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Political Rights and Association
- EnglishWhereas every person in Dominica is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms, that is to say, the rights whatever his race, place of origins, political opinions, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest, to each and all of the following, namely-
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(b) freedom of conscience, of expression and of assembly and association;
… (Sec. 1)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishOther than the matters that are assigned to it by the other articles of the Constitution, the law establishes the rules concerning:
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– the regime of the associations and of the political parties as well as the status of the opposition;
… (Art. 89) - Arabicغير المسائل التي تسندها إليه المواد الأخرى في الدستور، يُرسي القانون القواعد المتعلقة بـ:
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- نظام تكوين الجمعيات والأحزاب السياسية إلى جانب مركز المعارضة؛
... (المادة 89) - FrenchOutre les matières qui lui sont renvoyées par d’autres articles de la Constitution, la loi fixe les règles concernant:
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- le régime des associations et des partis politiques ainsi que le statut de l’opposition;
… (Art. 89)
Political Rights and Association
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The public powers work for the creation of the conditions permitting the effectiveness of liberty and of the equality of citizens to be made general [généraliser], as well as their participation in political, economic, cultural and social life.
… (Art. 6) - Arabic…
تعمل السّلطات العمومية على توفير الظروف التي تمكّن من تعميم الطّابع الفعلي لحرية المواطنات والمواطنين، والمساواة بينهم، ومن مشاركتهم في الحياة السياسيّة والاقتصاديّة والثقافيّة والاجتماعيّة.
… (الفصل 6)
Political Rights and Association
- English(1) Subject to this Constitution, every citizen of Seychelles who has attained the age of eighteen years has a right−
(a) to take part in the conduct of public affairs either directly or through freely chosen representatives;
(b) to be registered as a voter for the purpose of and to vote by secret ballot at public elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage;
(c) to be elected to public office; and
… (Art. 24)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishThe Sovereignty of the People shall be exercised and enjoyed in the following manner:–
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(e) the franchise shall be exercisable at the election of the President of the Republic and of the Members of Parliament and at every Referendum by every citizen who has attained the age of eighteen years and who, being qualified to be an elector as hereinafter provided, has his name entered in the register of electors. (Art. 4) - Sinhalaජනතාවගේ පරමාධිපත්යය ක්රියාත්මක වීම ද, භුක්ති විඳීම ද, මතු දැක්වෙන ආකාරයෙන් සිදුවන්නේ ය:–
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(ඉ) අටළොස් විය සම්පූර්ණ කර ඇත්තා වූ ද, මෙහි මින් මතු විධිවිධාන සලස්වා ඇති පරිදි ඡන්දහිමියකු වීමට සුදුසුකම් ලැබ තමාගේ නම ඡන්දහිමි නාමලේඛනයෙ ඇතුළත් කරනු ලැබ සිටින්නා වූ ද, සෑම පුරවැසියකු විසින් ම ජනරජයේ ජනාධිපතිවරයා තෝරා පත් කිරීමේ ඡන්ද විමසීමේ දී ද, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරයන් තෝරා පත් කිරීමේ මැතිවරණයේ දී ද, සෑම ජනමත විචාරණයක දී ද ඡන්ද බලය ක්රියාත්මක කළ හැකි විය යුතු වන්නේ ය. (4 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Political Rights and Association
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1. Subject to the succeeding provisions of this section, any person who is registered under an Act of Parliament as an elector for Parliamentary elections in an electoral district is entitled to vote, in such manner as is prescribed, in an election of a member of Parliament for that district.
... (Sec. 92)
Political Rights and Association
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The freedom of association is guaranteed. Every person has the right to constitute associations and to participate freely in the activities of the associations created. The functioning of the associations must conform to the laws and regulations in force.
… (Art. 21) - French
La liberté d’association est garantie. Toute personne a le droit de constituer des associations et de participer librement aux activités des associations créées. Le fonctionnement des associations doit se conformer aux lois et règlements en vigueur.
... (Art. 21)
Political Rights and Association
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(1) Citizens shall have the right to participate in the administration of public affairs directly or by freely elected representatives.
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(3) The right to vote shall be exercised through equal, universal and direct suffrage by secret ballot. The terms thereof shall be specified by law.
(4) All citizens shall have equal access to elected or public offices. (Art. 30) - Slovak
(1) Občania majú právo zúčastňovať sa na správe verejných vecí priamo alebo slobodnou voľbou svojich zástupcov.
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(3) Volebné právo je všeobecné, rovné a priame a vykonáva sa tajným hlasovaním. Podmienky výkonu volebného práva ustanoví zákon.
(4) Občania majú za rovnakých podmienok prístup k voleným a iným verejným funkciám. (Čl. 30)
Political Rights and Association
- English1. Every person shall be entitled to, and (except with his own consent) shall not be hindered in his enjoyment of freedom to associate freely with other persons for ideological, religious, political, economic, labour, social, cultural, recreational and similar purposes.
… (Sec. 16)
Political Rights and Association
- 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.
… (Art. 42) - Nepali(१) आर्थिक, सामाजिक वा शैक्षिक दृष्टिले पछाडि परेका महिला, दलित, आदिवासी जनजाति, मधेशी, थारू, मुस्लिम, पिछडा वर्ग, अल्पसंख्यक, सीमान्तीकृत, अपांगता भएका व्यक्ति, लैंगिक तथा यौनिक अल्पसंख्यक, किसान, श्रमिक, उत्पीडित वा पिछडिएको क्षेत्रका नागरिक तथा आर्थिक रूपले विपन्न खस आर्यलाई समानुपातिक समावेशी सिद्धान्तका आधारमा राज्यका निकायमा सहभागिताको हक हुनेछ ।
... (धारा ४२)