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Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishAll are equal before the Constitution and law.
Everyone shall have the right to equal legal protection, without discrimination.
All direct or indirect discrimination based on any grounds, particularly on race, sex, national origin, social origin, birth, religion, political or other opinion, property status, culture, language, age, mental or physical disability shall be prohibited.
Special measures which the Republic of Serbia may introduce to achieve full equality of individuals or group of individuals in a substantially unequal position compared to other citizens shall not be deemed discrimination. (Art. 21) - Serbian CyrillicПред Уставом и законом сви су једнаки.
Свако има право на једнаку законску заштиту, без дискриминације.
Забрањена је свака дискриминација, непосредна или посредна, по било ком основу, a нарочито по основу расе, пола, националне припадности, друштвеног порекла, рођења, вероисповести, политичког или другог уверења, имовног стања, културе, језика, старости и психичког или физичког инвалидитета.
Не сматрају се дискриминацијом посебне мере које Република Србија може увести ради постизања пуне равноправности лица или групе лица која су суштински у неједнаком положају са осталим грађанима. (Члан 21)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishAll Nigeriens are born and remain free and equal in rights and in duties. However, the access of certain categories of citizens to electoral mandates, to elective functions and to public employments may be favored by particular measures specified by the law. (Art. 10)
- FrenchTous les Nigériens naissent et demeurent libres et égaux en droits et en devoirs. Toutefois, l’accès de certaines catégories de citoyens aux mandats électoraux, aux fonctions électives et aux emplois publics peut être favorisé par des mesures particulières prévues par la loi. (Art. 10)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishThe State will guarantee to all inhabitants of the Republic:
1. Equality in access to justice, for which effect it will level [allanará] the obstacles that would prevent it;
2. Equality before the laws;
3. Equality in access to the non-elective public functions, without any requirement other than suitability [for the job], and
4. Equal opportunities in the participation of the benefits of nature, of the material assets, and of the culture. (Art. 47) - SpanishEl Estado garantizará a todos los habitantes de la República:
1. la igualdad para el acceso a la justicia, a cuyo efecto allanará los obstáculos que la impidiesen;
2. la igualdad ante las leyes;
3. la igualdad para el acceso a las funciones públicas no electivas, sin más requisitos que la idoneidad, y
4. la igualdad de oportunidades en la participación de los beneficios de la naturaleza, de los bienes materiales y de la cultura. (Art. 47)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishThe Union shall guarantee any person to enjoy equal rights before the law and shall equally provide legal protection. (Sec. 347)
- Burmeseနိုင်ငံတော်သည် မည်သူ့ကိုမဆို ဥပဒေအရာတွင် တန်းတူညီမျှအခွင့်အရေးရရှိစေရမည်။ ထို့ပြင် ဥပဒေ၏အကာအကွယ်ကိုလည်း တန်းတူညီမျှစွာ ရယူပိုင်ခွင့်ပေးရမည်။(ပုဒ်မ-၃၄၇)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English1 Every person has the right to equal and fair treatment in judicial and administrative proceedings and to have their case decided within a reasonable time.
… (Art. 29) - French1 Toute personne a droit, dans une procédure judiciaire ou administrative, à ce que sa cause soit traitée équitablement et jugée dans un délai raisonnable.
… (Art. 29) - German1 Jede Person hat in Verfahren vor Gerichts- und Verwaltungsinstanzen Anspruch auf gleiche und gerechte Behandlung sowie auf Beurteilung innert angemessener Frist.
… (Art. 29) - Italian1 In procedimenti dinanzi ad autorità giudiziarie o amministrative, ognuno ha diritto alla parità ed equità di trattamento, nonché ad essere giudicato entro un termine ragionevole.
… (Art. 29)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English(1) A public authority shall in carrying out its functions relating to Northern Ireland have due regard to the need to promote equality of opportunity—
(a) between persons of different religious belief, political opinion, racial group, age, marital status or sexual orientation;
(b) between men and women generally;
… (Northern Ireland Act 1998, Sec. 75)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishWhereas every person in Sierra Leone is entitled to the fundamental human rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, has the right, whatever his race, tribe, place of origin, political opinion, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest, to each and all of the following—
a. ... the protection of law;
… (Sec. 15)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishVenezuela constitutes itself as a Democratic and Social State of Law and Justice, which holds as superior values of its legal order and actions those of life, liberty, justice, equality, solidarity, democracy, social responsibility and, in general, the preeminence of human rights, ethics and political pluralism. (Art. 2)
- SpanishVenezuela se constituye en un Estado democrático y social de Derecho y de Justicia, que propugna como valores superiores de su ordenamiento jurídico y de su actuación, la vida, la libertad, la justicia, la igualdad, la solidaridad, la democracia, la responsabilidad social y en general, la preeminencia de los derechos humanos, la ética y el pluralismo político. (Art. 2)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishThe Qatari society is based on the values of justice, benevolence, freedom, equality, and high morals. (Art. 18)
- Arabicيقوم المجتمع القطري على دعامات العدل، والإحسان، والحرّية، والمساواة، ومكارم الأخلاق. (المادّة 18)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English
(1) The primary functions of the Commission are—
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(c) to promote racial equality and cultural diversity; and
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(2) The Commission has, in order to carry out its primary functions under subsection (1), the following functions:
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(ca) to make public statements promoting an understanding of, and compliance with, this Act or the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (for example, statements promoting understanding of measures to ensure equality, of indirect discrimination, or of institutions and procedures under this Act for dealing with complaints of unlawful discrimination):
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(l) to make public statements in relation to any group of persons in, or who may be coming to, New Zealand who are or may be subject to hostility, or who have been or may be brought into contempt, on the basis that that group consists of persons against whom discrimination is unlawful under this Act:
… (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 5)