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Indigenous Peoples
Kenya
- English1. Every political party shall-
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e. respect the right of all persons to participate in the political process, including minorities and marginalised groups;
… (Art. 91) - Swahili1. Kila chama cha siasa-
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e. kitaheshimu haki ya watu wote kushiriki katika mchakato wa kisiasa, ikiwa ni pamoja na watu wenye uwakilishi mdogo katika jamii na makundi yaliyotengwa na jamii;
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Indigenous Peoples
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
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II. Democracy is exercised in the following forms, which shall be developed by law:
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3. Communal, by means of the election, designation or nomination of the authorities and representatives pursuant to the norms and procedures of the native indigenous nations and peoples, among others, in accordance with the law. (Art. 11) - Spanish...
II. La democracia se ejerce de las siguientes formas, que serán desarrolladas por la ley:
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3. Comunitaria, por medio de la elección, designación o nominación de autoridades y representantes por normas y procedimientos propios de las naciones y pueblos indígena originario campesinos, entre otros, conforme a Ley. (Art. 11)
Indigenous Peoples
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- EnglishI. The State shall promote the relations of social, political, cultural and economic integration with other states, nations and peoples of the world and, in particular, Latin American integration, based on the principles of a just, equitable relationship with recognition of asymmetry.
II. The state shall strengthen the integration of its nations and rural native indigenous peoples with the indigenous peoples of the world. (Art. 265) - SpanishI. El Estado promoverá, sobre los principios de una relación justa, equitativa y con reconocimiento de las asimetrías, las relaciones de integración social, política, cultural y económica con los demás estados, naciones y pueblos del mundo y, en particular, promoverá la integración latinoamericana.
II. El Estado fortalecerá la integración de sus naciones y pueblos indígena originario campesinos con los pueblos indígenas del mundo. (Art. 265)
Indigenous Peoples
Brazil
- English
The federal judges have the competence to institute legal proceeding and trial of:
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XI – disputes over the rights of Indians.
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Aos juízes federais compete processar e julgar:
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XI - a disputa sobre direitos indígenas.
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Indigenous Peoples
India
- English(1) There shall be established in each State having Scheduled Areas therein and, if the President so directs, also in any State having Scheduled Tribes but not Scheduled Areas therein, a Tribes Advisory Council consisting of not more than twenty members of whom, as nearly as may be, three-fourths shall be the representatives of the Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assembly of the State:
Provided that if the number of representatives of the Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assembly of the State is less than the number of seats in the Tribes Advisory Council to be filled by such representatives, the remaining seats shall be filled by other members of those tribes.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Tribes Advisory Council to advise on such matters pertaining to the welfare and advancement of the Scheduled Tribes in the State as may be referred to them by the Governor. (Fifth Schedule: Provisions as to the Administration and Control of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes, Part B - Art. 4) - Hindi(1) अनुसूचित क्षेत्रों वाले प्रत्येक राज्य में और, यदि राष्ट्रपति निर्देश दे, और ऐसे राज्य में भी जहां अनुसूचित जनजातियाँ हैं परंतु अनुसूचित क्षेत्र नहीं हैं, अधिकतम बीस सदस्यों वाली एक जनजाति सलाहकार समिति स्थापित की जाएगी, जिसमें यथासंभव तीन-चौथाई सदस्य उस राज्य की विधान सभा के प्रतिनिधि होंगे:
बशर्ते कि राज्य की विधान सभा में जनजातियों के प्रतिनिधियों की संख्या जनजाति सलाहकार परिषद में ऐसे प्रतिनिधियों से भरे जाने वाली सीटों की संख्या से कम है तो शेष सीटें उन जनजातियों के अन्य सदस्यों से भरी जाएंगी।
(2) जनजाति सलाहकार परिषद का यह कर्तव्य होगा कि वह राज्यपाल द्वारा उन्हें भेजे गए राज्य में अनुसूचित जातियों के कल्याण तथा प्रोन्नति से संबंधित मामलों में सलाह दे। (पाँचवी अनुसूची: अनुसूचित क्षेत्रों तथा अनुसूचित जनजातियों के प्रशासन तथा नियंत्रण से संबंधित प्रावधान, भाग-ख – अनुच्छेद 4)
Indigenous Peoples
Costa Rica
- EnglishSpanish is the official language of the Nation. However, the State will see to the maintenance and cultivation of the national indigenous languages. (Art. 76)
- SpanishEl español es el idioma oficial de la Nación. No obstante, el Estado velará por el mantenimiento y cultivo de las lenguas indígenas nacionales. (Art. 76)
Indigenous Peoples
Myanmar
- EnglishEvery citizen shall, in accord with the law, have the right to freely develop literature, culture, arts, customs and traditions they cherish. In the process, they shall avoid any act detrimental to national solidarity. Moreover, any particular action which might adversely affect the interests of one or several other national races shall be taken only after coordinating with and obtaining the settlement of those affected. (Sec. 365)
- Burmeseနိုင်ငံသားတိုင်းသည် ဥပဒေနှင့်အညီ မိမိတို့အမြတ်တနိုးထားရှိသော စာပေ၊ ယဉ်ကျေးမှု၊ အနုပညာနှင့် ဓလေ့ထုံးတမ်းတို့ကို လွတ်လပ်စွာ ပြုစုပျိူးထောင်ဆောင်ရွက်ပိုင်ခွင့် ရှိသည်။ ယင်းသို့ဆောင်ရွက်ရာတွင် တိုင်းရင်းသားစည်းလုံးညီညွတ်ရေးကို ထိပါးမှုမရှိစေရန် ရှောင်ကြဉ်ရမည်။ ထို့ပြင် မိမိတို့၏ဆောင်ရွက်မှုသည် အခြားတိုင်းရင်းသား လူမျိုးတစ်မျိုးကိုဖြစ်စေ၊ လူမျိုးများကိုဖြစ်စေ ထိခိုက်နစ်နာစေနိုင်လျှင် သက်ဆိုင်သူများအချင်းချင်းညှိနှိုင်း၍ ပြေလည်မှုရရှိပြီးမှသာ ဆောင်ရွက်ခွင့် ရှိသည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၆၅)
Indigenous Peoples
Nepal
- EnglishThe State shall pursue the following policies:
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(j) Policies relating to social justice and inclusion:
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(8) to make the indigenous nationalities participate in decisions concerning that community by making special provisions for opportunities and benefits in order to ensure the right of these nationalities to live with dignity, along with their identity, and protect and promote traditional knowledge, skill, culture, social tradition and experience of the indigenous nationalities and local communities,
… (Art. 51) - Nepaliराज्यले देहायका नीतिहरू अवलम्बन गर्नेछ ः–
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(ञ) सामाजिक न्याय र समावेशीकरण सम्बन्धी नीतिः
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(८) आदिवासी जनजातिको पहिचान सहित सम्मानपूर्वक बाँच्न पाउने अधिकार सुनिश्चित गर्न अवसर तथा लाभकालागि विशेष व्यवस्था गर्दै यस समुदायसँग सरोकार राख्ने निर्णयहरूमा सहभागी गराउने तथा आदिवासी जनजाति र स्थानीय समुदायको परम्परागत ज्ञान, सीप, संस्कृति, सामाजिक परम्परा र अनुभवलाई संरक्षण र संवर्धन गर्र्नेे,
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Indigenous Peoples
Guyana
- EnglishIn addition to the functions specified in article 212J (2) the functions of the Indigenous Peoples' Commission are to
(a) promote and protect the rights of the indigenous peoples;
(b) raise awareness of the contribution of, and problems faced by, indigenous peoples;
(c) promote empowerment of the indigenous peoples, especially with regard to the village council in the local government system and the scope and authority of the Council of Toshaos;
(d) make recommendations on economic and education policies to advance the interest of the indigenous peoples;
(e) make recommendations for the protection, preservation and promulgation of the cultural heritage and language of the indigenous peoples;
(f) promote consultation and cooperation with indigenous peoples especially with regard to their participation in national decision-making and other decisions that affect their lives;
(g) recommend and promote training and technical assistance to support initiative by and for indigenous peoples;
(h) educate employers and the public and make recommendations to improve employment practices related to indigenous peoples; and
(i) monitor the need for and recommend where appropriate the establishment of mechanisms to provide counselling for indigenous peoples. (Art. 212T)
Indigenous Peoples
Finland
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The Sami, as an indigenous people, as well as the Roma and other groups, have the right to maintain and develop their own language and culture. Provisions on the right of the Sami to use the Sami language before the authorities are laid down by an Act.
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Saamelaisilla alkuperäiskansana sekä romaneilla ja muilla ryhmillä on oikeus ylläpitää ja kehittää omaa kieltään ja kulttuuriaan. Saamelaisten oikeudesta käyttää saamen kieltä viranomaisessa säädetään lailla.
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Samerna såsom urfolk samt romerna och andra grupper har rätt att bevara och utveckla sitt språk och sin kultur. Bestämmelser om samernas rätt att använda samiska hos myndigheterna utfärdas genom lag.
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