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Political Rights and Association
- EnglishThe Queen of Cambodia shall have no right to engage in politics, to assume a leading function in State or Government affairs, or to assume an administrative or political role.
The Queen of Cambodia shall devote herself in tasks of social, humanitarian, religious interests, and assist the King in protocol and diplomatic obligations. (Art. 16) - Khmerព្រះមហេសីនៃព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា ពុំមានព្រះរាជសិទ្ធិ ធ្វើនយោបាយ ទទួលតួនាទីជាអ្នកដឹកនាំរដ្ឋ ឬជាអ្នកដឹកនាំ រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល ឬទទួលតួនាទីរដ្ឋបាល ឬនយោបាយឡើយ។
ព្រះមហេសីនៃព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជាទុកព្រះរាជកាយពល បំពេញព្រះរាជភារៈបម្រើប្រយោជន៍ សង្គម មនុស្សធម៌ សាសនា និងជួយព្រះមហាក្សត្រក្នុងព្រះរាជកាតព្វកិច្វ ផ្នែកពិធីការ និងការទូត។ (មាត្រា ១៦)
Political Rights and Association
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(4) Women shall have the right to participate in all bodies of the State on the basis of the principle of proportional inclusion.
… (Art. 38) - Nepali…
(४) राज्यका सबै निकायमा महिलालाई समानुपातिक समावेशी सिद्धान्तको आधारमा सहभागी हुने हक हुनेछ ।
... (धारा ३८)
Political Rights and Association
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2. Every person has the right to freedom of association with others, … (Art. 21) - Greek…
2. Έκαστος έχει το δικαίωμα του συνεταιρίζεσθαι μετ’ άλλων … (Αρθρον 21) - Turkish…
2. Her şahıs, toplanma hürriyeti hakkına sahiptir... (Madde 21)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishA person shall enjoy the liberty to unite and form an association, co-operative, union, organisation, community, or any other group. ... (Sec. 42)
- Thaiบุคคลย่อมมีเสรีภาพในการรวมกันเป็นสมาคม สหกรณ์ สหภาพ องค์กร ชุมชน หรือหมู่คณะอื่น … (มาตรา ๔๒)
Political Rights and Association
- English
(a) Every citizen shall have the right to elect and be elected in accord with the law.
... (Sec. 38) - Burmese
(က) နိုင်ငံသားတိုင်းသည် ဥပဒေနှင့်အညီ ရွေးကောက်တင်မြှောက်ခွင့် နှင့် ရွေးကောက် တင်မြှောက်ခံပိုင်ခွင့်ရှိသည်၊
... (ပုဒ်မ-၃၈)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishThe voting for the election of the President of the Republic and of the Members of Parliament and at any Referendum shall be free, equal and by secret ballot. (Art. 93)
- Sinhalaජනරජයේ ජනාධිපතිවරයා සහ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරයන් තෝරා පත් කර ගැනීම සඳහා ද, ජනමතවිචාරණවල දී ද, ඡන්දය දීම නිදහස්ව ද, සමානව ද, රහසේ ද, විය යුත්තේ ය. (93 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishThe state shall provide women with all opportunities enabling them to effectively and fully contribute to the political, economic, social and cultural life, and the state shall work on removing the restrictions that prevent their development and participation in building society. (Art. 23)
- Arabicتوفر الدولة للمرأة جميع الفرص التي تتيح لها المساهمة الفعالة والكاملة في الحياة السياسية والإقتصادية والإجتماعية والثقافية، وتعمل على إزالة القيود التي تمنع تطورها ومشاركتها في بناء المجتمع. (المادة 23)
Political Rights and Association
- English(1) General elections shall be conducted in a direct, general, free, secret, honest, and fair manner once every five years.
(2) General elections shall be conducted to elect the members of the DPR, DPD, the President and Vice-President, and the Regional People's Representative Council (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah or DPRD).
(3) The participants in the general election for the election of the members of the DPR and the members of the DPRDs are political parties.
(4) The participants in the general election for the election of the members of the DPD are individuals.
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(6) Further provisions regarding general elections shall be regulated by law. (Art. 22E) - Indonesian(1) Pemilihan umum dilaksanakan secara langsung, umum, bebas, rahasia, jujur, dan adil setiap lima tahun sekali.
(2) Pemilihan umum diselenggarakan untuk memilih anggota Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat, Dewan Perwakilan Daerah, Presiden dan Wakil Presiden dan Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah.
(3) Peserta pemilihan umum untuk memilih anggota Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat dan anggota Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah adalah partai politik.
(4) Peserta pemilihan umum untuk memilih anggota Dewan Perwakilan Daerah adalah perseorangan.
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(6) Ketentuan lebih lanjut tentang pemilihan umum diatur dengan undang-undang. (Pasal 22E)
Political Rights and Association
- English
1. Political parties, trade unions and other public associations may be established in the Kyrgyz Republic to implement and protect human and civil rights, freedoms and interests.
… (Art. 8) - Russian
1. В Кыргызской Республике могут создаваться политические партии, профессиональные союзы и другие общественные объединения для реализации и защиты прав, свобод и интересов человека и гражданина.
… (Статья 8) - Kyrgyz
1. Кыргыз Республикасында адамдын жана жарандын укуктарын, эркиндиктерин жана кызыкчылыктарын ишке ашыруу жана коргоо үчүн саясий партиялар, кесиптик бирликтер жана башка коомдук бирикмелер түзүлүшү мүмкүн.
… (8-берене)
Political Rights and Association
- English
Citizens of both women and men enjoy equal rights in the political, economic, cultural and social fields and in family affairs. (Art. 37)
- Lao
ພົນລະເມືອງລາວຍິງຊາຍ ມີສິດເທົ່າທຽມກັນ ໃນດ້ານການເມືອງ, ເສດຖະກິດ, ວັດທະນະທໍາ-ສັງຄົມ ແລະຄອບຄົວ. (ມາດຕາ 37)