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Minorities
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The opportunities of the Sami people and ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities to preserve and develop a cultural and social life of their own shall be promoted. (Instrument of Government, Chapter 1, Art. 2) - Swedish…
Samiska folkets och etniska, språkliga och religiösa minoriteters möjligheter att behålla och utveckla ett eget kultur- och samfundsliv ska främjas. (Kungörelse (1974:152) om beslutad ny regeringsform, 1 kap, 2§)
Minorities
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(2) The Republic (Federation, provinces and municipalities) subscribe to its linguistic and cultural multiplicity having grown, expressed in the autochthonous ethnic groups. Language and culture, existence and preservation of these ethnic groups are to be respected, safeguarded and to be supported.
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(2) Die Republik (Bund, Länder und Gemeinden) bekennt sich zu ihrer gewachsenen sprachlichen und kulturellen Vielfalt, die in den autochthonen Volksgruppen zum Ausdruck kommt. Sprache und Kultur, Bestand und Erhaltung dieser Volksgruppen sind zu achten, zu sichern und zu fördern.
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Minorities
- EnglishThe official language of government agencies and local authorities is Estonian.
In localities where the language of the majority of the residents is not Estonian, local authorities may, to the extent and pursuant to a procedure provided by law, use the language of the majority of the permanent residents of the locality as their internal working language.
The use of foreign languages, including the languages of national minorities, in government agencies, in courts and in pre-trial procedure is provided by law. (Sec. 52) - EstonianRiigiasutuste ja kohalike omavalitsuste asjaajamiskeel on eesti keel.
Paikkondades, kus elanike enamiku keel ei ole eesti keel, võivad kohalikud omavalitsused seaduses sätestatud ulatuses ja korras kasutada sisemise asjaajamiskeelena selle paikkonna püsielanike enamiku keelt.
Võõrkeelte, sealhulgas vähemusrahvuste keelte kasutamise riigiasutuses ning kohtu- ja kohtueelses menetluses sätestab seadus. (§ 52)
Minorities
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The Republic shall safeguard language minorities by means of appropriate measures. (Art. 6)
- Italian
La Repubblica tutela con apposite norme le minoranze linguistiche. (Art. 6)
Minorities
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(2) Organizations of citizens belonging to national minorities, which fail to obtain the number of votes for representation in Parliament, have the right to one Deputy seat each, under the terms of the electoral law. Citizens of a national minority are entitled to be represented by one organization only.
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(2) Organizaţiile cetăţenilor aparţinând minorităţilor naţionale, care nu întrunesc în alegeri numărul de voturi pentru a fi reprezentate în Parlament, au dreptul la câte un loc de deputat, în condiţiile legii electorale. Cetăţenii unei minorităţi naţionale pot fi reprezentaţi numai de o singură organizaţie.
... (Art. 62)
Minorities
- EnglishMembers of national minorities shall have a right to: expression, preservation, fostering, developing and public expression of national, ethnic, cultural, religious specificity; use of their symbols in public places; use of their language and script; have proceedings also conducted in their languages before state bodies, organizations with delegated public powers, bodies of autonomous provinces and local self-government units, in areas where they make a significant majority of population; education in their languages in public institutions and institutions of autonomous provinces; founding private educational institutions; use of their name and family name in their language; traditional local names, names of streets, settlements and topographic names also written in their languages, in areas where they make a significant majority of population; complete, timely and objective information in their language, including the right to expression, receiving, sending and exchange of information and ideas; establishing their own mass media, in accordance with the Law.
Under the Law and in accordance with the Constitution, additional rights of members of national minorities may be determined by provincial regulations. (Art. 79) - Serbian CyrillicПрипадници националних мањина имају право: на изражавање, чување, неговање, развијање и јавно изражавање националне, етничке, културне и верске посебности; на употребу својих симбола на јавним местима; на коришћење свог језика и писма; да у срединама где чине значајну популацију, државни органи, организације којима су поверена јавна овлашћења, органи аутономних покрајина и јединица локалне самоуправе воде поступак и на њиховом језику; на школовање на свом језику у државним установама и установама аутономних покрајина; на оснивање приватних образовних установа; да на своме језику користе своје име и презиме; да у срединама где чине значајну популацију, традиционални локални називи, имена улица, насеља и топографске ознаке буду исписане и на њиховом језику; на потпуно, благовремено и непристрасно обавештавање на свом језику, укључујући и право на изражавање, примање, слање и размену обавештења и идеја; на оснивање сопствених средстава јавног обавештавања, у складу са законом.
У складу са Уставом, на основу закона, покрајинским прописима могу се установити додатна права припадника националних мањина. (Члан 79)
Minorities
- English… In Ukraine, the free development, use and protection of Russian, and other languages of national minorities of Ukraine, is guaranteed.
… (Art. 10) - Ukrainian… В Україні гарантується вільний розвиток, використання і захист російської, інших мов національних меншин України.
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Minorities
- EnglishEnjoyment of the rights and freedoms recognised for Belgians must be provided without discrimination. To this end, laws and federate laws guarantee among others the rights and freedoms of ideological and philosophical minorities. (Art. 11)
- DutchHet genot van de rechten en vrijheden aan de Belgen toegekend moet zonder discriminatie verzekerd worden. Te dien einde waarborgen de wet 8 en het decreet inzonderheid de rechten en vrijheden van de ideologische en filosofische minderheden. (Art. 11)
- FrenchLa jouissance des droits et libertés reconnus aux Belges doit être assurée sans discrimination. A cette fin, la loi et le décret garantissent notamment les droits et libertés des minorités idéologiques et philosophiques. (Art. 11)
- GermanDer Genuß der den Belgiern zuerkannten Rechte und Freiheiten muß ohne Diskriminierung gesichert werden. Zu diesem Zweck gewährleisten das Gesetz und das Dekret insbesondere die Rechte und Freiheiten der ideologischen und philosophischen Minderheiten. (Art. 11)
Minorities
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STRIVING to satisfy the interests of citizens of a different ethnic origin who alongside with the Moldovans constitute the people of the Republic of Moldova,
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NĂZUIND spre satisfacerea intereselor cetăţenilor de altă origine etnică, care împreună cu moldovenii constituie poporul Republicii Moldova,
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Minorities
- EnglishThe Russian Federation shall have jurisdiction over:
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c. ... regulation and protection of the rights of national minorities;
... (Art. 71) - RussianВ ведении Российской Федерации находятся:
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в) ... регулирование и защита прав национальных меньшинств;
... (Статья 71)