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Political Rights and Association
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.
… (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)
Political Rights and Association
Thailand
- EnglishA person shall enjoy the liberty to unite and form a political party under the democratic regime of government with the King as Head of State, as provided by law. … (Sec. 45)
- Thaiบุคคลย่อมมีเสรีภาพในการรวมกันจัดตั้งพรรคการเมืองตามวิถีทางการปกครองระบอบประชาธิปไตยอันมีพระมหากษัตริย์ทรงเป็นประมุขตามที่กฎหมายบัญญัติ … (มาตรา ๔๕)
Political Rights and Association
Yemen
- EnglishEvery citizen has the right to participate in the political, economic, cultural life of the country. … (Art. 42)
- Arabicلكل مواطن حق الإسهام في الحياة السياسية والاقتصادية والاجتماعية والثقافية. ... (المادّة 42)
Political Rights and Association
Cambodia
- EnglishKhmer citizens of both sexes shall enjoy the right to vote and to stand as candidates for the election.
Khmer citizens of both sexes, at least eighteen years old, have the right to vote.
Khmer citizens of both sexes, at least twenty-five years old, have the right to stand as candidates for the elections of the members of the National Assembly.
Khmer citizens of both sexes, at least forty years old, have the right to stand as candidates for the elections of the members of the Senate.
Provisions depriving the right to vote and the right to stand as candidates for the elections shall be determined by the Electoral Law. (Art. 34) - Khmerប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរទាំងពីរភេទ មានសិទ្ធិបោះឆ្នោត និងអាចឈរឈ្មោះឱ្យគេបោះឆ្នោត។
ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរទាំងពីរភេទ ដែលមានអាយុយ៉ាងតិច ១៨ឆ្នាំ មានសិទ្ធិបោះឆ្នោត។
ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរទាំងពីរភេទ ដែលមានអាយុយ៉ាងតិច ២៥ឆ្នាំ អាចឈរឈ្មោះឱ្យគេបោះឆ្នោតជ្រើសតាំងជាតំណាងរាស្ត្រ។
ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរទាំងពីរភេទ ដែលមានអាយុយ៉ាងតិច ៤០ឆ្នាំ អាចឈរឈ្មោះឱ្យគេបោះឆ្នោតជ្រើសតាំងជាសមាជិកព្រឹទ្ធសភា។
បទប្បញ្ញត្តិដកសិទ្ធិបោះឆ្នោត និងសិទ្ធិឈរឈ្មោះឱ្យ គេបោះឆ្នោតត្រូវចែងក្នុងច្បាប់បោះឆ្នោត។ (មាត្រា ៣៤)
Political Rights and Association
Lebanon
- EnglishAll Lebanese are equal before the law. They equally enjoy civil and political rights, and assume obligations and public duties without any distinction among them. (Art. 7)
- Arabicكل اللبنانيين سواء لدى القانون وهم يتمتعون بالسواء بالحقوق المدنية والسياسية ويتحملون الفرائض والواجبات العامة دونما تمييز بينهم. (المادّة 7)
Political Rights and Association
Cyprus
- EnglishEvery citizen has, subject to the provisions of this Constitution and any electoral law of the Republic or of the relevant Communal Chamber made thereunder, the right to vote in any election held under this Constitution or any such law. (Art. 31)
- GreekΤηρουμένων των διατάξεων του Συντάγματος και οιωνδήποτε δυνάμει τούτου ψηφιζομένων εκλογικών νόμων της Δημοκρατίας ή της αρμοδίας Κοινοτικής Συνελεύσεως, πας πολίτης δικαιούται να ψηφίζη εις οιανδήποτε εκλογήν διενεργουμένην συμφώνως τω Συντάγματι και οιωδήποτε τοιούτω νόμω. (Αρθρον 31)
- TurkishHer vatandaş, bu Anayasanın ve onun gereğince yapılan herhangi bir Cumhuriyet veya ilgili Cemaat Meclisi seçim kanununun hükümlerine uygun olarak, bu Anayasa veya herhangi böyle bir kanun gereğince yapılan herhangi bir seçimde oy kullanma hakkına sahiptir. (Madde 31)
Political Rights and Association
Sri Lanka
- 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
Syrian Arab Republic
- EnglishEvery citizen shall have the right to participate in the political, economic, social and cultural life and the law shall regulate this. (Art. 34)
- Arabicلكل مواطن حق الإسهام في الحياة السياسية والإقتصادية والإجتماعية والثقافية وينظم القانون ذلك. (المادة 34)
Political Rights and Association
Bangladesh
- EnglishThe Republic shall be a democracy in which fundamental human rights and freedoms and respect for the dignity and worth of the human person shall be guaranteed, and in which effective participation by the people through their elected representatives in administration at all levels shall be ensured. (Art. 11)
- Bengaliপ্রজাতন্ত্র হইবে একটি গণতন্ত্র, যেখানে মৌলিক মানবাধিকার ও স্বাধীনতার নিশ্চয়তা থাকিবে, মানবসত্তার মর্যাদা ও মূল্যের প্রতি শ্রদ্ধাবোধ নিশ্চিত হইবে এবং প্রশাসনের সকল পর্যায়ে নির্বাচিত প্রতিনিধদের মাধ্যমে জনগণের কার্যকর অংশগ্রহণ নিশ্চিত হইবে]৷ (অনুচ্ছেদ ১১)
Political Rights and Association
Tajikistan
- EnglishA citizen shall have the right to take part in political life and state administration directly or via his representatives.
Citizens shall have the equal rights to state service.
A citizen shall have the right to take part in referendum, to elect from the age of 18 years and also be elected from the age fixed by Constitution, Constitutional laws and laws.
Persons deemed incompetent by a court or who have been deprived of liberty in accordance with a court sentence shall not have the right to take part in the elections and referendums.
Constitutional laws and laws shall regulate the procedure of elections. Referendum shall be held in accordance with Constitutional Law. (Art. 27) - RussianГражданин имеет право участвовать в политической жизни и управлении государственном непосредственно или через представителей.
Граждане имеют равное право на государственную службу.
Гражданин по достижении 18‐летнего возраста вправе участвовать в референдуме, избирать, а также быть избранным по достижении возраста, установленного Конституцией, конституционными законами и законами.
Лица, признанные судом недееспособными, либо содержащиеся в местах лищения свободы по приговору суда, не имеют права участвовать в выборах и референдумах.
Порядок проведения выборов регулируется конституционными законами и законами. Референдум проводится согласно конституционного закона. (Статья 27) - TajikШаҳрванд ҳақ дорад дар ҳаёти сиёсӣ ва идораи давлатӣ бевосита ва ё ба воситаи вакилонаш иштирок намояд.
Шаҳрвандон ба хидмати давлатӣ ҳуқуқи баробар доранд.
Шаҳрванд аз синни 18 ҳуқуқи дар раъйпурсӣ иштирок кардан, интихоб намудан, инчунин аз синни муқаррарнамудаи Конститутсия, қонунҳои конститутсионӣ ва қонунҳо ҳуқуқи интихоб шуданро дорад.
Шаірвандоне, ки аз тарафи суд љайри ѕобили амал дониста шудаанд ва ё мувофиѕи іукми суд дар їойіои аз озодњ маірумшудагон нигоі дошта мешаванд, іуѕуѕи дар интихобот ва раъйпурсњ иштирок кардан надоранд.
Тартиби гузаронидани интихоботро қонунҳои конститутсионӣ ва қонунҳо танзим менамоянд. Баргузории раъйпурсӣ тибқи қонуни конститутсионӣ сурат мегирад. (Моддаи 27)