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Minorities
Serbia
- 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
Ukraine
- 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
India
- English(1) All minorities, whether based on religion or language, shall have the right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice.
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(2) The State shall not, in granting aid to educational institutions, discriminate against any educational institution on the ground that it is under the management of a minority, whether based on religion or language. (Art. 30) - Hindi(1) धर्म या भाषा पर आधारित सभी अल्पसंख्यक-वर्गों को अपनी रूचि कि शिक्षा संस्थानों की स्थापना और प्रशासन का अधिकार होगा।
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(2) शिक्षा संस्थाओं को सहायता देने में राज्य किसी शिक्षा संस्था के विरुद्ध इस आधार पर विभेद नहीं करेगा कि वह धर्म या भाषा पर आधारित किसी अल्पसंख्यक-वर्ग के प्रबंध में है। (अनुच्छेद 30)
Minorities
Burundi
- EnglishThe Senate is provided with the following competences:
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5. Controlling the application of the constitutional provisions by demanding [exigeant] the ethnic and gender representativeness and the equilibrium within all the structures and institutions of the State, notably the public administration and the Corps of Defense and of Security;
… (Art. 192) - KirundiInama nkenguzamateka ifise ububasha bukurikira:
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5. kugenzura ko ibitegekanijwe n’Ibwirizwa shingiro vyerekeye ingene amoko n’ibitsina biserukiwe bikwiye mu nzego zose za Leta na cane cane mu kazi ka Leta, mu ntwaramiheto no mu bajejwe umutekano ;
… (Ingingo ya 192) - FrenchLe Sénat est doté des compétences suivantes :
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5. Contrôler l’application des dispositions constitutionnelles exigeant la représentativité ethnique et de genre et l’équilibre dans toutes les structures et les institutions de l’Etat notamment l’administration publique et les corps de défense et de sécurité ;
… (Art. 192)
Minorities
Kyrgyzstan
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4. The state ensures inter-ethnic and inter-confessional harmony. (Art. 21) - Russian
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4. Государство обеспечивает межэтническое и межконфессиональное согласие. (Статья 21) - Kyrgyz
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4. Мамлекет этностор жана конфессиялар аралык ынтымакты камсыз кылат. (21-берене)
Minorities
Kenya
- EnglishThe State shall put in place affirmative action programmes designed to ensure that minorities and marginalised groups—
(a) participate and are represented in governance and other spheres of life;
(b) are provided special opportunities in educational and economic fields;
(c) are provided special opportunities for access to employment;
(d) develop their cultural values, languages and practices; and
(e) have reasonable access to water, health services and infrastructure. (Art. 56) - SwahiliSerikali itaweka mipango thabiti ya utekelezaji iliyowekwa ili kuhakikisha kwamba watu wenye uwakilishi mdogo katika jamii na makundi yaliyotengwa na jamii-
(a) wanashiriki na wanawakilishwa katika utawala na nyanja nyingine za maisha;
(b) wanapewa fursa maalumu katika nyanja za elimu na uchumi;
(c) wanapewa fursa maalumu za kupata ajira;
(d) wanakuza tunu zao za kitamaduni, lugha na desturi; na
(e) wanaweza kupata maji, huduma za afya na miundombinu. (Kifungu cha 56)
Minorities
Kenya
- EnglishThe following principles shall guide all aspects of public finance in the Republic-
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(b) the public finance system shall promote an equitable society, and in particular—
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(iii) expenditure shall promote the equitable development of the country, including by making special provision for marginalised groups and areas;
… (Art. 201) - SwahiliKanuni zifuatazo zitaongoza nyanja zote za fedha za umma katika Jamhuri
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(b) mfumo wa fedha za umma utaimarisha jamii yenye usawa, na haswa-
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(iii) matumizi yataimarisha maendeleo sawa ya nchi, ikiwa ni pamoja na kutunga sheria maalumu kwa ajili ya makundi na maeneo ya pembezoni;
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Minorities
Pakistan
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Wherein the Muslims shall be enabled to order their lives in the individual and collective spheres in accordance with the teachings and requirements of Islam as set out in the Holy Quran and Sunnah;
Wherein adequate provision shall be made for the minorities freely to profess and practise their religions and develop their cultures;
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Wherein shall be guaranteed fundamental rights, including equality of status, of opportunity and before law, social, economic and political justice, and freedom of thought, expression, belief, faith, worship and association, subject to law and public morality;
Wherein adequate provision shall be made to safeguard the legitimate interests of minorities and backward and depressed classes;
… (Preamble) - Urdu...
جس میں مسلمانوں کو انفرادی اور اجتماعی حلقہ ہائے عمل میں اس قابل بنایا جائے گا کہ وہ اپنی زندگی کو اسلامی تعلیمات و مقتضیات کے مطابق، جس طرح قرآن پاک اور سنت میں تعین کیا گیا ہے،ترتیب دےسکیں؛
جس میں قرار واقعی انتظام کیا جائے گا کہ اقلیتیں آزادی سے اپنے مذاہب پر عقیدہ رکھ سکیں اور ان پر عمل کر سکیں اور اپنی ثقافتوں کو ترقی دے سکیں؛
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جس میں بنیادی حقوق کی ضمانت دی جائے گی اور ان حقوق میں قانون اور اخلاق عامہ کے تابع حیثیت اور مواقع میں مساوات، قانون کی نظر میں برابری، معاشرتی، معاشی اور سیاسی انصاف اور خیال، اظہار خیال، عقیدہ، دین، عبادت اور اجتماع کی آزادی شامل ہوگی؛
جس میں اقلیتوں اور پسماندہ اور پست طبقوں کے جائز مفادات کے تحفظ کا قرار واقعی انتظام کیا جائےگا۔
…(تمہید)
Minorities
Zambia
- English1. The guiding values and principles of the public service include the following—
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j. adequate and equal opportunities for appointments, training and advancement of members of both gender and members of all ethnic groups; … (Art. 173)
Minorities
Viet Nam
- EnglishA citizen has the right to determine his or her ethnicity, use his or her mother tongue and choose his or her language of communication. (Art. 42)
- VietnameseCông dân có quyền xác định dân tộc của mình, sử dụng ngôn ngữ mẹ đẻ, lựa chọn ngôn ngữ giao tiếp. (Điều 42)