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Minorities
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We, the Slovak People
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Together with members of national minorities and ethnic groups living in the Slovak Republic,
… (Preamble) - Slovak
My, národ slovenský,
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spoločne s príslušníkmi národnostných menšín a etnických skupín ţijúcich na území Slovenskej republiky,
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Minorities
- EnglishEveryone has the right to address government agencies, local authorities, and their officials in Estonian and to receive responses in Estonian.
In localities where at least one half of the permanent residents belong to a national minority, everyone has the right to receive responses from government agencies, local authorities and their officials also in the language of the national minority. (Sec. 51) - EstonianIgaühel on õigus pöörduda riigiasutuste, kohalike omavalitsuste ja nende ametiisikute poole eesti keeles ja saada eestikeelseid vastuseid.
Paikkondades, kus vähemalt pooled püsielanikest on vähemusrahvusest, on igaühel õigus saada riigiasutustelt ja kohalikelt omavalitsustelt ning nende ametiisikutelt vastuseid ka selle vähemusrahvuse keeles. (§ 51)
Minorities
- EnglishForceful assimilation of the persons belonging to minority nations and other minority national communities shall be prohibited.
The state shall protect the persons belonging to minority nations and other minority national communities from all forms of forceful assimilation. (Art. 80) - MontenegrinZabranjena je nasilna asimilacija pripadnika manjinskih naroda i drugih manjinskih nacionalnih zajednica.
Država je dužna da zaštiti pripadnike manjinskih naroda i drugih manjinskih nacionalnih zajednica od svih oblika nasilne asimilacije. (Član 80)
Minorities
- EnglishHuman and minority rights guaranteed by the Constitution shall be implemented directly.
The Constitution shall guarantee, and as such, directly implement human and minority rights guaranteed by the generally accepted rules of international law, ratified international treaties and laws. The law may prescribe manner of exercising these rights only if explicitly stipulated in the Constitution or necessary to exercise a specific right owing to its nature, whereby the law may not under any circumstances influence the substance of the relevant guaranteed right.
Provisions on human and minority rights shall be interpreted to the benefit of promoting values of a democratic society, pursuant to valid international standards in human and minority rights, as well as the practice of international institutions which supervise their implementation. (Art. 18) - Serbian CyrillicЉудска и мањинска права зајемчена Уставом непосредно се примењују.
Уставом се јемче, и као таква, непосредно се примењују људска и мањинска права зајемчена општеприхваћеним правилима међународног права, потврђеним међународним уговорима и законима. Законом се може прописати начин остваривања ових права само ако је то Уставом изричито предвиђено или ако је то неопходно за остварење појединог права због његове природе, при чему закон ни у ком случају не сме да утиче на суштину зајемченог права.
Одредбе о људским и мањинским правима тумаче се у корист унапређења вредности демократског друштва, сагласно важећим међународним стандaрдима људских и мањинских права, као и пракси међународних институција којe надзиру њихово спровођење. (Члан 18)
Minorities
- EnglishThe status and special rights of the Romany community living in Slovenia shall be regulated by law. (Art. 65)
- SlovenePoložaj in posebne pravice romske skupnosti, ki živi v Sloveniji, ureja zakon. (65. Člen)
Minorities
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1. Persons who belong to national minorities exercise in full equality before the law their human rights and freedoms.
2. They have the right to freely express, without prohibition or compulsion, their ethnic, cultural, religious and linguistic belonging. They have the right to preserve and develop them, to study and to be taught in their mother tongue, as well as unite in organizations and associations for the protection of their interests and identity. (Art. 20) - Albanian
1. Personat që u përkasin pakicave kombëtare ushtrojnë në barazi të plotë para ligjit të drejtat dhe liritë e tyre.
2. Ata kanë të drejtë të shprehin lirisht, pa u ndaluar as detyruar, përkatësinë e tyre etnike, kulturore, fetare e gjuhësore. Ata kanë të drejtë t'i ruajnë e zhvillojnë ato, të mësojnë dhe të mësohen në gjuhën e tyre amtare, si dhe të bashkohen në organizata e shoqata për mbrojtjen e interesave dhe të identitetit të tyre. (Neni 20)
Minorities
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(2) The participation of national minorities living in Hungary in the work of the National Assembly shall be regulated by a cardinal Act.
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(2) A Magyarországon élő nemzetiségek részvételét az Országgyűlés munkájában sarkalatos törvény szabályozza.
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Minorities
- English(1) The State recognizes and guarantees the right of persons belonging to national minorities to the preservation, development and expression of their ethnic, cultural, linguistic and religious identity.
(2) The protection measures taken by the Romanian State for the preservation, development and expression of identity of the persons belonging to national minorities shall conform to the principles of equality and non-discrimination in relation to the other Romanian citizens. (Art. 6) - Romanian(1) Statul recunoaşte şi garantează persoanelor aparţinând minorităţilor naţionale dreptul la păstrarea, la dezvoltarea şi la exprimarea identităţii lor etnice, culturale, lingvistice şi religioase.
(2) Măsurile de protecţie luate de stat pentru păstrarea, dezvoltarea şi exprimarea identităţii persoanelor aparţinând minorităţilor naţionale trebuie să fie conforme cu principiile de egalitate şi de nediscriminare în raport cu ceilalţi cetăţeni români. (Art. 6)
Minorities
- EnglishForced assimilation of members of national minorities shall be strictly prohibited.
Protection of members of national minorities from all activities directed towards their forced assimilation shall be regulated by the Law.
Undertaking measures, which would cause artificial changes in ethnic structure of population in areas where members of national minorities live traditionally and in large numbers, shall be strictly prohibited. (Art. 78) - Serbian CyrillicЗабрањена је насилна асимилација припадника националних мањина.
Заштита припадника националних мањина од сваке радње усмерене ка њиховој насилној асимилацији уређује се законом.
Забрањено је предузимање мера које би проузроковале вештачко мењање националног састава становништва на подручјима где припадници националних мањина живе традиционално и у значајном броју. (Члан 78)
Minorities
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2 Collective employment agreements may be declared generally applicable only if they take appropriate account of the justified interests of minorities and regional particularities, and they respect the principle of equality before the law and the right to form professional associations.
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2 Le champ d’application d’une convention collective de travail ne peut être étendu que si cette convention tient compte équitablement des intérêts légitimes des minorités et des particularités régionales et qu’elle respecte le principe de l’égalité devant la loi et la liberté syndicale.
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2 Gesamtarbeitsverträge dürfen nur allgemeinverbindlich erklärt werden, wenn sie begründeten Minderheitsinteressen und regionalen Verschiedenheiten angemessen Rechnung tragen und die Rechtsgleichheit sowie die Koalitionsfreiheit nicht beeinträchtigen.
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2 I contratti collettivi di lavoro possono essere dichiarati di obbligatorietà generale soltanto se tengono conto adeguatamente di legittimi interessi minoritari e delle diversità regionali e non pregiudicano né l’uguaglianza giuridica né la libertà sindacale.
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