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Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishAll human beings are equal in dignity and in right.
The man and the woman are equal before the law.
No one may be favored or disadvantaged for reason of their familial, ethnic or regional origin, of their economic or social situation, of their political, religious, philosophical or other convictions. (Art. 11) - FrenchTous les êtres humains sont égaux en dignité et en droit.
L’homme et la femme sont égaux devant la loi.
Nul ne peut être favorisé ou désavantagé en raison de son origine familiale, ethnique ou régionale, de sa situation économique ou sociale, de ses convictions politiques, religieuses, philosophiques ou autres. (Art. 11)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishProvisions relating to the Amiri Regime in Kuwait and the principles of liberty and equality stipulated in this Constitution may not be proposed for amendment unless such amendment concerns the title of the Amirate mutato nomine or an increase of the guarantees of liberty and equality. (Art. 175)
- Arabicالأحكام الخاصة بالنظام الأميري للكويت وبمبادىء الحرية والمساواة المنصوص عليها في هذا الدستور لا يجوز اقتراح تنقيحها، ما لم يكن التنقيح خاصاً بلقب الإمارة أو بالمزيد من ضمانات الحرية والمساواة. (المادّة 175)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishConsidering the state tradition of the Serbian people and equality of all citizens and ethnic communities in Serbia,
… (Preamble) - Serbian CyrillicПолазећи од државне традиције српског народа и равноправности свих грађана и етничких заједница у Србији,
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Equality and Non-Discrimination
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The State of Djibouti is a democratic, sovereign, one and indivisible Republic.
It assures to all equality before the law without distinction of language, of origin, of race, of sex or of religion.
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دولة جيبوتي هي ديمقراطية وسيادية وجمهورية واحدة لا تتجزأ.
تضمن المساواة للجميع أمام القانون دون التمييز في اللغة أو الأصل أو العنصر أو الجنس أو الدين.
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L’État de Djibouti est une République démocratique souveraine une et indivisible.
Il assure à tous l’égalité devant la loi sans distinction de langue d’origine de race de sexe ou de religion.
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Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English(1) The State must promote full gender balance in Zimbabwean society, and in particular—
(a) the State must promote the full participation of women in all spheres of Zimbabwean society on the basis of equality with men;
(b) the State must take all measures, including legislative measures, needed to ensure that—
(i) both genders are equally represented in all institutions and agencies of government at every level; and
(ii) women constitute at least half the membership of all Commissions and other elective and appointed governmental bodies established by or under this Constitution or any Act of Parliament;
(c) the State and all institutions and agencies of government at every level must take practical measures to ensure that women have access to resources, including land, on the basis of equality with men.
(2) The State must take positive measures to rectify gender discrimination and imbalances resulting from past practices and policies. (Sec. 17)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English
We, the National people, firmly resolve that we shall :
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- stalwartly strive for further burgeoning the eternal principles namely justice, liberty, equality and perpetuation of peace and prosperity of the National people;
… (Preamble) - Burmese
ကျွန်ုပ်တို့တိုင်းရင်းသားပြည်သူအပေါင်းတို့သည် -
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- နိုင်ငံတော်၌ တရားမျှတခြင်း၊ လွတ်လပ်ခြင်းနှင့် ညီမျှခြင်းတည်းဟူသော လောကပါလတရားများ ထွန်းကားစေလျက် တိုင်းရင်းသားပြည်သူအများ ငြိမ်းချမ်းသာယာဝပြောရေးကို တည်တံ့ခိုင်မြဲအောင် စဉ်ဆက်မပြတ် ဆောင်ရွက်ထိန်းသိမ်း သွားကြမည်ဟု သန္နိဌာန်ချမှတ်၍လည်းကောင်း၊
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