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Participation in Public Life and Institutions

Paraguay
  • English
    Agrarian reform and rural development are effected in accordance with the following bases:
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    10. the participation of the peasant woman, in equality with the man, in the plans of agrarian reform;
    … (Art. 115)
  • Spanish
    La reforma agraria y el desarrollo rural se efectuarán de acuerdo con las siguientes bases:
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    10. la participación de la mujer campesina, en igualdad con el hombre, en los planes de la reforma agraria;
    … (Art. 115)

Participation in Public Life and Institutions

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
  • English
    Everyone has a duty to fulfill his or her social responsibilities and participate together in the political, civic and community life of the country, promoting and protecting human rights as the foundation of democratic coexistence and social peace. (Art. 132)
  • Spanish
    Toda persona tiene el deber de cumplir sus responsabilidades sociales y participar solidariamente en la vida política, civil y comunitaria del país, promoviendo y defendiendo los derechos humanos como fundamento de la convivencia democrática y de la paz social. (Art. 132)

Participation in Public Life and Institutions

Barbados
  • English
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    Now, therefore, the people of Barbados
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    (c) declare their intention to establish and maintain a society in which all persons may, to the full extent of their capacity, play a due part in the institutions of the national life;
    … (Preamble)

Participation in Public Life and Institutions

Colombia
  • English
    By means of the statutory laws, the Congress of the Republic will regulate the following matters:
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    d. Institutions and mechanisms of citizen participation;
    … (Art. 152)
  • Spanish
    Mediante las leyes estatutarias, el Congreso de la República regulará las siguientes materias:
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    d) Instituciones y mecanismos de participación ciudadana.
    … (Art. 152)

Participation in Public Life and Institutions

El Salvador
  • English
    All Salvadorans [that are] older than eighteen years of age are citizens. (Art. 71)
  • Spanish
    Son ciudadanos todos los salvadoreños mayores de dieciocho años. (Art. 71)

Participation in Public Life and Institutions

Haiti
  • English
    The law shall regulate the civil service on the basis of aptitude, merit and conduct. It shall guarantee security of employment. (Art. 236-1)
  • French
    La loi règlemente la Fonction Publique sur la base de l'aptitude, du mérite et de la discipline. Elle garantit la sécurité de l'emploi. (Art. 236.1)

Participation in Public Life and Institutions

Saint Lucia
  • English
    (1) Subject to the provisions of subsections (4), (5) and (7), no law shall make any provision that is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect.
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    (3) In this section, the expression “discriminatory” means affording different treatment to different persons attributable wholly or mainly to their respective descriptions by sex, race, place of origin, political opinions, colour or creed whereby persons of one such description are subjected to disabilities or restrictions to which persons of another such description are not made subject or are accorded privileges or advantages which are not accorded to persons of another such description.
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    (5) Nothing contained in any law shall be held to be inconsistent with or in contravention of subsection (1) to the extent that it makes provision with respect to standards or qualifications (not being standards or qualifications specifically relating to sex, race, place of origin, political opinions, colour or creed) to be required of any person who is appointed to or to act in any office or employment.
    … (Sec. 13)

Participation in Public Life and Institutions

Bolivia, Plurinational State of
  • English
    I. The Republic of Bolivia adopts a participatory democratic, representative and communal form of government, with equal conditions for men and women.
    … (Art. 11)
  • Spanish
    I. La República de Bolivia adopta para su gobierno la forma democrática participativa, representativa y comunitaria, con equivalencia de condiciones entre hombres y mujeres.
    … (Art. 11)

Participation in Public Life and Institutions

Dominican Republic
  • English
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    5. The State should promote and guarantee the equal participation of women and men in candidate lists to the offices of popular election for the instances of guidance and decision in the public sphere, in the administration of justice, and in the State-controlled bodies. (Art. 39)
  • Spanish
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    5) El Estado debe promover y garantizar la participación equilibrada de mujeres y hombres en las candidaturas a los cargos de elección popular para las instancias de dirección y decisión en el ámbito público, en la administración de justicia y en los organismos de control del Estado. (Art. 39)

Participation in Public Life and Institutions

Guatemala
  • English
    The following are the rights and duties of the citizens:
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    d. To opt for public offices [cargos]
    … (Art. 136)
  • Spanish
    Son derechos y deberes de los ciudadanos:
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    d) Optar a cargos públicos;
    … (Art. 136)