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Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishThe following are essential purposes and functions of the State, in addition to those established in the Constitution and the law:
1. To construct a just and harmonious society, built on decolonization, without discrimination or exploitation, with full social justice, in order to strengthen the Pluri-National identities.
2. To guarantee the welfare, development, security and protection, and equal dignity of individuals, nations, peoples, and communities, and to promote mutual respect and intra-cultural, inter-cultural and plural language dialogue.
… (Art. 9) - SpanishSon fines y funciones esenciales del Estado, además de los que establece la Constitución y la ley:
1. Constituir una sociedad justa y armoniosa, cimentada en la descolonización, sin discriminación ni explotación, con plena justicia social, para consolidar las identidades plurinacionales.
2. Garantizar el bienestar, el desarrollo, la seguridad y la protección e igual dignidad de las personas, las naciones, los pueblos y las comunidades, y fomentar el respeto mutuo y el diálogo intracultural, intercultural y plurilingüe.
... (Art. 9)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English
(1) No person shall be subjected to any form of untouchability or discrimination in any private and public places on grounds of his or her origin, caste, tribe, community, profession, occupation or physical condition.
(2) In producing or distributing any goods, services or facilities, no person belonging to any particular caste or tribe shall be prevented from purchasing or acquiring such goods, services or facilities nor shall such goods, services or facilities be sold, distributed or provided only to the persons belonging to any particular caste or tribe.
(3) No act purporting to demonstrate any person or community as superior or inferior on grounds of origin, caste, tribe or physical condition or justifying social discrimination on grounds of caste, tribe or untouchability or propagating ideology based on untouchability and caste based superiority or hatred or encouraging castebased discrimination in any manner whatsoever shall be allowed.
(4) No discrimination in any form shall be allowed at a workplace with or without making untouchability on the ground of caste.
(5) All types of acts of untouchability and discrimination committed in contravention of this Article shall be punishable by law as a severe social offence, and the victim of such act shall have the right to obtain compensation in accordance with law. (Art. 24) - Nepali
(१) कुनै पनि व्यक्तिलाई निजको उत्पत्ति, जात, जाति, समुदाय, पेशा, व्यवसाय वा शारीरिक अवस्थाको आधारमा कुनै पनि निजी तथा सार्वजनिक स्थानमा कुनै प्रकारको छुवाछूत वा भेदभाव गरिने छैन ।
(२) कुनै वस्तु, सेवा वा सुविधा उत्पादन वा वितरण गर्दा त्यस्तो वस्तु, सेवा वा सुविधा कुनै खास जात वा जातिको व्यक्तिलाई खरीद वा प्राप्त गर्नबाट रोक लगाइने वा त्यस्तो वस्तु, सेवा वा सुविधा कुनै खास जात वा जातिको व्यक्तिलाई मात्र बिक्री वितरण वा प्रदान गरिने छैन ।
(३) उत्पत्ति, जात, जाति वा शारीरिक अवस्थाको आधारमा कुनै व्यक्ति वा समुदायलाई उच्च वा नीच दर्शाउने, जात, जाति वा छुवाछूतको आधारमा सामाजिक भेदभावलाई न्यायोचित ठान्ने वा छुवाछूत तथा जातीय उच्चता वा घृणामा आधारित विचारको प्रचार प्रसार गर्न वा जातीय विभेदलाई कुनै पनि किसिमले प्रोत्साहन गर्न पाइने छैन ।
(४) जातीय आधारमा छुवाछूत गरी वा नगरी कार्यस्थलमा कुनै प्रकारको भेदभाव गर्न पाइजे छैन ।
(५) र्ययस धाराको प्रतिकूल हुने गरी भएका सबै प्रकारका छुवाछूत तथा भेदभावजन्य क गम्भीर सामाजिक अपराधका रूपमा कानून बमोजिम दण्डनीय हुनेछन् र त्यस्तो कार्यबाट पीडित व्यक्तिलाई कानून बमोजिम क्षतिपूर्ति पाउने हक हुनेछ । (धारा २४)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishAll human beings are equal before the law. Men and women have the same rights.
No one may be privileged or disadvantaged by virtue of [en raison de] their sex, of their birth, of their race, of their ethnicity, of their language, of their beliefs and of their political, philosophical or religious opinions. (Art. 8) - FrenchTous les êtres humains sont égaux devant la loi. Les hommes et les femmes ont les mêmes droits.
Nul ne doit être privilégie ou désavantagé en raison de son sexe, de sa naissance, de sa race, de son ethnie, de sa langue, de ses croyances et de ses opinions politiques, philosophiques ou religieuses. (Art. 8)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishThe enjoyment of the rights and freedoms set forth in this Convention shall be secured without discrimination on any ground such as sex, race, colour, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, association with a national minority, property, birth or other status. (Art. 14 of ECHR, Human Rights Act 1998 Schedule 1)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishThe Cuban State recognizes and guarantees to a person the non-renounceable, indivisible, and interdependent enjoyment and exercise of human rights, in correspondence with the principles of progressivity and nondiscrimination. Their respect and guarantee are obligatory for all. (Art. 41)
- SpanishEl Estado cubano reconoce y garantiza a la persona el goce y el ejercicio irrenunciable, imprescriptible, indivisible, universal e interdependiente de los derechos humanos, en correspondencia con los principios de progresividad, igualdad y no discriminación. Su respeto y garantía es de obligatorio cumplimiento para todos. (Art. 41)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishThe system of government in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is established on the foundation of justice, "Shoura" and equality in compliance with the Islamic Shari'ah (the revealed law of Islam). (Basic Law, Art. 8)
- Arabicيقوم نظام الحكم في المملكة العربية السعودية على أساس العدل والشورى والمساواة وفق للشريعة الإسلامية. (النظام الأساسي، المادّة 8)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English1. Discrimination of persons in any form is prohibited and all persons are, under any law, guaranteed equal and effective protection against discrimination on grounds of race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, disability, property, birth or other status or condition.
2. Legislation may be passed addressing inequalities in society and prohibiting discriminatory practices and the propagation of such practices and may render such practices criminally punishable by the courts. (Sec. 20)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English
(1) The only provisions of this Part that apply to an act or omission of a person or body described in subsection (2) are—
(a) sections 21 to 35 (which relate to discrimination in employment matters), 61 to 64 (which relate to racial disharmony, sexual harassment, adverse treatment in employment of people affected by family violence, and racial harassment) and 66 (which relates to victimisation); and
(b) sections 65 and 67 to 74, but only to the extent that those sections relate to conduct that is unlawful under any of the provisions referred to in paragraph (a).
(2) The persons and bodies referred to in subsection (1) are the ones referred to in section 3 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, namely—
(a) the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the Government of New Zealand; and
(b) every person or body in the performance of any public function, power, or duty conferred or imposed on that person or body by or pursuant to law. (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 21A)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishWe, the representatives of the people of Guatemala, … recognizing the family as the primary and fundamental genesis of the spiritual and moral values of the society and the State, as [the one] responsible for promoting the common good, of the consolidation of the regime of legality, security, justice, equality, freedom and peace;
… (Preamble) - SpanishNosotros, los representantes del pueblo de Guatemala, … reconociendo a la familia como génesis primario y fundamental de los valores espirituales y morales de la sociedad y, al Estado, como responsable de la promoción del bien común, de la consolidación del régimen de legalidad, seguridad, justicia, igualdad, libertad y paz;
… (Preámbulo)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English… That every Turkish citizen has an innate right and power, to lead an honourable life and to improve his/her material and spiritual wellbeing under the aegis of national culture, civilization, and the rule of law, through the exercise of the fundamental rights and freedoms set forth in this Constitution, in conformity with the requirements of equality and social justice; … (Preamble)
- Turkish... Her Türk vatandaşının bu Anayasadaki temel hak ve hürriyetlerden eşitlik ve sosyal adalet gereklerince yararlanarak millî kültür, medeniyet ve hukuk düzeni içinde onurlu bir hayat sürdürme ve maddî ve manevî varlığını bu yönde geliştirme hak ve yetkisine doğuştan sahip olduğu; … (BAŞLANGIÇ)