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Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English(1) Subject to the provisions of subsections of subsections (4),(5) and (7) of this section, no law shall make any provision that is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect.
(2) Subject to the provisions of subsections (6), (7) and (8) of this section, no person shall be treated in a discriminatory manner by any person acting by virtue of any written law or in the performance of the functions of any public office or any public authority.
(3) In this section, the expression “discriminatory” means affording different treatment to different persons attributable wholly or mainly to their respective descriptions by race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex whereby persons of one such description are subjected to disabilities or restrictions to which persons of another such description are not made subject or are accorded privileges or advantages which are not accorded to persons of another such description.
(4) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to any law so far as that law makes provision-
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(c) whereby persons of any such description as is mentioned in subsection (3) of this section may be subjected to any disability or restriction or may be accorded any privilege or advantage which, having regard to its nature and to special circumstances pertaining to those persons or to persons of any other such description, is reasonably justifiable in a democratic society.
(5) Nothing contained in any law shall be held to be inconsistent with or in contravention of subsection (1) of this section to the extent that it makes provision with respect to standards or qualifications (not being standards or qualifications specifically relating to race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex) to be required of any person who is appointed to or to act in any office in the public service. Any office in a disciplined force, any office in the service of a local government authority or in any office in a body corporate established by law for public purposes.
(6) Subsection (2) of this section shall not apply to anything which is expressly or by necessary implication authorised to be done by any such provision of law as is referred to in subsection (4) or subsection (5) of this section.
(7) Nothing contained in or done under the authority of any law shall be held to be inconsistent with or in contravention of this section to the extent that the law in question makes provision whereby persons of any such description as is mentioned in subsection (3) of this section may be subjected to any restriction on the rights and freedoms guaranteed by sections 7, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of this Constitution, being such a restriction as is authorised by section 7(2), section 9(5), section 10(2), section 11(2) or paragraph (a), (b) or (h) of section 12(3), as the case may be.
(8) Nothing in subsection (2) of this section shall affect any discretion relating to the institution, conduct or discontinuance of civil or criminal proceedings in any court that is vested in any person by or under this Constitution or any other law. (Sec. 13)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
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2. The Constitution recognizes the principles of equality, hierarchy, publicity of the judicial rules, non-retroactivity of the rules restricting individual rights or those that are unfavourable in their effect or sanction, juridical security, accountability of public institutions and prohibition of any kind of arbitrariness.
... (Art. 3) - Catalan...
2. La Constitució garanteix els principis de legalitat, de jerarquia, de publicitat de les normes jurídiques, de no retroactivitat de les disposicions restrictives de drets individuals o que comportin un efecte o estableixin una sanció desfavorables, de seguretat jurídica, de responsabilitat dels poders públics i d'interdicció de tota arbitrarietat.
... (Art. 3)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishEnjoyment of the rights and freedoms recognised for Belgians must be provided without discrimination. To this end, laws and federate laws guarantee among others the rights and freedoms of ideological and philosophical minorities. (Art. 11)
- DutchHet genot van de rechten en vrijheden aan de Belgen toegekend moet zonder discriminatie verzekerd worden. Te dien einde waarborgen de wet 8 en het decreet inzonderheid de rechten en vrijheden van de ideologische en filosofische minderheden. (Art. 11)
- FrenchLa jouissance des droits et libertés reconnus aux Belges doit être assurée sans discrimination. A cette fin, la loi et le décret garantissent notamment les droits et libertés des minorités idéologiques et philosophiques. (Art. 11)
- GermanDer Genuß der den Belgiern zuerkannten Rechte und Freiheiten muß ohne Diskriminierung gesichert werden. Zu diesem Zweck gewährleisten das Gesetz und das Dekret insbesondere die Rechte und Freiheiten der ideologischen und philosophischen Minderheiten. (Art. 11)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
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All Burkinabe and all persons living in Burkina Faso benefit from an equal protection of the law.
… (Art. 4) - French
Tous les Burkinabè et toute personne vivant au Burkina Faso bénéficient d'une égale protection de la loi.
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Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishThe State shall actively promote and maintain the welfare of the people by adopting, inter alia, policies aimed at the following:
(a) enactment of legislation to ensure equality of opportunity for women, to enable them to participate fully in all spheres of Namibian society;
… (Art. 95)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishAll Panamanians and aliens are equal before the Law, but the Law, for reasons of labor, health, morality, public security and national economy, may subject to special conditions, or may deny the exercise of specific activities to aliens in general. … (Art. 20)
- SpanishLos panameños y los extranjeros son iguales ante la Ley, pero ésta podrá, por razones de trabajo, de salubridad, moralidad, seguridad pública y economía nacional, subordinar a condiciones especiales o negar el ejercicio de determinadas actividades a los extranjeros en general. … (Art. 20)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishAll legislative privileges attaching to nobility, title, and rank shall be abolished. (Sec. 83)
- DanishEnhver i lovgivningen til adel, titel og rang knyttet forret er afskaffet. (§ 83)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
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Consequently, We the Chadian People:
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- Recognize the promotion of gender and of youth as factors of realization of equality between men and women within our country and [recognize] the imperative of taking them into account for lasting human development;
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نحن شعب تشاد٫ك
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- نعترف بتعزيز المساواة بين الجنسين والنهوض بالشباب كعامل لتحقيق المساواة بين المرأة والرجل في بلدنا ونعترف بضرورة أخذهم في الاعتبار من أجل التنمية البشرية المستدامة؛
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En conséquence, Nous, Peuple Tchadien:
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- Reconnaissons la promotion du genre et de la jeunesse comme facteur de réalisation de l'égalité entre hommes et femmes dans notre pays et l'impératif de sa prise en compte pour le développement humain durable;
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Equality and Non-Discrimination
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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;
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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 ;
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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)