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Minorities
Russian Federation
- 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)
Minorities
Slovakia
- English
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,
... (Preambula)
Minorities
New Zealand
- EnglishA person who belongs to an ethnic, religious, or linguistic minority in New Zealand shall not be denied the right, in community with other members of that minority, to enjoy the culture, to profess and practise the religion, or to use the language, of that minority. (Bill of Rights Act 1990, Sec. 20)
Minorities
India
- English(1) Seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, except the Scheduled Tribes in the autonomous districts of Assam, in the Legislative Assembly of every State.
… (Art. 332) - Hindi(1) प्रत्येक राज्य की विधान सभा में, अनुसूचित जातियों के लिए और असम के स्वशासी जिलों की अनुसूचित जनजातियों को छोड़ कर अन्य अनुसूचित जनजातियों के लिए स्थान आरक्षित रहेंगे।
… (अनुच्छेद 332)
Minorities
Burundi
- EnglishA time period of five years is granted to the Senate to evaluate in order to put an end to or to extend the system of ethnic quotas in the Executive, the Legislative and the Judiciary after the establishment of the institutions issuing from this Constitution. (Art. 289)
- KirundiInama Nkenguzamateka ihawe ikiringo c’imyaka itanu hamaze gushirwaho inzego zitegekanijwe n’iri Bwirizwa Shingiro kugira irimbure ivyakozwe hanyuma hakurwe mw’Ibwirizwa Shingiro ingendo ijanye n’ivy’amoko muri Reta, mu Nama Nshingamateka na Nkenguzamateka hamwe no mu Rwego rw’Ubutungane. (Art. 289)
- FrenchUn délai de cinq ans est accordé au Sénat pour évaluer afin de mettre fin ou proroger le système de quota ethniques dans l’Exécutif, le Législatif et le Judiciaire après la mise en place des institutions issues de la présente Constitution. (Art. 289)
Minorities
Nepal
- English(1) The economically, socially or educationally backward women, Dalit, indigenous nationalities, Madhesi, Tharu, Muslims, backward classes, minorities, marginalized communities, persons with disabilities, gender and sexual minorities, farmers, labourers, oppressed or citizens of backward regions and indigent Khas Arya shall have the right to participate in the State bodies on the basis of principle of proportional inclusion.
(2) The indigent citizens and citizens of the communities on the verge of extinction shall have the right to get special opportunities and benefits in education, health, housing, employment, food and social security for their protection, upliftment, empowerment and development.
… (Art. 42) - Nepali(१) सामाजिक रूपले पछाडि परेका महिला, दलित, आदिवासी, आदिवासी जनजाति, मधेशी, थारू, अल्पसंख्यक, अपांगता भएका व्यक्ति, सीमान्तीकृत, मुस्लिम, पिछडा वर्ग, लैंगिक तथा यौनिक अल्पसंख्यक, युवा, किसान, श्रमिक, उत्पीडित वा पिछडिएको क्षेत्रका नागरिक तथा आर्थिकरूपले विपन्न खस आर्यलाई समावेशी सिद्धान्तका आधारमा राज्यको निकायमा सहभागिताको हक हुनेछ ।
(२) आर्थिक रूपले विपन्न तथा लोपोन्मुख समुदायका नागरिकको संरक्षण, उत्थान, सशक्तीकरण र विकासकालागि शिक्षा, स्वास्थ्य, आवास रोजगारी, खाद्यान्न र सामाजिक सुरक्षामा विशेष अवसर तथा लाभ पाउने हक हुनेछ ।
... (धारा ४२)
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;
… (Kifungu cha 201)
Minorities
Pakistan
- English…
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
Canada
- English(1) Citizens of Canada
(a) whose first language learned and still understood is that of the English or French linguistic minority population of the province in which they reside, or
(b) who have received their primary school instruction in Canada in English or French and reside in a province where the language in which they received that instruction is the language of the English or French linguistic minority population of the province,
have the right to have their children receive primary and secondary school instruction in that language in that province.
(2) Citizens of Canada of whom any child has received or is receiving primary or secondary school instruction in English or French in Canada, have the right to haveall their children receive primary and secondary school instruction in the same language.
(3) The right of citizens of Canada under subsections (1) and (2) to have their children receive primary and secondary school instruction in the language of the English or French linguistic minority population of a province
(a) applies wherever in the province the number of children of citizens who have such a right is sufficient to warrant the provision to them out of public funds of minority language instruction; and
(b) includes, where the number of those children so warrants, the right to have them receive that instruction in minority language educational facilities provided out of public funds. (Constitution Act 1982, Sec. 23) - French(1) Les citoyens canadiens:
a) dont la première langue apprise et encore comprise est celle de la minorité francophone ou anglophone de la province où ils résident,
b) qui ont reçu leur instruction, au niveau primaire, en français ou en anglais au Canada et qui résident dans une province où la langue dans laquelle ils ont reçu cette instruction est celle de la minorité francophone ou anglophone de la province, ont, dans l’un ou l’autre cas, le droit d’y faire instruire leurs enfants, aux niveaux primaire et secondaire, dans cette langue.
(2) Les citoyens canadiens dont un enfant a reçu ou reçoit son instruction, au niveau primaire ou secondaire, en français ou en anglais au Canada ont le droit de faire instruire tous leurs enfants, aux niveaux primaire et secondaire, dans la langue de cette instruction.
(3) Le droit reconnu aux citoyens canadiens par les paragraphes (1) et (2) de faire instruire leurs enfants, aux niveaux primaire et secondaire, dans la langue de la minorité francophone ou anglophone d’une province:
a) s’exerce partout dans la province où le nombre des enfants des citoyens qui ont ce droit est suffisant pour justifier à leur endroit la prestation, sur les fonds publics, de l’instruction dans la langue de la minorité;
b) comprend, lorsque le nombre de ces enfants le justifie, le droit de les faire instruire dans des établissements d’enseignement de la minorité linguistique finances sur les fonds publics. (Loi constitutionnelle de 1982, Sec. 23)