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Minorities
Burundi
- EnglishThe National Assembly is composed of at least one hundred Deputies on the basis of 60% of Hutu and of 40% of Tutsi, including a minimum of 30% of women, elected by universal direct suffrage for a mandate of five years[,] and of three Deputies originating from the Twa ethnicity co-opted in accordance with the electoral code.
... (Art. 169) - KirundiInarna nshingamateka igizwe n’imiburiburi n’abashingamateka ijana barimwo 60 % b’abahutu na 40 % b’abatutsi, bose hamwe harimwo n’imiburiburi abashingamateka b’abakenyezi 30 % batowe n’abanyagihugu bagatorerwa ikiringo c’imyaka itanu harimwo n’abashingamateka batatu b’Abatwa bongeweko nk’uko Ibwirizwa rigenga amatora ribitegekanya.
... (Ingingo ya 169) - FrenchL’Assemblée nationale est composée d’au moins cent députés à raison de 60% de Hutu et de 40% de Tutsi, y compris un minimum de 30% de femmes, élus au suffrage universel direct pour un mandat de cinq ans et de trois députés issus de l’ethnie Twa cooptés conformément au code électoral.
... (Art. 169)
Minorities
Iraq
- English…
Second: This Constitution guarantees the Islamic identity of the majority of the Iraqi people and guarantees the full religious rights to freedom of religious belief and practice of all individuals such as Christians, Yazidis, and Mandean Sabeans. (Art. 2) - Arabic…
ثانياً :ـ يضمن هذا الدستور الحفاظ على الهوية الاسلامية لغالبية الشعب العراقي، كما ويضمن كامل الحقوق الدينية لجميع الافراد في حرية العقيدة والممارسة الدينية، كالمسيحيين، والايزديين، والصابئة المندائيين. (المادة 2)
Minorities
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- EnglishThe State has the duty to assure and to promote the peaceful and harmonious coexistence of all the ethnic groups of the country.
It assures equally the protection and the promotion of vulnerable groups and of all minorities.
It sees to their development. (Art. 51) - FrenchL’Etat a le devoir d’assurer et de promouvoir la coexistence pacifique et harmonieuse de tous les groupes ethniques du pays.
Il assure également la protection et la promotion des groupes vulnérables et de toutes les minorités.
Il veille à leur épanouissement. (Art. 51)
Minorities
Nepal
- English…
(2) A Village Assembly under clause (1) shall consist of the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of the Village Executive, Ward Chairpersons, and four members elected from each ward and Members of the Village Executive elected from Dalit and minority communities pursuant to clause (4) of Article 215.
… (Art. 222) - Nepali…
(२) उपधारा (१) बमोजिमको गाउँ सभामा गाउँ कार्यपालिका अध्यक्ष र उपाध्यक्ष, वडा अध्यक्ष र प्रत्येक वडाबाट निर्वाचित चारजना सदस्य र धारा २१५ को उपधारा (४) बमोजिम दलित वा अल्पसंख्यक समुदायबाट निर्वाचित गाउँ कार्यपालिकाका सदस्य रहनेछन् ।
… (धारा २२२)
Minorities
South Africa
- English(1) The primary objects of the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities are—
(a) to promote respect for the rights of cultural, religious and linguistic communities;
(b) to promote and develop peace, friendship, humanity, tolerance and national unity among cultural, religious and linguistic communities, on the basis of equality, non-discrimination and free association; and
(c) to recommend the establishment or recognition, in accordance with national legislation, of a cultural or other council or councils for a community or communities in South Africa.
(2) The Commission has the power, as regulated by national legislation, necessary to achieve its primary objects, including the power to monitor, investigate, research, educate, lobby, advise and report on issues concerning the rights of cultural, religious and linguistic communities.
… (Sec. 185)
Minorities
Turkmenistan
- EnglishThe state shall be responsible for safeguarding the national historical, cultural and natural heritage, natural environment, ensuring equality between social and ethnic communities. … (Art. 15)
- RussianГосударство ответственно за сохранность национального исторического, культурного и природного наследия, окружающей среды, обеспечение равенства между социальными и национальными общностями. … (Статья 15)
- TurkmenDöwlet milli taryhy, medeni we tebigy mirasyň, daşky gurşawyň abat saklanmagy, sosial we milli umumylyklaryň arasyndaky deňligiň üpjün edilmegi üçin jogapkärdir. … (15-nji madda)
Minorities
Ecuador
- EnglishAncestral, indigenous, Afro-Ecuadorian and coastal back-country (montubios) peoples can establish territorial districts for the preservation of their culture. The law shall regulate their establishment.
Communities (comunas) that have collective land ownership are recognized as an ancestral form of territorial organization. (Art. 60) - SpanishLos pueblos ancestrales, indígenas, afroecuatorianos y montubios podrán constituir circunscripciones territoriales para la preservación de su cultura. La ley regulará su conformación.
Se reconoce a las comunas que tienen propiedad colectiva de la tierra, como una forma ancestral de organización territorial. (Art. 60)
Minorities
Croatia
- English…
Setting forth from these historical facts and the universally accepted principles governing the contemporary world and the inalienable and indivisible, non-transferable and perpetual right of the Croatian nation to self-determination and state sovereignty, including the inviolable right to secession and association as the fundamental conditions for peace and stability of the international order, the Republic of Croatia is hereby established as the nation state of the Croatian nation and the state of the members of its national minorities: Serbs, Czechs, Slovaks, Italians, Hungarians, Jews, Germans, Austrians, Ukrainians, Rusyns, Bosniaks, Slovenians, Montenegrins, Macedonians, Russians, Bulgarians, Poles, Roma, Romanians, Turks, Vlachs, Albanians and others who are its citizens and who are guaranteed equality with citizens of Croatian nationality and the exercise of their national rights in accordance with the democratic norms of the United Nations and the countries of the free world.
… (I. Historical Foundations) - Croatian…
Polazeći od iznesenih povijesnih činjenica, te općeprihvaćenih načela u suvremenu svijetu i neotuđivosti i nedjeljivosti, neprenosivosti i nepotrošivosti prava na samoodređenje i državnu suverenost hrvatskog naroda, uključujući i neokrnjeno pravo na odcjepljenje i udruživanje, kao osnovnih preduvjeta za mir i stabilnost međunarodnog poretka Republika Hrvatska ustanovljuje se kao nacionalna država hrvatskoga naroda i država pripadnika nacionalnih manjina: Srba, Čeha, Slovaka, Talijana, Mađara, Židova, Nijemaca, Austrijanaca, Ukrajinaca, Rusina, Bošnjaka, Slovenaca, Crnogoraca, Makedonaca, Rusa, Bugara, Poljaka, Roma, Rumunja, Turaka, Vlaha, Albanaca i drugih, koji su njezini državljani, kojima se jamči ravnopravnost s građanima hrvatske narodnosti i ostvarivanje nacionalnih prava u skladu s demokratskim normama OUN-a i zemalja slobodnoga svijeta.
… (I. Izvorišne osnove)
Minorities
Latvia
- EnglishPersons belonging to ethnic minorities have the right to preserve and develop their language and their ethnic and cultural identity. (Art. 114)
- LatvianPersonām, kuras pieder pie mazākumtautībām, ir tiesības saglabāt un attīstīt savu valodu, etnisko un kultūras savdabību. (Art. 114)
Minorities
Romania
- English…
(3) The right of persons belonging to national minorities to learn their mother tongue, and their right to be educated in this language are guaranteed; the ways to exercise these rights shall be regulated by law.
… (Art. 32) - Romanian…
(3) Dreptul persoanelor aparţinând minorităţilor naţionale de a învăţa limba lor maternă şi dreptul de a putea fi instruite în această limbă sunt garantate; modalităţile de exercitare a acestor drepturi se stabilesc prin lege.
… (Art. 32)