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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
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(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)
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
- EnglishEquality, social justice, and providing safety, security, and equal opportunities to all the citizens are pillars on which the community is grounded. … (Art. 14)
- Arabicالمساواة ، والعدالة الاجتماعية ، وتوفير الأمن والطمأنينة ، وتكافؤ الفرص لجميع المواطنين ، من دعامات المجتمع ... (المادّة 14)