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Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishWithout prejudice to the provisions of Article 73 of this law, none of the provisions of this law shall, in any way, be obstructed unless it is a temporary measure taken during the time of war or in a state of emergency as specified by the law. (Basic Law, Art. 82)
- Arabicمع عدم الإخلال بأحكام المادة 73 من هذا القانون ، لا يجوز بأي حال من الأحوال إعاقة أي من أحكام هذا القانون ما لم يكن تدبيرا مؤقتا اتخذ أثناء الحرب أو في حالة الطوارئ كما هو محدد في القانون. (النظام الأساسي، المادة 82)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishIn times of war, mobilization, a state of emergency, the exercise of fundamental rights and freedoms may be partially or entirely suspended, or measures derogating the guarantees embodied in the Constitution may be taken to the extent required by the exigencies of the situation, as long as obligations under international law are not violated.
Even under the circumstances indicated in the first paragraph, the individual’s right to life, the integrity of his/her corporeal and spiritual existence shall be inviolable except where death occurs through acts in conformity with law of war; no one shall be compelled to reveal his/her religion, conscience, thought or opinion, nor be accused on account of them; offences and penalties shall not be made retroactive; nor shall anyone be held guilty until so proven by a court ruling. (Art. 15) - TurkishSavaş, seferberlik veya olağanüstü hallerde, milletlerarası hukuktan doğan yükümlülükler ihlâl edilmemek kaydıyla, durumun gerektirdiği ölçüde temel hak ve hürriyetlerin kullanılması kısmen veya tamamen durdurulabilir veya bunlar için Anayasada öngörülen güvencelere aykırı tedbirler alınabilir.
Birinci fıkrada belirlenen durumlarda da, savaş hukukuna uygun fiiller sonucu meydana gelen ölümler dışında, kişinin yaşama hakkına, maddî ve manevî varlığının bütünlüğüne dokunulamaz; kimse din, vicdan, düşünce ve kanaatlerini açıklamaya zorlanamaz ve bunlardan dolayı suçlanamaz; suç ve cezalar geçmişe yürütülemez; suçluluğu mahkeme kararı ile saptanıncaya kadar kimse suçlu sayılamaz. (Madde 15)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishA human being shall be free to do all that does not violate the rights of others and does not contradict the Constitution and laws. No one may bear obligations that are not stipulated by law. (Art. 39)
- ArmenianՄարդն ազատ է անելու այն ամենը, ինչը չի խախտում այլոց իրավունքները և չի հակասում Սահմանադրությանը և օրենքներին: Ոչ ոք չի կարող կրել պարտականություններ, որոնք սահմանված չեն օրենքով: (Հոդված 39)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English…
The exercise of personal rights and liberties by any individual shall not adversely affect the rights and freedom of others. The exercise of such rights and liberties shall be in accordance with the law. (Art. 31) - Khmer...
ការប្រើសិទ្ធិសេរីភាពផ្ទាល់ខ្លួនរបស់បុគ្គលម្នាក់ៗ មិនត្រូវ ឱ្យប៉ះពាល់ដល់សិទ្ធិ សេរីភាពអ្នកដទៃឡើយ។ ការប្រើសិទ្ធិ សេរីភាពនេះ ត្រូវប្រព្រឹត្តតាមលក្ខខណ្ឌកំណត់ក្នុងច្បាប់។ (មាត្រា ៣១)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English
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4. During a state of emergency or martial law, the President of Georgia shall have the right to restrict by decree the rights listed in Articles 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21 and 26 of the Constitution across the entire territory of Georgia or in any part of it. During a state of emergency or martial law, the President of Georgia shall have the right to suspend by decree Articles 13(2)-(6), 14(2), 15(2), 17(3), (5) and (6), 18(2), 19(3) of the Constitution across the entire territory of Georgia or in any part of it. The President of Georgia shall immediately submit the decree provided for by this paragraph to Parliament for approval. A decree on the restriction of a right shall enter into force upon its issuance, whereas a decree on the suspension of a norm shall enter into force upon approval by Parliament. A decree on the restriction of a right shall be approved in accordance with the procedure established by paragraph 3 of this article.
… (Art. 71) - Georgian
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4. საგანგებო ან საომარი მდგომარეობის დროს საქართველოს პრეზიდენტს უფლება აქვს ქვეყანაში ან მის რომელიმე ნაწილში დეკრეტით შეზღუდოს კონსტიტუციის მე-13, მე-14, მე-15, მე-17, მე-18, მე-19, 21-ე და 26-ე მუხლებში ჩამოთვლილი უფლებები. საგანგებო ან საომარი მდგომარეობის დროს საქართველოს პრეზიდენტს უფლება აქვს ქვეყანაში ან მის რომელიმე ნაწილში დეკრეტით შეაჩეროს კონსტიტუციის მე-13 მუხლის მე-2−მე-6 პუნქტების, მე-14 მუხლის მე-2 პუნქტის, მე-15 მუხლის მე-2 პუნქტის, მე-17 მუხლის მე-3, მე-5 და მე-6 პუნქტების, მე-18 მუხლის მე-2 პუნქტის და მე-19 მუხლის მე-3 პუნქტის მოქმედება. საქართველოს პრეზიდენტი ამ პუნქტით გათვალისწინებულ დეკრეტს დაუყოვნებლივ წარუდგენს პარლამენტს დასამტკიცებლად. დეკრეტი უფლების შეზღუდვის შესახებ ძალაში შედის გამოცემისთანავე, ხოლო ნორმის შეჩერების შესახებ − პარლამენტის მიერ დამტკიცებისთანავე. დეკრეტი უფლების შეზღუდვის შესახებ მტკიცდება ამ მუხლის მე-3 პუნქტით დადგენილი წესით.
… (მუხლი 71)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English(1) Where a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation, the President may by order declare that the right to move any court for the enforcement of such of the rights conferred by Part III (except articles 20 and 21) as may be mentioned in the order and all proceedings pending in any court for the enforcement of the rights so mentioned shall remain suspended for the period during which the Proclamation is in force or for such shorter period as may be specified in the order.
(1A) While an order made under clause (1) mentioning any of the rights conferred by Part III (except articles 20 and 21) is in operation, nothing in that Part conferring those rights shall restrict the power of the State as defined in the said Part to make any law or to take any executive action which the State would but for the provisions contained in that Part be competent to make or to take, but any law so made shall, to the extent of the incompetency, cease to have effect as soon as the order aforesaid ceases to operate, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before the law so ceases to have effect:
Provided that where a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation only in any part of the territory of India, any such law may be made, or any such executive action may be taken, under this article in relation to or in any State or Union territory in which or in any part of which the Proclamation of Emergency is not in operation, if and in so far as the security of India or any part of the territory thereof is threatened by activities in or in relation to the part of the territory of India in which the Proclamation of Emergency is in operation.
… (Art. 359) - Hindi(1) जहां आपात की उद्घोषणा प्रवर्तन में है वहाँ राष्ट्रपति, आदेश द्वारा यह घोषणा कर सकेगा कि अनुच्छेद 20 और अनुच्छेद 21 को छोड़ कर भाग 3 द्वारा प्रदत्त ऐसे अधिकारों को प्रवर्तित कराने के लिए, जो उस आदेश में उल्लिखित किए जाएँ, किसी न्यायालय को समावेदन करने का आधिकार और इस प्रकार उल्लिखित अधिकारों को प्रवर्तित कराने के लिए किसी न्यायालय में लंबित सभी कार्यवाहियाँ उस अवधि के लिए जिसके दौरान उद्घोषणा प्रवृत्त रहती है या उससे लघुतर ऐसी अवधि के लिए जो आदेश में विनिर्दिष्ट की जाए, निलंबित रहेंगी।
(1क) जब अनुच्छेद 20 और अनुच्छेद 21 को छोड़ कर भाग 3 द्वारा प्रदत्त किन्हीं अधिकारों को उल्लिखित करने वाला खंड (1) के अधीन किया गया आदेश प्रवर्तन में है तब उस भाग में उन अधिकारों को प्रदान करने वाली कोई बात उस भाग में यथापरिभाषित राज्य की कोई विधि बनाने की या कोई ऐसी कार्यपालिका कार्रवाई करने की शक्ति को, जिसे वह राज्य उस भाग में अंतर्विष्ट उपबंधों के अभाव में बनाने या करने के लिए सक्षम होता, निर्बंधित नहीं करेगी, किन्तु इस प्रकार बनाई गई कोई विधि पूर्वोक्त आदेश के प्रवर्तन में रहने पर अक्षमता की मात्रा तक उन बातों के सिवाय तुरंत प्रभावहीन हो जाएगी, जिन्हें विधि के इस प्रकार प्रभावहीन होने के पहले किया गया है या करने का लोप किया गया है:
परंतु जहां आपात की उद्घोषणा भारत के राज्यक्षेत्र के केवल किसी भाग में प्रवर्तन में है वहाँ, यदि और जहां तक भारत या उसके राज्यक्षेत्र के किसी भाग की सुरक्षा, भारत के राज्यक्षेत्र के उस भाग में या उसके संबंध में, जिसमें आपात की उद्घोषणा प्रवर्तन में है, होने वाले क्रियाकलाप के कारण संकट में है तो और वहाँ तक, ऐसे राज्य या संघ राज्यक्षेत्र में या उसके संबंध में, जिसमें या जिसके किसी भाग में आपात की उद्घोषणा प्रवर्तन में नहीं है, इस अनुच्छेद के अधीन ऐसी कोई विधि बनाई जा सकेगी या ऐसी कोई कार्यपालिका कार्रवाई की जा सकेगी।
… (अनुच्छेद 359)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishProvisions relating to the Amiri Regime in Kuwait and the principles of liberty and equality stipulated in this Constitution may not be proposed for amendment unless such amendment concerns the title of the Amirate mutato nomine or an increase of the guarantees of liberty and equality. (Art. 175)
- Arabicالأحكام الخاصة بالنظام الأميري للكويت وبمبادىء الحرية والمساواة المنصوص عليها في هذا الدستور لا يجوز اقتراح تنقيحها، ما لم يكن التنقيح خاصاً بلقب الإمارة أو بالمزيد من ضمانات الحرية والمساواة. (المادّة 175)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishThe President, in promulgating an ordinance and declaring a state of emergency :
(a) shall specify in the said ordinance the areas and the duration that the state of emergency is in operation;
(b) may, if necessary, restrict or suspend as required, one or more fundamental rights of the citizens residing in the areas where the state of emergency is in operation. (Sec. 414) - Burmeseနိုင်ငံတော်သမ္မတသည် ဥပဒေကဲ့သို့ အာဏာတည်သည့် အမိန့်ထုတ်ပြန်၍ အရေးပေါ် အခြေအနေ ကြေညာသည့်အခါ -
(က) ယင်းအမိန့်တွင် အရေးပေါ်အခြေအနေ အကျိုးသက်ရောက်သည့် နယ်မြေဒေသနှင့် အချိန်ကာလတို့ကို သတ်မှတ်ဖော်ပြရမည်၊
(ခ) လိုအပ်ပါက အရေးပေါ်အခြေအနေ အကျိုးသက်ရောက်သည့် နယ်မြေဒေသအတွင်း နေထိုင်ကြသော နိုင်ငံသားများ၏ မူလအခွင့်အရေးတစ်ရပ်ရပ်ကိုဖြစ်စေ၊ တစ်ရပ် ထက်ပို၍ ဖြစ်စေ လိုအပ်သလို ကန့်သတ်နိုင်သည် သို့မဟုတ် ရပ်ဆိုင်ထားနိုင်သည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၄၁၄)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English… The limitation in implementing rights and liberties of individual and citizen shall be allowed only with the aim of ensuring the rights and freedoms of other citizens, public order, protection of the foundations of the constitutional system, state security, national defense, public morality, public health and territorial integrity of the republic. (Art. 14)
- Russian... Ограничения прав и свобод человека и гражданина допускаются только с целью обеспечения прав и свобод других граждан, общественного порядка, защиты основ конституционного строя, безопасности государства, обороны страны, общественной морали, здоровья населения и территориальной целостности республики. (Статья 14)
- Tajik… Маідуд кардани іуѕуѕу озодиіои инсон ва шаірванд таніо ба маѕсади таъмини іуѕуѕ ва озодии дигарон, тартиботи їамъиятњ, іимояи асосіои сохтори конститутсионњ, амнияти давлат, мудофиаи мамлакат, ахлоѕи їомеа, сиіатии аіолњ ва тамомияти арзии їуміурњ раво дониста мешавад. (Моддаи 14)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishUnder no circumstances, may any of the provisions of this Constitution be suspended, except when martial law is in force and within the limits specified by the rules regulating martial law. … (Art. 145)
- Arabicﻻ ﻳﺠﻮﺯ ﺑﺄﻱ ﺣﺎﻝ ﺗﻌﻄﻴﻞ أﻱ ﺣﻜﻢ ﻣﻦ أﺣﻜﺎﻡ ﻫﺬﺍ اﻟﺪﺳﺘ ﻮﺭ، اﻻ أﺛﻨﺎﺀ ﻗﻴﺎﻡ اﻷﺣﻜﺎﻡ اﻟﻌﺮﻓﻴﺔ وﻓﻲ اﻟﺤﺪ وﺩ اﻟﺘﻲ ﻳﺒﻴﻨﻬﺎ اﻟﻘﺎﻧﻮﻥ اﻟﻤﻨﻈﻢ ﻟﺘﻠﻚ اﻷﺣ ﻜﺎﻡ. ... (المادّة 145)