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Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English(1) All Spaniards have the same rights and obligations in any part of the State territory.
… (Sec. 139) - Spanish1. Todos los españoles tienen los mismos derechos y obligaciones en cualquier parte del territorio del Estado.
… (Art. 139)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English
All human beings are equal before the law. They enjoy equal protection of the law. (Art. 15)
- Kinyarwanda
Abantu bose barareshya imbere y’amategeko. Amategeko abarengera ku buryo bumwe. (Ingingo ya 15)
- French
Tous les êtres humains sont égaux devant la loi. Ils jouissent d’une égale protection de la loi. (Art. 15)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English
The sovereign People of Senegal,
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PROCLAIM:
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- the rejection and the elimination, under all their forms[,] of injustice, of inequalities and of discriminations;
… (Preamble) - French
Le peuple du Sénégal souverain,
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PROCLAME :
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- le rejet et l’élimination, sous toutes leurs formes de l’injustice, des inégalités et des discriminations ;
… (Préambule)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishThe social order shall be based in principle on a society, wherein all Suriname citizens have equal rights and obligations. (Art. 45)
- DutchDe sociale ordening rust in beginsel op een samenleving, waarin alle Surinamers dezelfde rechten en plichten hebben. (Art. 45)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English(1) In respect of access to places of public entertainment or resort, not intended for religious purposes only, there shall be no discrimination against any citizen on the ground only of race, religion, caste, sex, residence or place of birth.
(2) Nothing in clause (1) shall prevent the State from making any special provision for women and children. (Art. 26) - Urdu(١) عام تفریح گاہوں یا جمع ہونے کی جگہوں میں جو صرف مذہبی اغراض کے لئے مختص نہ ہوں، آنے جانے کے لئے کسی شہری کے ساتھ محض نسل، مذہب، ذات، جنس، سکونت یا مقام پیدائش کی بناء پر کوئی امتیاز روا نہیں رکھا جائے گا۔
(٢) شق نمبر (١) میں مذکور کوئی امر عورتوں اور بچوں کے لئے کوئی خاص اہتمام کرنے میں مملکت کے مانع نہیں ہو گا۔ (آرٹیکل ۲۶)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishWhereas every person in Kiribati is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, the right, whatever his race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others or the public interest, to each and all of the following, namely-
a. life, liberty, security of the person and the protection of the law;
… (Sec. 3)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English(1) Everyone is equal before the law and has the right to equal protection and benefit of the law.
(2) Equality includes the full and equal enjoyment of all rights and freedoms. To promote the achievement of equality, legislative and other measures designed to protect or advance persons, or categories of persons, disadvantaged by unfair discrimination may be taken.
(3) The state may not unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly against anyone on one or more grounds, including race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth.
(4) No person may unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly against anyone on one or more grounds in terms of subsection (3). National legislation must be enacted to prevent or prohibit unfair discrimination.
(5) Discrimination on one or more of the grounds listed in subsection (3) is unfair unless it is established that the discrimination is fair. (Sec. 9)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishAny discrimination based on sex, race, skin color, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion, worldview, political or any other views, belonging to a national minority, property status, birth, disability, age, or other personal or social circumstances shall be prohibited. (Art. 29)
- ArmenianԽտրականությունը, կախված սեռից, ռասայից, մաշկի գույնից, էթնիկ կամ սոցիալական ծագումից, գենետիկական հատկանիշներից, լեզվից, կրոնից, աշխարհայացքից, քաղաքական կամ այլ հայացքներից, ազգային փոքրամասնությանը պատկանելությունից, գույքային վիճակից, ծնունդից, հաշմանդամությունից, տարիքից կամ անձնական կամ սոցիալական բնույթի այլ հանգամանքներից, արգելվում է: (Հոդված 29)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English...
(5) The State shall strengthen national unity by promoting co-operation and mutual confidence among all sections of the People of Sri Lanka, including the racial, religious, linguistic and other groups and shall take effective steps in the fields of teaching, education and information in order to eliminate discrimination and prejudice.
(6) The State shall ensure equality of opportunity to citizens, so that no citizen shall suffer any disability on the ground of race, religion, language, caste, sex, political opinion or occupation.
(7) The State shall eliminate economic and social privilege and disparity and the exploitation of man by man or by the State.
… (Art. 27) - Sinhala...
(5) වාර්ගික, ආගමික, විවිධ භාෂා භාවිත කරන සහ වෙනත් ජන කොට්ඨාස ඇතුළු ශ්රී ලංකා වාසී සකල ජනතාව අතර සහයෝගය සහ අන්යොන්ය විශ්වාසය වඩාලීමෙන් ජාතියේ සමගිය තහවුරු කිරීම ද, විශේෂ සැලකිලි සහ වෙනස්කම් තුරන් කිරීම සඳහා ඉගැන්වීම, අධ්යාපනය දීම සහ ප්රවෘත්ති සැපයීම යන ක්ෂේත්රවල ඵලදායී පියවර ගැනීම ද රජය විසින් කළ යුත්තේ ය.
(6) කිසිම පුරවැසියකු, වර්ගය, ආගම, භාෂාව, කුලය, ස්ත්රී පුරුෂ භේදය, දේශපාලන මතය හෝ රැකියාව හේතුවෙන් යම් කිසි අශක්නුතාවකට පත් නොවන පරිදි පුරවැසියන්ට දියුණු වීමට සම ප්රස්තාවන් සැලසීමට රජය වගබලා ගත යුත්තේ ය.
(7) ආර්ථීක සහ සාමාජයික වරප්රසාද හා විෂමතා ද, මිනිසා විසින් හෝ රජය විසින් හෝ මිනිස් ශ්රමය අයථා පරිදි උපයෝගී කර ගැන්ම ද, රජය විසින් තුරන් කළ යුත්තේ ය.
… (27 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English(1) Anything done or omitted which would otherwise constitute a breach of any of the provisions of this Part shall not constitute such a breach if—
(a) it is done or omitted in good faith for the purpose of assisting or advancing persons or groups of persons, being in each case persons against whom discrimination is unlawful by virtue of this Part; and
(b) those persons or groups need or may reasonably be supposed to need assistance or advancement in order to achieve an equal place with other members of the community.
… (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 73)