SEARCH DATABASE
The Global Gender Equality Constitutional Database is a repository of gender equality related provisions in 194 constitutions from around the world. The Database was updated in partnership with the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and with support from the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) and the Government of Japan. Experience its wealth and depth of information by starting your search now.
Political Rights and Association
- English
The citizens of Mongolia are guaranteed to exercise the following rights and freedoms:
…
9/ the right to take part in the conduct of State affairs directly or through representative bodies. The right to elect and to be elected to State bodies. The right to elect shall be exercised from the age of eighteen years and the age eligible for being elected shall be determined by law according to the requirements in respect of the state bodies or positions concerned;
10/ right to form a party or other mass organizations and freedom of association to these organizations on the basis of social and personal interests and opinion. …
11/ men and women shall enjoy equal rights in political, economic, social, cultural fields and in family relationship.
… (Art. 16) - Mongolian
Монгол Улсын иргэн дараахь үндсэн эрх, эрх чөлөөг баталгаатай эдэлнэ:
…
9) шууд буюу төлөөлөгчдийн байгууллагаараа уламжлан төрийг удирдах хэрэгт оролцох эрхтэй. Төрийн байгууллагад сонгох, сонгогдох эрхтэй. Сонгох эрхийг арван найман наснаас эдэлнэ. Сонгогдох насыг төрийн зохих байгууллага, албан тушаалд тавих шаардлагыг харгалзан хуулиар тогтооно;
10) нийгмийн болон өөрсдийн ашиг сонирхол, үзэл бодлын үүднээс нам, олон нийтийн бусад байгууллага байгуулах, сайн дураараа эвлэлдэн нэгдэх эрхтэй. …
11) улс төр, эдийн засаг, нийгэм соёлын амьдрал, гэр бүлийн харилцаанд эрэгтэй, эмэгтэй тэгш эрхтэй.
… (Арван зургадугаар зүйл)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishThe National Popular Assembly has exclusive competence to legislate on:
…
l. Associations and political parties;
… (Art. 86) - PortugueseÉ da exclusiva competência da Assembleia Nacional Popular legislar sobre as seguintes matérias:
…
l) Associações e partidos políticos;
… (Art. 86)
Political Rights and Association
- English... The citizens of Turkmenistan, who attained the age of 18, shall have the right to vote; each voter shall have one vote.
Citizens recognized by the court as legally incapable, as well as serving sentence in prisons, shall not participate in elections. Limiting the electoral rights of citizens in other cases shall not be acceptable, and shall be punishable by law. (Art. 119) - Russian... Право избирать имеют граждане Туркменистана, достигшие восемнадцатилетнего возраста, каждый избиратель имеет один голос.
В выборах не участвуют граждане, признанные судом недееспособными, а также отбывающие наказание в местах лишения свободы. Ограничение избирательных прав граждан в других случаях является недопустимым и влечёт ответственность, установленную законом. (Статья 119) - Turkmen... Türkmenistanyň on sekiz ýaşy dolan raýatlarynyň saýlamaga hukugy bardyr, her bir saýlawçynyň bir sesi bardyr.
Saýlawlara kazyýet tarapyndan kämillik ukyby ýok diýlip ykrar edilen, şeýle hem azatlykdan mahrum ediliş ýerlerinde jeza çekýän raýatlar gatnaşmaýarlar. Beýleki halatlarda raýatlaryň saýlaw hukuklarynyň çäklendirilmegi ýol berilmesizdir we ol kanunda bellenilen jogapkärçilige eltýär.(119-njy madda)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishNo person shall be qualified to be an elector at an election of the President, or of the Members of Parliament or to vote at any Referendum, if he is subject to any of the following disqualifications, namely –
(a) if he is not a citizen of Sri Lanka;
(b) if he has not attained the age of eighteen years on the qualifying date specified by law under the provisions of Article 101;
(c) if he is under any law in force in Sri Lanka found or declared to be of unsound mind;
… (Art. 89) - Sinhala(අ) යම්කිසි තැනැත්තෙක් ශ්රී ලංකාවේ පුරවැසියෙක් නොවේ නම්,
(ආ) යම්කිසි තැනැත්තෙක් 101 වැනි ව්යවස්ථාවේ විධිවිධාන යටතේ නීතියෙන් නිශ්චය කොට ඇති සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමේ දිනයේ දී අටළොස් විය සම්පූර්ණ කර නොමැති නම්,
(ඇ) යම්කිසි තැනැත්තෙක් සිහිවිකල තැනැත්තකු ලෙස ශ්රී ලංකාවේ බලපවත්නා යම්කිසි නීතියක් යටතේ තීරණය කරනු ලැබ සිටී නම් හෝ විනිශ්චය කරනු ලැබ සිටී නම්
– ඒ තැනැත්තා ජනාධිපතිවරයා තෝරා පත් කිරීමේ ඡන්ද විමසීමක දී හෝ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරයන් තෝරා පත් කිරීමේ මැතිවරණයක දී හෝ ඡන්ද හිමියකු වීමට හෝ ජනමත විචාරණයක දී ඡන්දය දීමට හෝ සුදුස්සෙක් නොවන්නේ ය.
… (89 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishThe members of the House of Representatives are elected directly by citizens who are at least eighteen years of age and who do not fall within the categories of exclusion stipulated by the law.
Each elector has the right to only one vote. (Art. 61) - DutchDe leden van de Kamer van volksvertegen woordigers worden rechtstreeks gekozen door de burgers die volle achttien jaar oud zijn en die niet verkeren in een der gevallen van uitsluiting bij de wet bepaald.
Ieder kiezer heeft recht op slechts één stem. (Art. 61) - FrenchLes membres de la Chambre des représentants sont élus directement par les citoyens âgés de dix-huit ans accomplis et ne se trouvant pas dans l’un des cas d’exclusion prévus par la loi.
Chaque électeur n’a droit qu’à un vote. (Art. 61) - GermanDie Mitglieder der Abgeordnetenkammer werden unmittelbar von den Bürgern gewählt, die das achtzehnte Lebensjahr vollendet haben und sich nicht in einem der durch Gesetz bestimmten Ausschließungsfälle befinden.
Jeder Wähler hat ein Recht auf nur eine Stimme. (Art. 61)
Political Rights and Association
- English1. All Eritrean citizens, of eighteen years of age or more, shall have the right to vote.
2. The National Assembly shall enact an electoral law, which shall ensure the representation and participation of the Eritrean people. (Art. 30)
Political Rights and Association
- English(1) Every citizen above the age of 18, with the exception of those placed under judicial interdiction or serving a prison sentence, shall be free to elect state and local authorities and vote in referendums.
… (Art. 42) - Bulgarian(1) Гражданите, навършили 18 години, с изключение на поставените поɞ запрещение и изтърпяващите наказание лишаване от свобода, имат право да избират държавни ɢ местни органи и да участват в допитвания до народа.
… (Чл. 42)
Political Rights and Association
- English1. Citizens of the Republic of Armenia, which have attained the age of 18 on the day of an election to the National Assembly or on the day of a referendum, shall have the right to vote in such election and to take part in such referendum.
… (Art. 48) - Armenian1. Ազգային ժողովի ընտրության կամ հանրաքվեի օրը տասնութ տարին լրացած Հայաստանի Հանրապետության քաղաքացիներն ունեն ընտրելու և հանրաքվեին մասնակցելու իրավունք:
… (Հոդված 48)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishAll Croatian citizens who have reached the age of eighteen years (voters) shall be entitled to universal and equal suffrage in elections for the Croatian Parliament, the President of the Republic of Croatia and the European Parliament and in decision-making procedures by national referendum, in compliance with law.
… (Art. 45) - CroatianHrvatski državljani s navršenih 18 godina (birači) imaju opće i jednako biračko pravo u izborima za Hrvatski sabor, Predsjednika Republike Hrvatske i Europski parlament te u postupku odlučivanja na državnom referendumu, u skladu sa zakonom.
… (Članak 45)
Political Rights and Association
- English…
The law equally establishes the rules concerning:
…
• the regime of the political parties, of the non-governmental associations and organizations;
… (Art. 125) - French…
La loi fixe également les règles concernant:
…
- le régime des partis politiques, des associations et des organisations non gouvernementales;
… (Art. 125)