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Minorities
Singapore
- EnglishSubject to the provisions of this Constitution, all persons of whatever race in the same grade of the service of the Government shall, subject to the terms and conditions of their employment, be treated impartially. (Art. 154)
Minorities
Ecuador
- EnglishIndigenous communities, peoples and nations, the Afro-Ecuadorian people, the back-country people (montubios) of the inland coastal region, and communes are part of the single and indivisible Ecuadorian State. (Art. 56)
- SpanishLas comunidades, pueblos, y nacionalidades indígenas, el pueblo afroecuatoriano, el pueblo montubio y las comunas forman parte del Estado ecuatoriano, único e indivisible. (Art. 56)
Minorities
Croatia
- EnglishThe Croatian Parliament shall adopt laws (organic laws) regulating the rights of national minorities by a two-thirds majority of all Members.
… (Art. 83) - CroatianZakone (organski zakoni) kojima se uređuju prava nacionalnih manjina Hrvatski sabor donosi dvotrećinskom većinom glasova svih zastupnika.
… (Članak 83)
Minorities
Lithuania
- EnglishEthnic communities of citizens shall independently manage the affairs of their ethnic culture, education, charity, and mutual assistance.
Ethnic communities shall be provided support by the State. (Art. 45) - LithuanianPiliečių tautinės bendrijos savo tautinės kultūros reikalus, švietimą, labdarą, savitarpio pagalbą tvarko savarankiškai.
Tautinėms bendrijoms valstybė teikia paramą. (45 straipsnis)
Minorities
Romania
- English…
(2) Romanian citizens belonging to national minorities have the right to express themselves in their mother tongue before the courts of law, under the terms of the organic law.
… (Art. 128) - Romanian…
(2) Cetăţenii români aparţinând minorităţilor naţionale au dreptul să se exprime în limba maternă în faţa instanţelor de judecată, în condiţiile legii organice.
… (Art. 128)
Minorities
Serbia
- EnglishEveryone shall have the right to use his/her language in the proceedings before the court, other state body or organization performing public powers, when his/her right or duty is decided on.
Unfamiliarity with the language of the proceedings may not be an impediment for the exercise and protection of human and minority rights. (Art. 199) - Serbian CyrillicСвако има право да користи свој језик у поступку пред судом, другим државним органом или организацијом која врши јавна овлашћења, када се решава о његовом праву или обавези.
Незнање језика на коме се поступак води не сме бити сметња за остваривање и заштиту људских и мањинских права. (Члан 199)
Minorities
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- EnglishThe enjoyment of the rights and freedoms set forth in this Convention shall be secured without discrimination on any ground such as sex, race, colour, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, association with a national minority, property, birth or other status. (Art. 14 of ECHR, Human Rights Act 1998 Schedule 1)
Minorities
India
- English(1) Seats shall be reserved in the House of the People for—
(a) the Scheduled Castes;
(b) the Scheduled Tribes except the Scheduled Tribes in the autonomous districts of Assam; and
(c) the Scheduled Tribes in the autonomous districts of Assam.
… (Art. 330) - Hindi(1) लोक सभा में निम्नलिखित के लिए स्थान आरक्षित रहेंगे—
(क) अनुसूचित जातियों के लिए;
(ख) असम के स्वशासी जिलों की अनुसूचित जनजातियों को छोड़ कर अन्य अनुसूचित जनजातियों के लिए; और
(ग) असम के स्वशासी जिलों की अनुसूचित जनजातियों के लिए।
… (अनुच्छेद 330)
Minorities
Burundi
- EnglishThe Corps of Defense and of Security are open without discrimination to all Burundian citizens who desire to be made part of them. Their organization is based on volunteering [volontariat] and on professionalism.
During a period to be determined by the Senate, the Corps of Defense and of Security may not include more than 50% of the members belonging to a particular ethnic group, taking into account the necessity to assure the ethnic equilibrium and to prevent acts of genocide and coups d’État. (Art. 263) - KirundiInzego zo kwivuna abansi n’iz’umutekano zakira abanyagihugu bose bashaka kuzinjiramwo atawukumiriwe. Izo nzego zitunganijwe ku buryo zinjirwamwo n’uwubishaka kandi abifitiye ubuhinga n’ubushobozi.
Mu kiringo gishingwa n’Inama Nkenguzamateka, urwego rw’ukwivuna abansi n’urw’abajejwe umutekano ntizishobora kubamwo abarenga ibice 50 % b’ubwoko bumwe kugira ngo amoko yose aserukirwe, hongere hakingwe ibikorwa bigayitse vy’ihonyabwoko n’ugufata ubutegetsi ku nguvu. (Ingingo ya 263) - FrenchLes Corps de défense et de sécurité sont ouverts sans discrimination à tous les citoyens burundais désireux d’en faire partie. Leur organisation est basée sur le volontariat et le professionnalisme.
Pendant une période à déterminer par le Sénat, les Corps de défense et de sécurité ne comptent pas plus de 50% de membres appartenant à un groupe ethnique particulier, compte tenu de la nécessité d’assurer l’équilibre ethnique et de prévenir les actes de génocide et les coups d’Etat. (Art. 263)
Minorities
Nepal
- English(1) The Dalit shall have the right to participate in all bodies of the State on the basis of the principle of proportional inclusion. Special provision shall be made by law for the empowerment, representation and participation of the Dalit community in public services as well as other sectors of employment.
(2) Provision of free education with scholarship, from primary to higher education, shall be made by law for the Dalit students. Special provision shall be made by law for the Dalit in technical and vocational education.
(3) Special provision shall be made by law in order to provide health and social security to the Dalit community.
(4) The Dalit community shall have the right to use, protect and develop their traditional occupation, knowledge, skill and technology. The State shall accord priority to the Dalit community in modern business related with their traditional occupation and provide skills and resources required therefor.
(5) The State shall once provide land to the landless Dalit in accordance with law.
(6) The State shall, in accordance with law, arrange settlement for the Dalit who do not have housing.
(7) The facilities conferred by this Article to the Dalit community must be distributed in a just manner so that the Dalit women, men and Dalit in all communities can obtain such facilities proportionately. (Art. 40) - Nepali(१) राज्यका सबै निकायमा दलितलाई समानुपातिक समावेशी सिद्धान्तको आधारमा सहभागी हुने हक हुनेछ । सार्वजनिक सेवा लगायतका रोजगारीका अन्य क्षेत्रमा दलित समुदायको सशक्तीकरण, प्रतिनिधित्व र सहभागिताकालागि कानून बमोजिम विशेष व्यवस्था गरिनेछ ।
(२) दलित विद्यार्थीलाई प्राथमिकदेखि उच्च शिक्षासम्म कानून बमोजिम छात्रवृत्ति सहित निःशुल्क शिक्षाको व्यवस्था गरिनेछ । प्राविधिक र व्यावसायिक उच्च शिक्षामा दलितकालागि कानून बमोजिम विशेष व्यवस्था गरिनेछ ।
(३) दलित समुदायलाई स्वास्थ्य र सामाजिक सुरक्षा प्रदान गर्न कानून बमोजिम विशेष व्यवस्था गरिनेछ ।
(४) दलित समुदायलाई आफ्नो परम्परागत पेशा, ज्ञान, सीप र प्रविधिको प्रयोग, संरक्षण र विकास गर्ने हक हुनेछ । राज्यले दलित समुदायका परम्परागत पेशासँग सम्बन्धित आधुनिक व्यवसायमा उनीहरूलाई प्राथमिकता दिई त्यसकालागि आवश्यक पर्ने सीप र स्रोत उपलब्ध गराउनेछ ।
(५) राज्यले भूमिहीन दलितलाई कानून बमोजिम एक पटक जमीन उपलब्ध गराउनु पर्नेछ ।
(६) राज्यले आवासविहीन दलितलाई कानून बमोजिम बसोबासको व्यवस्था गर्नेछ ।
(७) दलित समुदायलाई यस धाराद्वारा प्रदत्त सुविधा दलित महिला, पुरुष र सबै समुदायमा रहेका दलितले समानुपातिक रूपमा प्राप्त गर्ने गरी न्यायोचित वितरण गर्नु पर्नेछ । (धारा ४०)