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Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishThe following are the rights and duties of the citizens:
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d. To opt for public offices [cargos]
… (Art. 136) - SpanishSon derechos y deberes de los ciudadanos:
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d) Optar a cargos públicos;
… (Art. 136)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
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The state is ruled on the basis of justice, shura, and equality. Citizens—in accordance with this statute and the conditions and circumstances prescribed by the law—have the right to participate in public affairs. (Art. 12)
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يقوم الحكم في الدولة على أساس العدل والشورى والمساواة، وللمواطنين – وفقا لهذا النظام والشروط والأوضاع التي يبينها القانون – حق المشاركة في الشؤون العامة. (المادّة ١٢)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishThe High Council of Communication consists of nine (9) members including at least four (4) women.
… (Art. 139) - FrenchLe Haut Conseil de la Communication comprend neuf (9) membres dont au moins quatre (4) femmes.
… (Art. 139)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
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The law will establish the form and procedures through open contest for the composition of the jurisdictional organs, observing the principle of parity of gender.
… (Art. 94) - Spanish…
La ley establecerá la forma y procedimientos mediante concursos abiertos para la integración de los órganos jurisdiccionales, observando el principio de paridad de género.
… (Art. 94)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
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(1) No person shall be appointed by the President as the Chairman or a member of any of the Commissions specified in the Schedule to this Article, except on a recommendation of the Council.
(2) The provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article shall apply in respect of any person appointed to act as the Chairman or as a member of any such Commission.
(3) It shall be the duty of the Council to recommend to the President fit and proper persons for appointment as Chairmen or members of the Commissions specified in the Schedule to this Article, whenever the occasion for such appointments arises, and such recommendations shall endeavour to ensure that such recommendations reflect the pluralistic character of Sri Lankan society, including gender. In the case of the Chairmen of such Commissions, the Council shall recommend three persons for appointment, and the President shall appoint one of the persons recommended as Chairman.
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SCHEDULE
(a) The Election Commission.
(b) The Public Service Commission.
(c) The National Police Commission.
(d) The Audit Service Commission.
(e) The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka.
(f) The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption.
(g) The Finance Commission.
(h) The Delimitation Commission.
(i) The National Procurement Commission. (Art. 41B) - Sinhala
(1) මේ ව්යවස්ථාවේ උපලේඛනයේ නිශ්චිතව සඳහන් යම් කොමිෂන් සභාවක සභාපතිවරයා ලෙස හෝ සාමාජිකයකු ලෙස හෝ ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් තැනැත්තකු පත් කිරීම සභාවේ නිර්දේශය මත හැර, නොකරනු ලැබිය යුත්තේ ය.
(2) මේ ව්යවස්ථාවේ (1) වන අනු ව්යවස්ථාවේ විධිවිධාන, එකී යම් කොමිෂන් සභාවක සභාපතිවරයා ලෙස හෝ සාමාජිකයකු ලෙස වැඩබැලීම සඳහා පත් කරනු ලැබූ යම් තැනැත්තකු සම්බන්ධයෙන් ද අදාළ විය යුත්තේ ය.
(3) මේ ව්යවස්ථාවේ උපලේඛනයේ නිශ්චිතව සඳහන් කොමිෂන් සභාවල සභාපතිවරුන් ලෙස හෝ සාමාජිකයන් ලෙස පත් කිරීම සඳහා අවස්ථාව එළඹෙන කවර හෝ විටක එසේ පත් කරනු ලැබිය යුතු නිසි සහ යෝග්ය තැනැත්තන් ජනාධිපතිවරයා වෙත නිර්දේශ කිරීම සභාවේ කාර්යයක් වන අතර ඒ නිර්දේශවලින් ලිංගික වර්ගීකරණය ඇතුළුව ශ්රී ලාංකීය සමාජයේ බහුත්ත්ව ස්වභාවය පිළිබිඹු වන බව වගබලා ගැනීමට ප්රයත්න දරනු ලැබිය යුත්තේ ය. ඒ කොමිෂන් සභාවල සහාපතිවරුන් සම්බන්ධයෙන් වන විට, පත් කිරීම සඳහා සභාව විසින් තැනැත්තන් තිදෙනෙකු නිර්දේශ කරනු ලැබිය යුතු අතර, නිර්දේශ කරනු ලැබූ තැනැත්තන්ගෙන් එක් අයෙකු ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් සභාපතිවරයා ලෙස පත් කරනු ලැබිය යුත්තේ ය.
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උපලේඛනය
(අ) මැතිවරණ කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(ආ) රාජ්ය සේවා කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(ඇ) ජාතික පොලිස් කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(ඈ) විගණන සේවා කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(ඉ) ශ්රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(ඊ) අල්ලස් හෝ දූෂණ චෝදනා විමර්ශනය කිරීමේ කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(උ) මුදල් කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(ඌ) සීමා නිර්ණය කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(එ) ජාතික ප්රසම්පාදන කොමිෂන් සභාව. (41ආ වැනි වගන්තිය)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishParticipation of citizens in the public life is a national duty.
… (Art. 87) - Arabicمشاركة المواطن فى الحياة العامة واجب وطنى،
… (المادّة 87)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- 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
- EnglishThe door for holding a public office is open to all citizens on the basis of equal conditions and in accordance with the provisions of the law. … (Art. 35)
- Arabicباب الوظائف العامة مفتوح لجميع المواطنين على أساس المساواة بينهم في الظروف وفقا لأحكام القانون ... (المادّة 35)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
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(5) The State shall actively promote the integration of the peoples of Ghana and prohibit discrimination and prejudice on the grounds of place of origin, circumstances of birth, ethnic origin, gender or religion, creed or other beliefs.
(6) Towards the achievement of the objectives stated in clause (5) of this article, the State shall take appropriate measures to—
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(b) achieve reasonable regional and gender balance in recruitment and appointment to public offices;
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(d) make democracy a reality by decentralizing the administrative and financial machinery of government to the regions and districts and by affording all possible opportunities to the people to participate in decision-making at every level in national life and in government;
… (Art. 35)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
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b. The State guarantees reconciling the duties of women towards the family with their work in society, and their equality with men in political, social, cultural, and economic spheres without breaching the provisions of Islamic canon law (Shari’a).
… (Art. 5) - Arabic…
ب - تكفل الدولة التوفيق بين واجبات المرأة نحو الأسرة وعملها في المجتمع، ومساواتها بالرجال في ميادين الحياة السياسية والاجتماعية والثـقافية والاقـتصادية دون إخلال بأحكام الشريعة الإسلامية.
(المادّة 5) …