, in such manner as is prescribed, in an election of a member of Parliament for that district.
... (Sec. 92)
Political Rights and Association
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It is hereby recognised and declared that in Mauritius there have existed and shall continue to exist without discrimination by reason of race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest, each and all of the following human rights and fundamental freedoms
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b. freedom of conscience, of expression, of assembly and association
… (Sec. 3)
Political Rights and Association
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(a) Subject to this Constitution and relevant laws, every citizen has the right to elect and right to be elected to the Pyithu Hluttaw, the Amyotha Hluttaw, and the Region or State Hluttaw.
... (Sec. 369) - Burmese
(က) နိုင်ငံသားတိုင်းသည် ဤဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေနှင့်ဖြစ်စေ၊ သက်ဆိုင်ရာ ဥပဒေများနှင့် ဖြစ်စေ မဆန့်ကျင်လျှင် ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော်၊ အမျိုးသားလွှတ်တော်၊ တိုင်းဒေသကြီးလွှတ်တော် သို့မဟုတ် ပြည်နယ်လွှတ်တော် တစ်ရပ်ရပ်တွင် ရွေးကောက် တင်မြှောက်ခွင့်နှင့် ရွေးကောက် တင်မြှောက်ခံပိုင်ခွင့်ရှိသည်၊
... (ပုဒ်မ-၃၆၉)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishAll Panamanians over eighteen years of age are citizens of the Republic, without regard to sex. (Art. 131)
- SpanishSon ciudadanos de la República todos los panameños mayores de dieciocho años, sin distinción de sexo. (Art. 131)
Political Rights and Association
- English1) Every Liechtenstein citizen shall be entitled to civil rights in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.
2) All Liechtenstein citizens who have completed their 18th year, have their normal residence in Liechtenstein, and whose right to vote has not been suspended shall be entitled to all political rights in national matters. (Art. 29)3 - German1) Die staatsbürgerlichen Rechte stehen jedem Landesangehörigen nach den Bestimmungen dieser Verfassung zu.
2) In Landesangelegenheiten stehen die politischen Rechte allen Landesangehörigen zu, die das 18. Lebensjahr vollendet, im Lande ordentlichen Wohnsitz haben und nicht im Wahl- und Stimmrecht eingestellt sind. (Art. 29)