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Affirmative Action (Broadly)
- English1. Where a person is empowered to make a nomination or an appointment to a public office, that person shall ensure—
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b. that fifty percent of each gender is nominated or appointed from the total available positions, unless it is not practicable to do so; ... (Art. 259)
Affirmative Action (Broadly)
- English(1) The State shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them.
(2) No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them, be subject to any disability, liability, restriction or condition with regard to—
(a) access to shops, public restaurants, hotels and places of public entertainment; or
(b) the use of wells, tanks, bathing ghats, roads and places of public resort maintained wholly or partly out of State funds or dedicated to the use of the general public.
(3) Nothing in this article shall prevent the State from making any special provision for women and children.
(4) Nothing in this article or in clause (2) of article 29 shall prevent the State from making any special provision for the advancement of any socially and educationally backward classes of citizens or for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes.
(5) Nothing in this article or in sub-clause (g) of clause (1) of article 19 shall prevent the State from making any special provision, by law, for the advancement of any socially and educationally backward classes of citizens or for the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes in so far as such special provisions relate to their admission to educational institutions including private educational institutions, whether aided or unaided by the State, other than the minority educational institutions referred to in clause (1) of article 30.
(6) Nothing in this article or sub-clause (g) of clause (1) of article 19 or clause (2) of article 29 shall prevent the State from making,—
(a) any special provision for the advancement of any economically weaker sections of citizens other than the classes mentioned in clauses (4) and (5);
… (Art. 15) - Hindi(1) राज्य, किसी नागरिक के विरुद्ध केवल धर्म, मूलवंश, जाति, लिंग, जन्मस्थान या इनमें से किसी के आधार पर कोई विभेद नहीं करेगा।
(2) कोई नागरिक केवल धर्म, मूलवंश, जाति, लिंग, जन्मस्थान या इनमें से किसी के आधार पर निम्नलिखित के संबंध में किसी भी निर्योग्यता, दायित्व, निर्बंधन या शर्त के अधीन नहीं होगा—
(क) दुकानों, सार्वजनिक भोजनालयों, होटलों और सार्वजनिक मनोरंजन के स्थानों में प्रवेश; या
(ख) पूर्णत: या भागत: राज्य-निधि से पोषित या साधारण जनता के प्रयोग के लिए समर्पित कुओं, तालाबों, स्नानघाटों, सड़कों और सार्वजनिक समागम के स्थानों के उपयोग।
(3) इस अनुच्छेद की कोई बात राज्य को स्त्रियों और बालकों के लिए कोई विशेष उपबंध करने से निवारित नहीं करेगी।
(4) इस अनुच्छेद की या अनुच्छेद 29 के खंड (2) की कोई बात राज्य को सामाजिक और शैक्षिक दृष्टि से पिछड़े हुए नागरिकों के किन्हीं वर्गों की उन्नति के लिए या अनुसूचित जातियों और अनुसूचित जनजातियों के लिए कोई विशेष उपबंध करने से निवारित नहीं करेगी।
(5) इस अनुच्छेद या अनुच्छेद 19 के खंड (1) के उपखंड (छ) की कोई बात राज्य को सामाजिक और शैक्षिक दृष्टि से पिछड़े हुए नागरिकों के किन्हीं वर्गों की उन्नति के लिए या अनुसूचित जातियों या अनुसूचित जनजातियों के लिए, विधि द्वारा, कोई विशेष उपबंध करने से निवारित नहीं करेगी, जहां तक ऐसे विशेष उपबंध, अनुच्छेद 30 के खंड (1) में निर्दिष्ट अल्पसंख्यक शिक्षा संस्थाओं से भिन्न, शिक्षा संस्थाओं में, जिनके अंतर्गत प्राइवेट शिक्षा संस्थाएं भी हैं, चाहे वे राज्य से सहायता प्राप्त हों या नहीं, प्रवेश से संबंधित हैं।
(6) इस अनुच्छेद या अनुच्छेद 19 के खंड (1) के उपखंड (छ) या अनुच्छेद 29 के खंड (2) में कोई बात राज्य को निम्नलिखित प्रावधान करने से निवारित नहीं करेगी,—
(क) खंड (4) और (5) में उल्लिखित श्रेणियों के अतिरिक्त नागरिकों के किन्हीं आर्थिक रूप से पिछड़े वर्गों की उन्नति के लिए कोई विशेष प्रावधान;
… (अनुच्छेद 15)
Affirmative Action (Broadly)
- English(1) Everyone has the right to freedom from discrimination on the grounds of discrimination in the Human Rights Act 1993.
(2) Measures taken in good faith for the purpose of assisting or advancing persons or groups of persons disadvantaged because of discrimination that is unlawful by virtue of Part 22 of the Human Rights Act 1993 do not constitute discrimination. (Bill of Rights Act 1990, Sec. 19)
Affirmative Action (Broadly)
- English1. Women shall be accorded full and equal dignity of the person with men.
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5. Without prejudice to article 32 of this Constitution, women shall have the right to affirmative action for the purpose of redressing the imbalances created by history, tradition or custom. (Art. 33)
Affirmative Action (Broadly)
- EnglishThe exercise of rights shall be governed by the following principles:
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The State shall adopt affirmative action measures that promote real equality for the benefit of the rights-bearers who are in a situation of inequality.
… (Art. 11) - SpanishEI ejercicio de los derechos se regirá por los siguientes principios:
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El Estado adoptará medidas de acción afirmativa que promuevan la igualdad real en favor de los titulares de derechos que se encuentren en situación de desigualdad.
... (Art. 11)
Affirmative Action (Broadly)
- EnglishThe principle of the quota of at least thirty percent (30%) of women is recognized at all levels of national life, notably in the public services. (Art. 17-1)
- FrenchLe principe du quota d’au moins trente pour cent (30%) de femmes est reconnu à tous les niveaux de la vie nationale, notamment dans les services publics. (Art. 17.1)
Affirmative Action (Broadly)
- EnglishThe Superior Council of the Magistrature is equilibrated on the ethnic [and] regional plane and between genders.
… (Art. 222) - KirundiMu bagize Inama nkuru y’abacamanza hategerezwa gucungerwa ko ata bwoko, ata ntara, ata gitsina vyakumiriwe kandi hakaba ukunganisha.
… (Ingingo ya 222) - FrenchLe Conseil Supérieur de la Magistrature est équilibré sur le plan ethnique, régional et entre les genres.
… (Art. 222)
Affirmative Action (Broadly)
- English
The political parties and the groupings of political parties legally recognized participate [concourent] in the expression of suffrage. They form themselves and exercise their activity freely, within the framework established by the law, according to the principles of multipartism.
They contribute to the equal access of women, of men, of young [persons] and of the handicapped to the electoral mandates, within the conditions established by the law.
... (Art. 6) - French
Les partis politiques et les groupements de partis politiques légalement reconnus concourent à l'expression du suffrage. Ils se forment et exercent leur activité librement, dans le cadre fixé par la loi, selon les principes du multipartisme.
Ils contribuent à l'égal accès des femmes, des hommes, des jeunes et des handicapés aux mandats électoraux, dans les conditions fixées par la loi.
... (Art. 6)
Affirmative Action (Broadly)
- EnglishAn organic law establishes notably:
• the conditions of democratic management of their affairs by the regions and the other territorial collectivities, the number of members of their councils, the rules relative to the eligibility, to the incompatibilities and to the case of the interdiction of accumulation of mandates, as well as the electoral regime and the provisions designed [visant] to assure the better participation of women within these councils;
… (Art. 146) - Arabicتحدد بقانون تنظيمي بصفة خاصة:
• شروط تدبير الجهات والجماعات الترابية الأخرى لشؤونها بكيفية ديمقراطية، وعدد أعضاء مجالسها، والقواعد المتعلقة بأهلية الترشيح، وحالات التنافي، وحالات منع الجمع بين الانتدابات، وكذا النظام الانتخابي، وأحكام تحسين تمثيلية النساء داخل المجالس المذكورة،
... (الفصل 146)
Affirmative Action (Broadly)
- English
1. The Assembly consists of 140 deputies, elected according to a system of proportional elections with regional competition and national threshold.
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The law on elections shall guarantee that no less than two-thirds of the multi-name list will be subject to preferential voting and that gender representation is guaranteed. (Art. 64) - Albanian
1. Kuvendi përbëhet nga 140 deputetë, të zgjedhur sipas një sistemi zgjedhjesh proporcional me konkurrim rajonal dhe prag kombëtar.
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Ligji për zgjedhjet garanton që votimit parapëlqyes t’i nënshtrohen jo më pak se dy të tretat e listës shumemërore dhe të sigurojë përfaqësim gjinor. (Neni 64)