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Limitations and/or Derogations
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At the time of the occurrence the following situation, the rights under Section 3774 shall not be suspended unless the public safety may so require:
(a) in time of war;
(b) in time of foreign invasion;
(c) in time of insurrection. (Sec. 379) - Burmese
အောက်ဖော်ပြပါ အခြေအနေတစ်ရပ်ရပ်ပေါ်ပေါက်ချိန်တွင် အများပြည်သူလုံခြုံရေးအတွက် လိုအပ်သည့်ကိစ္စမှတစ်ပါး ပုဒ်မ ၃၇၇ ပါအခွင့်အရေးများတောင်းခံပိုင်ခွင့်ကို ရပ်ဆိုင်းထားခြင်းမပြုရ -
(က) စစ်မက်ဖြစ်ပွားချိန်၊
(ခ) တိုင်းတစ်ပါးမှ ကျူးကျော်ဝင်ရောက်တိုက်ခိုက်ချိန်၊
(ဂ) ဆူပူသောင်းကျန်းမှုများဖြစ်ပေါ်နေချိန်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၇၉)
Limitations and/or Derogations
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(2) Every person has the right to freedom based on law, and accordingly has a legal right to do any thing that-
(a) does not injure or interfere with the rights and freedoms of others;
… (Sec. 32)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English
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Paragraph 2. The rights and guarantees expressed in this Constitution do not exclude others deriving from the regime and from the principles adopted by it, or from the international treaties in which the Federative Republic of Brazil is a party.
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§ 2º - Os direitos e garantias expressos nesta Constituição não excluem outros decorrentes do regime e dos princípios por ela adotados, ou dos tratados internacionais em que a República Federativa do Brasil seja parte.
… (Art. 5)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishThe Sovereignty of the People shall be exercised and enjoyed in the following manner:–
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(d) the fundamental rights which are by the Constitution declared and recognized shall be respected, secured and advanced by all the organs of government and shall not be abridged, restricted or denied, save in the manner and to the extent hereinafter provided;
… (Art. 4) - Sinhalaජනතාවගේ පරමාධිපත්යය ක්රියාත්මක වීම ද, භුක්ති විඳීම ද, මතු දැක්වෙන ආකාරයෙන් සිදුවන්නේ ය:–
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(ඈ) ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවෙන් ප්රකාශ කොට පිළිගනු ලබන මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් සියලු පාලන ආයතන විසින් ගරු කරනු ලැබිය යුත්තේ ය; ආරක්ෂා කරනු ලැබිය යුත්තේ ය; වර්ධනය කරනු ලැබිය යුත්තේ ය; තව ද, ඒ මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් මෙහි මින් මතු විධිවිධාන සලස්වා ඇති ආකාරයට සහ ප්රමාණයට මිස සංක්ෂිප්ත කිරීම, සීමා කිරීම හෝ අහිමි කිරීම නොකළ යුත්තේ ය;
… (4 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Limitations and/or Derogations
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2. The rights and freedoms established by the Constitution are not exhaustive and shall not be construed to deny or diminish other universally recognised human and civil rights and freedoms. (Art. 62) - Russian
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2. Права и свободы, установленные Конституцией, не являются исчерпывающими и не должны толковаться как отрицание или умаление других общепризнанных прав и свобод человека и гражданина. (Статья 62) - Kyrgyz
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2. Конституцияда белгиленген укуктар жана эркиндиктер толук деп саналбайт, адамдын жана жарандын жалпы таанылган башка укуктарын жана эркиндиктерин жокко чыгарат же азайтат деп чечмеленбөөгө тийиш. (62-берене)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishIn addition to the other attributions that this Constitution confers on it, it corresponds exclusively to the Legislative Assembly:
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7. To suspend by a vote of no less than the two-thirds of the totality of its members, in the case of evident public necesity, the individual rights and guarantees written in Articles 22, 23, 24, 26, 28, 29, 30 and 37 of this Constitution. This suspension may be of all or of some rights and guarantees, for the totality or part of the territory, and [for] up to thirty days; during this, and with regard to persons, the Executive Power may only order their detention in establishments not allocated to common inmates, or decree their confinement to inhabited places. It must also give account to the Assembly at its next meeting on the measures taken to safeguard the public order or to maintain the security of the State.
In no case may individual rights and guarantees not written in this paragraph be suspended;
… (Art. 121) - SpanishAdemás de las otras atribuciones que le confiere esta Constitución, corresponde exclusivamente a la Asamblea Legislativa:
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7) Suspender por votación no menor de los dos tercios de la totalidad de sus miembros, en caso de evidente necesidad pública, los derechos y garantías individuales consignados en los artículos 22, 23, 24, 26, 28, 29, 30 y 37 de esta Constitución. Esta suspensión podrá ser de todos o de algunos derechos y garantías, para la totalidad o parte del territorio, y hasta treinta días; durante ella y respecto de las personas, el Poder Ejecutivo sólo podrá ordenar su detención en establecimientos no destinados a reos comunes o decretar su confinamiento en lugares habitados.
Deberá también dar cuenta a la Asamblea en su próxima reunión de las medidas tomadas para salvar el orden público o mantener la seguridad del Estado. En ningún caso podrán suspenderse derechos o garantías individuales no consignados en este inciso;
… (Art. 121)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishWhereas every person in Dominica is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms, that is to say, the rights whatever his race, place of origins, political opinions, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest,
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the provisions of this Chapter5 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 of the public interest. (Sec. 1)
Limitations and/or Derogations
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The exercise of rights and freedoms by a person must not encroach on the lawful interests, rights and freedoms of other persons, the state or society.
The human rights and freedoms may be limited only in accordance with the law, and only to the extent necessary to protect the constitutional order, public health, public morality, the rights and freedoms of other persons, to ensure public safety and public order. (Art. 21) - Uzbek
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Inson o‘z huquq va erkinliklarini amalga oshirishda boshqa shaxslarning, jamiyat hamda davlatning huquqlari, erkinliklari va qonuniy manfaatlariga putur yetkazmasligi shart.
Insonning huquq va erkinliklari faqat qonunga muvofiq va faqat konstitutsiyaviy tuzumni, aholining sog‘lig‘ini, ijtimoiy axloqni, boshqa shaxslarning huquq va erkinliklarini himoya qilish, jamoat xavfsizligini hamda jamoat tartibini ta’minlash maqsadida zarur bo‘lgan doirada cheklanishi mumkin. (21-modda)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishThe rights, the freedoms and the guarantees may not be made the object of suspension except in case of declaration of the state of siege or of the state of urgency, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution. (Art. 19)
- Arabicلا يجوز أن تشكل الحقوق والحريات والضمانات موضوع تعليق باستثناء في حالة إعلان حالة الحصار أو حالة ملحة وفقاً لأحكام الدستور. (المادة 19)
- FrenchLes droits, les libertés et les garanties ne peuvent faire l'objet d'une suspension qu'en cas de déclaration d'état de siège ou d’état d'urgence, conformément aux dispositions de la Constitution. (Art. 19)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishWhereas every person in Grenada is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms, that is to say, the right, whatever his race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest, …
the provisions of the Chapter5 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 these 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. (Sec. 1)