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Political Rights and Association
- English
1. Every citizen of Georgia who has attained the age of 18 shall have the right to participate in referendums and elections of the bodies of the state, autonomous republics and local self-governments. The free expression of the will of a voter shall be guaranteed.
… (Art. 24) - Georgian
1. საქართველოს ყოველ მოქალაქეს 18 წლის ასაკიდან აქვს რეფერენდუმში, სახელმწიფო, ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკისა და ადგილობრივი თვითმმართველობის ორგანოების არჩევნებში მონაწილეობის უფლება. უზრუნველყოფილია ამომრჩევლის ნების თავისუფალი გამოვლენა.
… (მუხლი 24)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishI. Citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan have the right to participate without hindrance in the political life of the society and the State.
… (Art. 54) - AzerbaijaniI. Azərbaycan Respublikası vətəndaşlarının cəmiyyəti və dövlətin siyasi həyatında maneəsiz iştirak etmək hüququ vardır.
… (Maddə 54)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishThere shall be one electoral roll for each constituency for the purposes of elections to Parliament, and no special electoral roll shall be prepared so as to classify electors according to religion, race, caste or sex. (Art. 121)
- Bengaliসংসদের নির্বাচনের জন্য প্রত্যেক আঞ্চলিক নির্বাচনী এলাকার একটি করিয়া ভোটার-তালিকা থাকিবে এবং ধর্ম, জাত, বর্ণ ও নারী-পুরুষভেদের ভিত্তিতে ভোটারদের বিন্যস্ত করিয়া কোন বিশেষ ভোটার-তালিকা প্রণয়ন করা যাইবে না। (অনুচ্ছেদ ১২১)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishA person having the following qualifications has the right to vote at an election:
1. being of Thai nationality, provided that a person who has acquired Thai nationality by naturalisation must hold the Thai nationality for not less than five years;
2. being not less than eighteen years of age on the election day;
3. having his or her name listed in the household register in the constituency for not less than ninety days up to the date of the election.
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A voter who fails to vote without notification of a reasonable cause under the Organic Act on the Election of Members of the House of Representatives may be subject to a restriction of certain rights as provided by law. (Sec. 95) - Thaiบุคคลผู้มีคุณสมบัติดังต่อไปนี้ เป็นผู้มีสิทธิเลือกตั้ง
(๑) มีสัญชาติไทย แต่บุคคลผู้มีสัญชาติไทยโดยการแปลงสัญชาติจะต้องได้รับสัญชาติไทยมาแล้วไม่น้อยกว่าห้าปี
(๒) มีอายุไม่ต่ำกว่าสิบแปดปีในวันเลือกตั้ง
(๓) มีชื่ออยู่ในทะเบียนบ้านในเขตเลือกตั้งมาแล้วเป็นเวลาไม่น้อยกว่าเก้าสิบวันนับถึงวันเลือกตั้ง
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ผู้มีสิทธิเลือกตั้งซึ่งไม่ไปใช้สิทธิเลือกตั้งโดยมิได้แจ้งเหตุอันสมควรตามพระราชบัญญัติประกอบรัฐธรรมนูญว่าด้วยการเลือกตั้งสมาชิกสภาผู้แทนราษฎร อาจถูกจํากัดสิทธิบางประการตามที่กฎหมายบัญญัติ (มาตรา ๙๕)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishWomen in the People's Republic of China enjoy equal rights with men in all spheres of life, political, economic, cultural and social, and family life.
… (Art. 48) - Chinese中华人民共和国妇女在政治的、经济的、文化的、社会的和家庭的生活等各方面享有同男子平等的权利。
… (第四十八条)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishThe right of the people, including those employed in the public and private sectors, to form unions, associations, or societies for purposes not contrary to law shall not be abridged. (Art. III, Sec. 8)
- FilipinoHindi dapat hadlangan ang karapatan ng mga taong-bayan kabilang ang mga naglilingkod sa publiko at pribadong sektor na magtatag ng mga asosasyon, mga unyon, o mga kapisanan sa mga layuning hindi lalabag sa batas. (Art. III, Seksyon 8)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishWomen and men shall have the same rights and duties in all areas of family, political, economic, social and cultural life. (Sec. 17)
- TetumFeto no mane iha direitu no obrigasaun hanesan iha moris família, kulturál, sosiál, ekonómiku no polítiku nia laran. (Art. 17)
- PortugueseA mulher e o homem têm os mesmos direitos e obrigações em todos os domínios da vida familiar, cultural, social, económica e política. (Art. 17)
Political Rights and Association
- English1. Subject to clauses (2) and (3) –
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(c) all citizens of Singapore have the right to form associations.
… (Art. 14)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishAll citizens shall have the right to vote as prescribed by law. (Art. 24)
- Korean모든 국민은 법률이 정하는 바에 의하여 선거권을 가진다. (제24조)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishEvery person shall, unless disqualified as hereinafter provided, be qualified to be an elector at the election of the President and of the Members of Parliament or to vote at any Referendum:
Provided that no such person shall be entitled to vote unless his name is entered in the appropriate register of electors. (Art. 88) - Sinhalaමතු දැක්වෙන විධිවිධාන අනුව ඡන්ද බලය අහිමි වේ නම් මිස, සෑම තැනැත්තෙක් ම ජනාධිපතිවරයා තෝරා පත් කිරීමේ ඡන්ද විමසීමේ දී සහ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරයන් තෝරා පත් කිරීමේ මැතිවරණයේ දී ඡන්ද හිමියකු වීමට හෝ යම්කිසි ජනමත විචාරණයක දී ඡන්දය දීමට හෝ සුදුස්සෙක් වන්නේ ය:
එසේ වුව ද, එවැනි කිසිම තැනැත්තකුට ඔහුගේ නම උචිත ඡන්දහිමි නාමලේඛනෙයහි ඇතුළත් කර ඇත්නම් මිස ඡන්දය දීමට හිමිකම නොලැබිය යුත්තේ ය. (88 වැනි වගන්තිය)