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Political Rights and Association
- English…
2 Every person has the right to form, join or belong to an association and to participate in the activities of an association.
… (Art. 23) - French…
2 Toute personne a le droit de créer des associations, d’y adhérer ou d’y appartenir et de participer aux activités associatives.
… (Art. 23) - German…
2 Jede Person hat das Recht, Vereinigungen zu bilden, Vereinigungen beizutreten oder anzugehören und sich an den Tätigkeiten von Vereinigungen zu beteiligen.
… (Art. 23) - Italian…
2 Ognuno ha il diritto di costituire associazioni, di aderirvi o di farne parte e di partecipare alle attività associative.
… (Art. 23)
Political Rights and Association
- English1. Greeks shall have the right to form non-profit associations and unions, in compliance with the law, which, however, may never subject the exercise of this right to prior permission.
… (Art. 12) - Greek1. Oι Έλληνες έχουν το δικαίωμα να συνιστούν ενώσεις και μη κερδοσκοπικά σωματεία, τηρώντας τους νόμους, που ποτέ όμως δεν μπορούν να εξαρτήσουν την άσκηση του δικαιώματος αυτού από προηγούμενη άδεια.
… ('Αρθρο 12)
Political Rights and Association
- English1. Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and to freedom of association with others,
… (Art. 11 of ECHR, Human Rights Act 1998 Schedule 1)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishSubject to the provisions of article 58 of this Constitution, a person shall be qualified to be registered as a voter for the election of members of the House of Representatives if, and shall not be qualified to be so registered unless –
(a) he is a citizen of Malta;
(b) he has attained the age of sixteen years; and
(c) he is resident in Malta and has during the eighteen months immediately preceding his registration been a resident for a continuous period of six months or for periods amounting in the aggregate to six months:
Provided that this paragraph shall not apply to a person who is ordinarily resident in Malta but has not been resident in Malta as required by this paragraph by reason of service abroad in the public service, including service in the offices referred to in sub-article (3) of article 124 of this Constitution, or by reason of service abroad in, or as a member of, a disciplined force as defined in article 47 of this Constitution. (Art. 57) - MalteseBla ħsara għad-disposizzjonijiet tal-artikolu 58 ta’ din il-Kostituzzjoni, persuna tkun kwalifikata biex tkun reġistrata bħala elettur għall-elezzjoni ta’ membri tal-Kamra tad-Deputati jekk tkun, u ma tkunx kwalifikata biex tkun hekk reġistrata jekk ma tkunx –
(a) ċittadin ta’ Malta;
(b) għalqet l-età ta’ sittax-il sena; u
(ċ) residenti f’Malta u matul it-tmintax-il xahar minnufih qabel ir-reġistrazzjoni tagħha hekk residenti għal perijodu kontinwu ta’ sitt xhur jew għal perijodi li jammontaw fit-total globali għal sitt xhur:
Iżda dan il-paragrafu ma japplikax għal persuna li tkun ordinarjament tirrisjedi f’Malta iżda ma tkunx tirrisjedi f’Malta kif meħtieġ b’dan il-paragrafu minħabba servizz barra minn Malta fis-servizz pubbliku, magħdud servizz fil-karigi msemmija fis-subartikolu (3) tal-artikolu 124 ta’ din il-Kostituzzjoni, jew minħabba servizz barra minn Malta f’korp, jew bħala membru ta’ korp, dixxiplinat kif imfisser fl-artikolu 47 ta’ din il-Kostituzzjoni. (Art. 57)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishThe freedom of political, trade union and other association and action, without approval, by the registration with the competent authority, shall be guaranteed.
… (Art. 53) - MontenegrinJemči se sloboda političkog, sindikalnog i drugog udruživanja i djelovanja, bez odobrenja, uz upis kod nadležnog organa.
… (Član 53)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishEvery Finnish citizen who has reached eighteen years of age has the right to vote in national elections and referendums. Specific provisions in this Constitution shall govern the eligibility to stand for office in national elections.
Every Finnish citizen and every other citizen of the European Union resident in Finland, having attained eighteen years of age, has the right to vote in the European Parliamentary elections, as provided by an Act.
… (Sec. 14) - FinnishJokaisella Suomen kansalaisella, joka on täyttänyt kahdeksantoista vuotta, on oikeus äänestää valtiollisissa vaaleissa ja kansanäänestyksessä. Vaalikelpoisuudesta valtiollisissa vaaleissa on voimassa, mitä siitä erikseen säädetään tässä perustuslaissa.
Jokaisella Suomen kansalaisella ja maassa asuvalla muulla Euroopan unionin kansalaisella, joka on täyttänyt kahdeksantoista vuotta, on oikeus äänestää Euroopan parlamentin vaaleissa sen mukaan kuin lailla säädetään.
… (14 §) - SwedishVarje finsk medborgare som har fyllt aderton år har rätt att rösta i statliga val och folkomröstningar. Om valbarhet i statliga val gäller vad som särskilt bestäms i denna grundlag.
Varje finsk medborgare och varje i Finland bosatt medborgare i Europeiska unionen som har fyllt aderton år har rätt att rösta vid val till Europaparlamentet enligt vad som bestäms genom lag.
… (14 §)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishBelgians have the right to enter into association or partnership; this right cannot be subject to any preventive measure. (Art. 27)
- DutchDe Belgen hebben het recht van vereniging; dit recht kan niet aan enige preventieve maatregel worden onderworpen. (Art. 27)
- FrenchLes Belges ont le droit de s’associer; ce droit ne peut être soumis à aucune mesure préventive. (Art. 27)
- GermanDie Belgier haben das Recht, Vereinigungen zu bilden; dieses Recht darf keiner präventiven Maßnahme unterworfen werden. (Art. 27)
Political Rights and Association
- English1. The people exercise political power by means of universal, equal, direct, secret and periodic suffrage, referendum and the other forms provided for in the Constitution.
... (Art. 10) - Portuguese1. O povo exerce o poder político através do sufrágio universal, igual, directo, secreto e periódico, do referendo e das demais formas previstas na Constituição.
... (Art. 10)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishAll elections, and national and local referendums shall be held on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot. (Art. 10)
- BulgarianИзборите, националните и местните референдуми се произвеждат въз основа нɚ общо, равно и пряко избирателно право с тайно гласуване. (Чл. 10)
Political Rights and Association
- English
Everyone shall be guaranteed the right to freedom of association for the purposes of the protection of common interests or the promotion of social, economic, political, national, cultural and other convictions and aims.
… (Art. 43) - Croatian
Svakom se jamči pravo na slobodno udruživanje radi zaštite njihovih probitaka ili zauzimanja za socijalna, gospodarska, politička, nacionalna, kulturna ili druga uvjerenja i ciljeve.
… (Članak 43)