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Limitations and/or Derogations
- English
No restriction may be provided to the rights and freedoms guaranteed by this Constitution except by virtue of a law and to meet the demands of a democratic regime and with a view to safeguarding the rights of others or to meet the imperatives of the public safety, of the national defense or of the public health.
These restrictions must not infringe the substance of the rights and freedoms guaranteed by this Constitution, and they must be justified by their objectives and proportionate to their justifications.
No revision may infringe that acquired in the matter of human rights and of freedoms guaranteed by this Constitution.
... (Art. 55) - Arabic
لا توضع قيود على الحقوق والحرّيات المضمونة بهذا الدّستور إلاّ بمقتضى قانون ولضرورة يقتضيها نظام ديمقراطيّ وبهدف حماية حقوق الغير أو لمقتضيات الأمن العامّ أو الدّفاع الوطنيّ أو الصّحة العموميّة.
ويجب ألاّ تمسّ هذه القيود بجوهر الحقـــوق والحرّيات المضمونة بهذا الدّستور وأن تكون مبرّرة بأهدافها، متناسبة مع دواعيها.
لا يجوز لأيّ تنقيح أن ينال من مكتسبات حقوق الإنسان وحرّياته المضمونة في هذا الدّستور.
... (الفصل 55) - French
Aucune restriction ne peut être apportée aux droits et libertés garantis par la présente Constitution qu'en vertu d'une loi et pour répondre aux exigences d’un régime démocratique et en vue de sauvegarder les droits d’autrui ou pour répondre aux impératifs de la sûreté publique, de la défense nationale ou de la santé publique.
Ces restrictions ne doivent pas porter atteinte à la substance des droits et libertés garantis par la présente Constitution, et elles doivent être justifiées par leurs objectifs et proportionnelles à leurs justifications.
Aucune révision ne peut porter atteinte aux acquis en matière des droits de l'Homme et de libertés garantis par la présente Constitution.
... (Art. 55)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English
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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
- EnglishThe declarations, rights and guarantees which the Constitution enumerates shall not be construed as a denial of other rights and guarantees not enumerated, but rising from the principle of sovereignty of the people and from the republican form of government. (Sec. 33)
- SpanishLas declaraciones, derechos y garantías que enumera la Constitución, no serán entendidos como negación de otros derechos y garantías no enumerados; pero que nacen del principio de la soberanía del pueblo y de la forma republicana de gobierno. (Art. 33)
Limitations and/or Derogations
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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
- EnglishThe Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society. (Constitution Act 1982, Sec. 1)
- FrenchLa Charte canadienne des droits et libertés garantit les droits et libertés qui y sont énoncés. Ils ne peuvent être restreints que par une règle de droit, dans des limites qui soient raisonnables et dont la justification puisse se démontrer dans le cadre d’une société libre et démocratique. (Loi constitutionnelle de 1982, Sec. 1)
Limitations and/or Derogations
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26. The security that the legal precepts which, by mandate of the Constitution, regulate or complement the guarantees that it establishes or which limit them in the cases it authorizes, cannot affect the rights in their essence, or impose conditions, taxes or requirements which may impede their free exercise. (Art. 19) - Spanish...
26º.- La seguridad de que los preceptos legales que por mandato de la Constitución regulen o complementen las garantías que ésta establece o que las limiten en los casos en que ella lo autoriza, no podrán afectar los derechos en su esencia, ni imponer condiciones, tributos o requisitos que impidan su libre ejercicio. (Art. 19)
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
- English
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)