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Political Rights and Association

China
  • English
    Citizens of the People’s Republic of China enjoy freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly, of association, of procession and of demonstration. (Art. 35)
  • Chinese
    中华人民共和国公民有言论、出版、集会、结社、游行、示威的自由。(第三十五条)

Political Rights and Association

Indonesia
  • 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.
    …
    (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.
    …
    (6) Ketentuan lebih lanjut tentang pemilihan umum diatur dengan undang-undang. (Pasal 22E)

Political Rights and Association

Kyrgyzstan
  • 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

Lao People’s Democratic Republic
  • 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)

Political Rights and Association

Turkmenistan
  • English
    The right to nominate candidates shall be exercised in accordance with the legislation of Turkmenistan. (Art. 123)
  • Russian
    Право выдвижения кандидатов осуществляется в соответствии с законодательством Туркменистана. (Статья 123)
  • Turkmen
    Dalaşgärleri hödürlemek hukugy Türkmenistanyň kanunçylygyna laýyklykda amala aşyrylýar. (123-nji madda)

Political Rights and Association

Sri Lanka
  • English
    The Sovereignty of the People shall be exercised and enjoyed in the following manner:–
    …
    (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)
  • Sinhala
    ජනතාවගේ පරමාධිපත්‍යය ක්‍රියාත්මක වීම ද, භුක්ති විඳීම ද, මතු දැක්වෙන ආකාරයෙන් සිදුවන්නේ ය:–
    …
    (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

Japan
  • English
    (1) The people have the inalienable right to choose their public officials and to dismiss them.
    …
    (3) Universal adult suffrage is guaranteed with regard to the election of public officials.
    … (Art. 15)
  • Japanese
    １　公務員を選定し、及びこれを罷免することは、国民固有の権利である。
    ...
    ３　公務員の選挙については、成年者による普通選挙を保障する。
    ... (第15条)

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

Bahrain
  • English
    The freedom to form associations and unions on national principles, for lawful objectives and by peaceful means is guaranteed under the rules and conditions laid down by law, provided that the fundamentals of the religion and public order are not infringed. No one can be forced to join any association or union or to continue as a member. (Art. 27)
  • Arabic
    حرية تكوين الجمعيات والنقابات، على أسس وطنية ولأهداف مشروعة وبوسائل سلمية، مكفولة وفقاً للشروط والأوضاع التي يـبـينها القانون، بشرط عدم المساس بأسس الدين والنظام العام. ولا يجوز إجبار أحـد على الانضمـام إلى أي جمعيـة أو نقابة أو الاستمرار فيها. (المادّة 27)

Political Rights and Association

Myanmar
  • 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)