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Obligations of the State
- EnglishWithout prejudice to the other provisions of this Constitution, the following matters are of the concurrent competence of the Central Power and the Provinces:
1. the implementation of the mechanisms of promotion and of protection of the human rights and fundamental freedoms consecrated in this Constitution;
… (Art. 203) - FrenchSans préjudice des autres dispositions de la présente Constitution, les matières suivantes sont de la compétence concurrente du Pouvoir central et des provinces:
1. la mise en oeuvre des mécanismes de promotion et de sauvegarde des droits humains et des libertés fondamentales consacrés dans la présente Constitution;
… (Art. 203)
Obligations of the State
- EnglishThe law establishes the rules concerning:
- … the civic rights and the exercise of the public freedoms;
… (Art. 84) - FrenchLa loi fixe les règles concernant :
- … les droits civiques et l'exercice des libertés publiques ;
… (Art. 84)
Obligations of the State
- EnglishEvery emir shall assume the administration of the region according to the general policy of the State in compliance with provisions of this Law and other laws and regulations. In particular, he is expected to do the following:
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• Guarantee human rights and freedom, refrain from any action which affects such rights and freedom except within the limits provided by the Sharia and the Law,
… (Law of the Provinces, Art. 7) - Arabicيتولّى أمير كل منطقة إدارتها، وفقا للسياسة العامة للدّولة، و غيرة من الأنظمة و اللوائح، و عليه بصفة خاصّة،
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• كفالة حقوق الأفراد و حرياتهم و عدم اتخاذ أي إجراء يمس ّ تلك الحقوق و الحريات، إلا في الحدود المقررة شرعا و نظاما،
... (نظام المناطق، المادّة 7)
Obligations of the State
- English
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3. The State shall endeavour to create a civil society free of oppression, discrimination and violence, based on the rule of law, protection of human rights and dignity, and to ensure the fundamental rights and freedoms of the people.
… (Art. 9) - Dzongkha
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༣) རྒྱལ་ཁམས་ཀྱིས་ ཁྲིམས་ཀྱི་རིང་ལུགས་ལུ་གཞི་བཞག་པའི་འགྲོ་བ་མིའི་ཐོབ་དབང་དང་ཆེ་ མཐོང་གི་ཉེན་སྐྱོབ་ གཉའ་གནོན་དང་ཕྱོགས་རིས་ འཚེ་བ་ལས་གྲོལ་བའི་མི་སྡེ་ཅིག་བཟོ་ནི་དང་ མི་སེར་གྱི་གཞི་རྟེན་ཐོབ་དབང་དང་ དལ་དབང་ཚུ་ ངེས་གཏན་ཡོདཔ་བཟོ་ནི་ལུ་བརྩོན་ཤུགས་ བསྐྱེད་དགོ།
... ༼རྩ་ཚན་༩༽
Obligations of the State
- English1. The following shall be within the joint jurisdiction of the Russian Federation and constituent entities of the Russian Federation:
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b. protection of human and civil rights and freedoms,
… (Art. 72) - Russian1. В совместном ведении Российской Федерации и субъектов Российской Федерации находятся:
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б) защита прав и свобод человека и гражданина;
… (Статья 72)
Obligations of the State
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2. Any act that violates the human rights of women or limits or otherwise thwarts their role and participation is prohibited.
… (Art. 7)
Obligations of the State
- EnglishWhereas every person in Antigua and Barbuda is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, the right, regardless of race, place of origin, political opinions or affiliations, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest,
... (Sec. 3)
Obligations of the State
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Solemnly reaffirm their determination to fight all forms of tyranny, oppression, social, cultural or religious domination and segregation, to defend national independence, to respect and guarantee human rights and the fundamental rights of the citizen, to ensure the principle of the separation of powers in the organisation of the State, and to establish the essential rules of multi-party democracy, with a view to building a just and prosperous nation and developing a society of solidarity and fraternity.
… (Preamble) - Tetum…
Hateten hikas ho solenidade nia determinasaun atu halo funu hasoru forma oin-oin tirania nian, opresaun, dominasaun no kaketak sosiál, kulturál ka tuir relijiaun, atu defende independénsia nasionál, respeita no fó garantia ba direitus umanus, no ema sidadaun sira-nia direitu fundamentál, atu kaer metin prinsípiu haketak podér iha Estadu nia organizasaun no harii demokrasia sanak-barak nia regra prinsipál sira, hodi buka harii nasaun ida-ne’ebé justu no buras, hodi mós foti sosiedade ida-ne’ebé hakiak ema atu fó neon-laran ba malu nu’udar maunalin.
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Reafirmam solenemente a sua determinação em combater todas as formas de tirania, opressão, dominação e segregação social, cultural ou religiosa, defender a independência nacional, respeitar e garantir os direitos humanos e os direitos fundamentais do cidadão, assegurar o princípio da separação de poderes na organização do Estado e estabelecer as regras essenciais da democracia pluralista, tendo em vista a construção de um país justo e próspero e o desenvolvimento de uma sociedade solidária e fraterna.
… (Preâmbulo)
Obligations of the State
- English… Protect all Spaniards and peoples of Spain in the exercise of human rights, of their culture and traditions, languages and institutions.
… (Preamble) - Spanish… Proteger a todos los españoles y pueblos de España en el ejercicio de los derechos humanos, sus culturas y tradiciones, lenguas e instituciones.
... (Preámbulo)
Obligations of the State
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(8) The rights, duties, declarations and guarantees relating to the fundamental human rights and freedoms specifically mentioned in this Chapter shall not be regarded as excluding other rights which may be prescribed by Act of the National Assembly as inherent in a democracy and intended to secure the freedom and dignity of man. (Sec. 37)