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Limitations and/or Derogations
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2. The exercise of fundamental human rights shall not violate the rights of others.
3. The restriction of a fundamental human right shall be commensurate with the significance of the legitimate aim that it serves. (Art. 34) - Georgian
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2. ადამიანის ძირითადი უფლებების განხორციელებამ არ უნდა დაარღვიოს სხვათა უფლებები.
3. ადამიანის ძირითადი უფლების შეზღუდვა უნდა შეესაბამებოდეს იმ ლეგიტიმური მიზნის მნიშვნელობას, რომლის მიღწევასაც იგი ემსახურება. (მუხლი 34)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishHuman and minority rights guaranteed by the Constitution may be restricted by the law if the Constitution permits such restriction and for the purpose allowed by the Constitution, to the extent necessary to meet the constitutional purpose of restriction in a democratic society and without encroaching upon the substance of the relevant guaranteed right.
Attained level of human and minority rights may not be lowered.
When restricting human and minority rights, all state bodies, particularly the courts, shall be obliged to consider the substance of the restricted right, pertinence of restriction, nature and extent of restriction, relation of restriction and its purpose and possibility to achieve the purpose of the restriction with less restrictive means. (Art. 20) - Serbian CyrillicЉудска и мањинска права зајемчена Уставом могу законом бити ограничена ако ограничење допушта Устав, у сврхе ради којих га Устав допушта, у обиму неопходном да се уставна сврха ограничења задовољи у демократском друштву и без задирања у суштину зајемченог права.
Достигнути ниво људских и мањинских права не може се смањивати.
При ограничавању људских и мањинских права, сви државни органи, а нарочито судови, дужни су да воде рачуна о суштини права које се ограничава, важности сврхе ограничења, природи и обиму ограничења, односу ограничења са сврхом ограничења и о томе да ли постоји начин да се сврха ограничења постигне мањим ограничењем права. (Члан 20)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (4), (5), and (7), no law shall make provision which is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect.
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(3) In this section the expression “discriminatory” means affording different treatment to different persons attributable wholly or mainly to their respective descriptions by race, tribe, sex, place of origin, political opinions, colour or creed whereby persons of one such description are subjected to disabilities or restrictions to which persons of another such description are not made subject, or are accorded privileges or advantages which are not accorded to persons of another such description.
(4) Subsection (1) shall not apply to any law so far as that law makes provision—
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f. for authorising the taking during a period of public emergency of measures that are reasonably justifiable for the purpose of dealing with the situation that exists during that period of public emergency;
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(2) The State shall not make any law inconsistent with any provisions of this Part4, and any law so made shall, to the extent of such inconsistency, be void.
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(২) রাষ্ট্র এই ভাগের কোন বিধানের সহিত অসমঞ্জস কোন আইন প্রণয়ন করিবেন না এবং অনুরূপ কোন আইন প্রণীত হইলে তাহা এই ভাগের কোন বিধানের সহিত যতখানি অসামঞ্জস্যপূর্ণ, ততখানি বাতিল হইয়া যাইবে।
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(d) Emergency Regulations cannot prevent recourse to courts, prescribe punishment in advance, or permit an infringement of human dignity.
(Basic Law: The Government (2001), Sec. 39) - Hebrew…
(ד) אין בכוחן של תקנות שעת חירום למנוע פניה לערכאות, לקבוע ענישה למפרע או להתיר פגיעה בכבוד האדם
(חוק יסוד: הממשלה (2001), סעיף 39) …
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishConstitutional human and citizens' rights and freedoms shall not be restricted, unless a restriction is stipulated by the Constitution of Ukraine.
Under conditions of martial law or a state of emergency, specific restrictions on rights and freedoms may be established with the indication of the period of effectiveness of these restrictions. The rights and freedoms stipulated in Articles 24, 25, 2 7, 28, 29, 40, 47, 51, 52, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62 and 63 of this Constitution shall not be restricted. (Art. 64) - UkrainianКонституційні права і свободи людини і громадянина не можуть бути обмежені, крім випадків, передбачених Конституцією України.
В умовах воєнного або надзвичайного стану можуть встановлюватися окремі обмеження прав і свобод із зазначенням строку дії цих обмежень. Не можуть бути обмежені права і свободи, передбачені статтями 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 40, 47, 51, 52, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63 цієї Конституції. (Стаття 64)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English(1) Apart from the provisions of Article 30(2), any law enacted by Parliament shall not be void for the reason only that it enables measures to be taken during a state of emergency or in normal times in relation to persons who are believed to engage in activities which endanger or prejudice the security of the nation, which measures derogate from the provisions of Articles 14 and 15 of this Constitution.
(2) It is hereby prohibited to take any of the measures referred to in subarticle (1) of this Article in pursuance of any law during a state of emergency or in normal times in relation to any person, save only to the extent that they are necessary and justifiable for dealing with the situation that exists during the state of emergency, or in normal times dealing with the situation created by the conduct of the person concerned.
(3) It is hereby declared that the provisions of this Article shall not authorize the deprivation of a person’s right to live save only for deaths resulting from acts of war.
(4) In this Article and the following Articles of this Part, “state of emergency” means any period during which the Proclamation of State of Emergency made by the President in the exercise of the powers conferred on him by Article 32, is in force. (Art. 31)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishThe rights, duties, declarations and guarantees relating to the fundamental and other human rights and freedoms specifically mentioned in this Chapter shall not be regarded as excluding others not specifically mentioned. (Art. 45)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishExcept in the following situations and time, no citizen shall be denied redress by due process of law for grievances entitled under law :
(a) in time of foreign invasion;
(b) in time of insurrection;
(c) in time of emergency. (Sec. 381) - Burmeseအောက်ဖော်ပြပါ အခြေအနေနှင့် အချိန်အခါမှတစ်ပါး နိုင်ငံသားများ၏တရားဝင်ရပိုင်ခွင့်ရှိသော နစ်နာချက်များအတွက် ဥပဒေဖြင့် သတ်မှတ်ထားသော ရယူပိုင်ခွင့်များကို ငြင်းပယ်ခြင်းမပြုရ -
(က) တိုင်းတစ်ပါးမှ ကျူးကျော်ဝင်ရောက်တိုက်ခိုက်ချိန်၊
(ခ) ဆူပူသောင်းကျန်းမှုများဖြစ်ပေါ်နေချိန်၊
(ဂ) အရေးပေါ် အခြေအနေ ဖြစ်ပေါ်နေချိန်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၈၁)
Limitations and/or Derogations
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Nothing in this Division7 derogates the rights and freedoms of the individual under any other law and, in particular, an Organic Law or an Act of the Parliament may provide further guarantees of rights and freedoms and may further restrict the limitations that may be placed on, or on the exercise of, any right or freedom (including the limitations that may be imposed under Section 38 (general qualifications on qualified rights)). (Sec. 33)