SEARCH DATABASE
The Global Gender Equality Constitutional Database is a repository of gender equality related provisions in 194 constitutions from around the world. The Database was updated in partnership with the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and with support from the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) and the Government of Japan. Experience its wealth and depth of information by starting your search now.
Obligations of the State
- English(1) The Republic of Vanuatu recognises, that, subject to any restrictions imposed by law on non-citizens, all persons are entitled to the following fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual without discrimination on the grounds of race, place of origin, religious or traditional beliefs, political opinions, language or sex but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and to the legitimate public interest in defence, safety, public order, welfare and health –
… (Art. 5) - French1) Sous réserve des restrictions que la Loi peut imposer aux non-citoyens et aux détenteurs de la double nationalité qui ne sont pas indigènes ou citoyens naturalisés et dans le respect des droits et libertés d'autrui et de l'intérêt public légitime en matière de défense, de sécurité, d'ordre public, de prospérité et de santé, la République de Vanuatu reconnaît que toute personne, sans distinction de race, lieu d'origine, croyances religieuses ou traditionnelles, opinions politiques, langue ou sexe jouit des droits fondamentaux et les libertés individuelles suivants:
... (Art. 5)
Obligations of the State
- EnglishThe essence of provisions on fundamental rights and freedoms enshrined in this Chapter shall be inviolable. (Art. 80)
- ArmenianՀիմնական իրավունքների և ազատությունների վերաբերյալ սույն գլխում ամրագրված դրույթների էությունն անխախտելի է: (Հոդված 80)
Obligations of the State
- English1. The National Assembly or any subordinate legislative authority shall not make any law, and the Executive and the agencies of government shall not take any action that abolishes or abridges the fundamental rights and freedoms conferred by this Constitution, unless so authorised by this Constitution. Any law or action in violation thereof shall be null and void.
… (Art. 28)
Obligations of the State
- EnglishAll people are free, have equal dignity, and enjoy equality of rights. Their fundamental rights and basic freedoms are inherent, inalienable, non-prescriptible, and not subject to repeal. (Charter, Art. 1)
- CzechLidé jsou svobodní a rovní v důstojnosti i v právech. Základní práva a svobody jsou nezadatelné, nezcizitelné, nepromlčitelné a nezrušitelné. (Listina, Čl. 1)
Obligations of the State
- EnglishExcept as is otherwise expressly provided in this Constitution, no law may abrogate, abridge or infringe or authorise the abrogation, abridgement or infringement of any of the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual herein before recognised and declared. (Sec. 19)
Obligations of the State
- English
The Parliament legislates within the domains attributed to it by the Constitution, as well as the following domains:
1. the fundamental rights and duties of persons, notably the regime of public freedoms, the safeguarding of individual freedoms and the obligations of citizens;
... (Art. 139) - Arabic
يُشرّع البرلمان في الميادين الّتي يخصّصه له الدّستور، وكذلك في المجالات الآتية:
1. حقوق الأشخاص وواجباتهم الأساسيّة، لا سيّما نظا م الحرّيّات العمومية، وحماية الحرّيّات الفرديّة، وواجبات المواطنين.
… (المــادة 139) - French
Le Parlement légifère dans les domaines que lui attribue la Constitution, ainsi que dans les domaines suivants:
1)- les droits et devoirs fondamentaux des personnes, notamment le régime des libertés publiques, la sauvegarde des libertés individuelles et les obligations des citoyens;
... (Art. 139)
Obligations of the State
- EnglishWe, the citizens of Georgia – whose firm will it is to establish a democratic social order, economic freedom, and a legal and a social state; to secure universally recognised human rights and freedoms; … (Preamble)
- Georgianჩვენ, საქართველოს მოქალაქენი, რომელთა ურყევი ნებაა, დავამკვიდროთ დემოკრატიული საზოგადოებრივი წესწყობილება, ეკონომიკური თავისუფლება, სოციალური და სამართლებრივი სახელმწიფო, უზრუნველვყოთ ადამიანის საყოველთაოდ აღიარებული უფლებანი და თავისუფლებანი, … (პრეამბულა)
Obligations of the State
- English…
(3) The State, in pursuing policies under subsection (2)5, shall be bound by the fundamental rights and freedoms in the Constitution and shall be guided by international human rights instruments to which The Gambia is a signatory and which recognise and apply particular categories of basic human rights to development processes.
… (Sec. 216)
Obligations of the State
- English
In order to attain the objectives specified in Article 2, the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has the duty of directing all its resources to the following goals:
…
7. ensuring political and social freedoms within the framework of the law;
…
14. securing the multifarious rights of all citizens, both women and men, and providing fair legal security for all, as well as the equality of all before the law;
… (Art. 3) - Persian
دولت جمهوری اسلامی ایران موظف است برای نیل به اهداف مذکور در اصل دوم، همه امکانات خود را برای امور زیر به کار برد:
…
7-تأمین آزادیهای سیاسی و اجتماعی در حدود قانون
...
14-تأمین حقوق همهجانبه افراد از زن و مرد و ایجاد امنیت قضایی عادلانه برای همه و تساوی عموم در برابر قانون
… (اصل 3)
Obligations of the State
- English…
(2) The State shall enact appropriate laws to assure—
…
(b) the protection and promotion of all other basic human rights and freedoms, including the rights of the disabled, the aged, children and other vulnerable groups in development processes.
(3) In the discharge of the obligations stated in clause (2) of this article, the State shall be guided by international human rights instruments which recognize and apply particular categories of basic human rights to development processes.
… (Art. 37)