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Obligations of the State
Belize
- EnglishWHEREAS the people of Belize-
(a) affirm that the Nation of Belize shall be founded upon principles which acknowledge the supremacy of God, faith in human rights and fundamental freedoms, the position of the family in a society of free men and free institutions, the dignity of the human person and the equal and inalienable rights with which all members of the human family are endowed by their Creator;
... (Preamble)
Obligations of the State
Myanmar
- English(a) Every citizen shall enjoy the right of equality, the right of liberty and the right of justice, as prescribed in this Constitution.
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(d) Necessary law shall be enacted to make citizens’ freedoms, rights, benefits, responsibilities and restrictions effective, steadfast and complete. (Sec. 21) - Burmese(က) နိုင်ငံသားတိုင်းသည် ဤဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေတွင် သတ်မှတ်ပြဌာန်းထားသည့် တန်းတူညီမျှမှု အခွင့်အရေး၊ လွတ်လပ်မှုအခွင့်အရေး၊ တရားမျှတမှု အခွင့် အရေးတို့ ခံစားခွင့်ရှိသည်၊
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(ဃ) နိုင်ငံသားများ၏ လွတ်လပ်ခွင့်၊ လုပ်ပိုင်ခွင့်၊ ခံစားခွင့်၊ တာဝန်နှင့် တားမြစ်ချက်များ ထိရောက်ခိုင်မာပြည့်စုံစေရန် လိုအပ်သောဥပဒေ ပြဌာန်းရမည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၂၁)
Obligations of the State
Portugal
- EnglishThe fundamental tasks of the state are:
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b) To guarantee the fundamental rights and freedoms and respect for the principles of a democratic state based on the rule of law;
... (Art. 9) - PortugueseSão tarefas fundamentais do Estado:
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b) Garantir os direitos e liberdades fundamentais e o respeito pelos princípios do Estado de direito democrático;
... (Art. 9)
Obligations of the State
Guinea
- EnglishThe law guarantees to all the exercise of the fundamental freedoms and rights. It determines the conditions in which they are exercised.
… (Art. 24) - FrenchLa loi garantit à tous l'exercice des libertés et des droits fondamentaux. Elle détermine les conditions dans lesquelles ils s'exercent.
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Obligations of the State
Chile
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The exercise of sovereignty recognizes as a limitation the respect for the essential rights which emanate from human nature. It is the duty of the organs of the State to respect and promote those rights, guaranteed by this Constitution, as well as by the international treaties ratified by Chile and which are in force. (Art. 5) - Spanish…
El ejercicio de la soberanía reconoce como limitación el respeto a los derechos esenciales que emanan de la naturaleza humana. Es deber de los órganos del Estado respetar y promover tales derechos, garantizados por esta Constitución, así como por los tratados internacionales ratificados por Chile y que se encuentren vigentes. (Art. 5)
Obligations of the State
Saudi Arabia
- EnglishThe aim of this Law is to improve the standard of the administrative work and the development in the provinces of the Kingdom. It is also aimed at maintaining security and order, and guaranteeing citizens' rights and freedom within the framework of the Sharia. (Law of the Provinces, Art. 1)
- Arabicيهدف هذا النظام إلى رفع مستوى العمل الإداري و التنمية في مناطق المملكة، كما يهدف إلى المحافظة على الأمن و النظام، و كفالة حقوق المواطنين و حرياتهم، في إطار الشريعة الإسلامية. (نظام المناطق، المادّة 1)
Obligations of the State
Russian Federation
- EnglishThe Russian Federation shall have jurisdiction over:
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c. regulation and protection of human and civil rights and freedoms;
… (Art. 71) - RussianВ ведении Российской Федерации находятся:
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в) регулирование и защита прав и свобод человека и гражданина;
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Obligations of the State
Lesotho
- English1. Whereas every person in Lesotho is entitled, whatever his race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status to fundamental human rights and freedoms, that is to say, to each and all of the following—
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the provisions of this Chapter3 shall have effect for the purpose of affording protection to those rights and freedoms, subject to such limitations of that protection as are contained in those provisions, being limitations designed to ensure that the enjoyment of the said rights and freedoms by any person does not prejudice the rights and freedoms of others or the public interest.
2. For the avoidance of doubt and without prejudice to any other provision of this Constitution it is hereby declared that the provisions of this Chapter shall, except where the context otherwise requires, apply as well in relation to things done or omitted to be done by persons acting in a private capacity (whether by virtue of any written law or otherwise) as in relation to things done or omitted to be done by or on behalf of the Government of Lesotho or by any person acting in the performance of the functions of any public office or any public authority. (Sec. 4)
Obligations of the State
Dominican Republic
- EnglishThe State bases itself on respect for the dignity of the person and organizes itself for the real and effective protection of the fundamental rights that are inherent to it. The dignity of the human being is sacred, innate, and inviolable; its respect and protection constitute an essential responsibility of the public powers. (Art. 38)
- SpanishEl Estado se fundamenta en el respeto a la dignidad de la persona y se organiza para la protección real y efectiva de los derechos fundamentales que le son inherentes. La dignidad del ser humano es sagrada, innata e inviolable; su respeto y protección constituyen una responsabilidad esencial de los poderes públicos. (Art. 38)
Obligations of the State
Thailand
- EnglishAll persons are equal before the law, and shall have rights and liberties and be protected equally under the law.
Men and women shall enjoy equal rights. ...
Measures determined by the State in order to eliminate an obstacle to or to promote a person’s ability to exercise their rights or liberties on the same basis as other person or to protect or facilitate children, women, the elderly, persons with disabilities or underprivileged persons shall not be deemed as unjust discrimination under paragraph three. ... (Sec. 27) - Thaiทุกบุคคลย่อมเสมอกันในกฎหมาย มีสิทธิและเสรีภาพ ตลอดจนได้รับความคุ้มครองตามกฎหมายอย่างเท่าเทียมกัน
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