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Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English(1) The Social Order of the State shall be founded on the ideals of Freedom, Equality and Justice.
(2) In furtherance of the Social Order—
a. every citizen shall have equality of rights, obligations, and opportunities before the law, and the State shall ensure that every citizen has an equal right and access to all opportunities and benefits based on merit;
…
c. the Government shall secure and maintain the independence, impartiality and integrity of courts of law and unfettered access thereto, and to this end shall ensure that the operation of the legal system promotes justice on the basis of equal opportunity, and that opportunities for securing justice are not denied any citizen by reason of economic or other disability.
… (Sec. 8)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishThe Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is irrevocably free and independent, basing its moral property and values of freedom, equality, justice and international peace on the doctrine of Simon Bolivar, the Liberator. … (Art. 1)
- SpanishLa República Bolivariana de Venezuela es irrevocablemente libre e independiente y fundamenta su patrimonio moral y sus valores de libertad, igualdad, justicia y paz internacional, en la doctrina de Simón Bolívar, el Libertador. … (Art. 1)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English
(1) All persons are equal before the law and are entitled to the equal protection of the law.
(2) No citizen shall be discriminated against on the grounds of race, religion, language, caste, sex, political opinion, place of birth or anyone of such grounds :
Provided that it shall be lawful to require a person to acquire within a reasonable time sufficient knowledge of any language as a qualification for any employment or office in the Public, Judicial or Local Government Service or in the service of any Public Corporation, where such knowledge is reasonably necessary for the discharge of the duties of such employment or office :
Provided further that it shall be lawful to require a person to have a sufficient knowledge of any language as a qualification for any such employment or office where no function of that employment or office can be discharged otherwise than with a knowledge of that language.
(3) No person shall, on the grounds of race, religion, language, caste, sex or any one of such grounds, be subject to any disability, liability, restriction or condition with regard to access to shops, public restaurants, hotels, places of public entertainment and places of public worship of his own religion.
(4) Nothing in this Article shall prevent special provision being made, by law, subordinate legislation or executive action, for the advancement of women, children or disabled persons. (Art. 12) - Sinhala
(1) නීතිය පසිඳලීම සහ ක්රියාත්මක කිරීම ද, නීතියේ රැකවරණය ද, සර්ව සාධාරණ විය යුත්තේ ය.
(2) කිසිම පුරවැසියක වර්ගය, ආගම, භාෂාව, කුලය, ස්ත්රී පුරුෂ භේදය, දේශපාලන මතය හෝ උපන් ස්ථානය යන හේතු මත හෝ ඉන් කවර වූ හේතුවක් මත හෝ වෙනස්කමකට හෝ විශේෂයකට හෝ භාජන නොවිය යුත්තේ ය:
එසේ වුවද, රජයේ සේවයේ, අධිකරණ සේවයේ, පළාත් පාලන සේවයේ නැතහොත් යම් රාජ්ය සංස්ථාවක සේවයේ යම් සේවා නියුක්තියක හෝ ධුරයක කාර්ය ඉටුකිරීම සඳහා යම් තැනැත්තකු යම් භාෂාවක් පිළිබඳ ප්රමාණවත් දැනීමක් ඇතිව සිටීම සාධාරණව අවශ්ය වන අවස්ථාවක ඒ සේවා නියුක්තිය හෝ ධුරය සඳහා සුදුසුකමක් වශයෙන් ඒ භාෂාව පිළිබඳ එසේ ප්රමාණවත් දැනීමක් සාධාරණ කාලයක් තුළදී ලබාගත යුතු යයි එවැනි තැනැත්තකුට නියම කිරීම නීත්යානුකූල වන්නේ ය:
එසේම තව දුරටත්, එවැනි යම් සේවා නියුක්තියක හෝ ධුරයක හෝ කිසිදු කර්තව්යයක් යම් භාෂාවක් පිළිබඳ දැනීම ඇත්තේ නම් මිස ඉටු කළ නොහැකිවන අවස්ථාවලදී, ඒ සේවා නියුක්තියට හෝ ධුරයට හෝ ඇතුළත් කර ගැනීමේ සුදුසුකමක් වශයෙන් යම් තැනැත්තකුට ඒ භාෂාව පිළිබඳ ප්රමාණවත් දැනීමක් තිබිය යුතු යයි නියම කිරීම නීත්යනුකූල වන්නේ ය.
(3) වර්ගය, ආගම, භාෂාව, කුලය හෝ ස්ත්රී පුරුෂ භේදය යන හේතු මත හෝ ඉන් කවර වූ හේතුවක් මත හෝ වෙළඳසල්වලට, පොදු භෝජනාගාරවලට, ආපනශාලාවලට, පොදු විනෝද ස්ථානවලට හෝ තම තමාගේ ආගමට අයත් පොදු පූජනීය ස්ථානවලට ඇතුළුවීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් යම් අශක්නුතාවකට, බැඳීමකට, සීමා කිරීමකට නැතහොත් කොන්දේසියකට කිසිම තැනැත්තෙක් යටත් නොවන්නේ ය.
(4) කාන්තාවන්ගේ, ළමයින්ගේ හෝ අබල තැනැත්තන්ගේ ප්රගතිය සඳහා නීතියෙන් හෝ අනු නීතිවලින් හෝ විධායක ක්රියා මාර්ගයෙන් හෝ විශේෂ විධිවිධාන සැලැස්වීම මේ ව්යවස්ථාවෙන් කිසිසේත් අවහිර නොවන්නේ ය. (12 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishWhere any conduct, practice, requirement, or condition that is not apparently in contravention of any provision of this Part has the effect of treating a person or group of persons differently on 1 of the prohibited grounds of discrimination in a situation where such treatment would be unlawful under any provision of this Part other than this section, that conduct, practice, condition, or requirement shall be unlawful under that provision unless the person whose conduct or practice is in issue, or who imposes the condition or requirement, establishes good reason for it. (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 65)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English...
5. In adjudicating cases of both civil and criminal nature, the courts shall, subject to the law, apply, inter alia, the following principles:
a. justice shall be done to all irrespective of their social, political or economic status, gender, religion or beliefs;
… (Art. 122)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishPeople are equal in human dignity, and citizens are equal before the law in public rights and duties. There shall be no discrimination among them on the basis of sex, origin, language, religion or creed. (Art. 18)
- Arabicالناس سواسية في الكرامة الإنسانية، ويتساوى المواطنون لدى القانون في الحقوق والواجبات العامة، لا تمييز بينهم في ذلك بسبب الجنس أو الأصل أو اللغة أو الدين أو العقيدة. (المادّة 18)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishPeople are equal before the law, and have the right to the protection of the law without discrimination between them because of ethnicity, color, gender, language, religious faith, political opinion, racial or ethnic origin, or any other reason. (Art. 47)
- Arabicالناس متساوون أمام القانون، ولهم الحق في التمتع بحماية القانون دون تمييز بينهم بسبب الإثنية او اللون او النوع او اللغة او العقءدة الدينية اة الرأي السياسي او الاصل العرقي او الاثني او اي سبب اخر. (الماده 48)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishTo enjoy the protection of the law, and to be treated in accordance with law, and only in accordance with law, is the inalienable right of every citizen, wherever he may be, and of every other person for the time being within Bangladesh, and in particular no action detrimental to the life, liberty, body, reputation or property of any person shall be taken except in accordance with law. (Art. 31)
- Bengaliআইনের আশ্রয়লাভ এবং আইনানুযায়ী ও কেবল আইনানুযায়ী ব্যবহারলাভ যে কোন স্থানে অবস্থানরত প্রত্যেক নাগরিকের এবং সাময়িকভাবে বাংলাদেশে অবস্থানরত অপরাপর ব্যক্তির অবিচ্ছেদ্য অধিকার এবং বিশেষতঃ আইনানুযায়ী ব্যতীত এমন কোন ব্যবস্থা গ্রহণ করা যাইবে না, যাহাতে কোন ব্যক্তির জীবন, স্বাধীনতা, দেহ, সুনাম বা সম্পত্তির হানি ঘটে। (অনুচ্ছেদ ৩১)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English1. All people are equal before law.
2. No one is subject to discriminatory treatment in political, civil, economic, cultural or social life. (Art. 16) - Vietnamese1. Mọi người đều bình đẳng trước pháp luật.
2. Không ai bị phân biệt đối xử trong đời sống chính trị, dân sự, kinh tế, văn hóa, xã hội. (Điều 16)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishAngola shall be a sovereign and independent Republic, based on the dignity of the individual and the will of the Angolan people, whose primary objective shall be to build a free, just, democratic, solidary society of peace, equality and social progress. (Art. 1)
- PortugueseAngola é uma República soberana e independente, baseada na dignidade da pessoa humana e na vontade do povo angolano, que tem como objectivo fundamental a construção de uma sociedade livre, justa, democrática, solidária, de paz, igualdade e progresso social. (Art. 1)