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Political Rights and Association
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(4) In the composition of the Government, women shall be fairly represented.
… (Sec. 214)
Political Rights and Association
- English(1) The right to form political parties is hereby guaranteed.
(2) Every citizen of Ghana of voting age has the right to join a political party.
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(10) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, every citizen of voting age has the right to participate in political activity intended to influence the composition and policies of the Government.
… (Art. 55)
Political Rights and Association
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(a) Subject to this Constitution and relevant laws, every citizen has the right to elect and right to be elected to the Pyithu Hluttaw, the Amyotha Hluttaw, and the Region or State Hluttaw.
... (Sec. 369) - Burmese
(က) နိုင်ငံသားတိုင်းသည် ဤဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေနှင့်ဖြစ်စေ၊ သက်ဆိုင်ရာ ဥပဒေများနှင့် ဖြစ်စေ မဆန့်ကျင်လျှင် ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော်၊ အမျိုးသားလွှတ်တော်၊ တိုင်းဒေသကြီးလွှတ်တော် သို့မဟုတ် ပြည်နယ်လွှတ်တော် တစ်ရပ်ရပ်တွင် ရွေးကောက် တင်မြှောက်ခွင့်နှင့် ရွေးကောက် တင်မြှောက်ခံပိုင်ခွင့်ရှိသည်၊
... (ပုဒ်မ-၃၆၉)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishThe freedoms of opinion and of expression, of communication, of conscience, of religion, of the press, of association, of assembly, of movement, [and] of demonstration are guaranteed to all.
… (Art. 28) - Arabicحريات الرأي والتعبير والاتصال والوجدان والدين والصحافة وتكوين الجمعيات والتجمع والتنقل والتظاهر مضمونة للجميع.
... (المادة 28) - FrenchLes libertés d'opinion et d'expression, de communication, de conscience, de religion, de presse, d'association, de réunion, de circulation, de manifestations et de cortèges sont garanties à tous.
… (Art. 28)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishSuffrage is universal, equal and secret.
All the citizens of voting age, enjoying their civic and political rights[,] are electors, within the conditions determined by the law. (Art. 27) - FrenchLe suffrage est universel, égal et secret.
Sont électeurs, dans les conditions déterminées par la loi, tous les citoyens en âge de voter, jouissant de leurs droits civiques et politiques. (Art. 27)
Political Rights and Association
- English1. Everyone shall have the right of association, including the right to establish trade unions for the protection of his (her) interests. The freedom of activity of public associations shall be guaranteed.
… (Art. 30) - Russian1. Каждый имеет право на объединение, включая право создавать профессиональные союзы для защиты своих интересов. Свобода деятельности общественных объединений гарантируется.
… (Статья 30)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishNo adult person who has or acquires a right to vote at elections for the more numerous House of the Parliament of a State shall, while the right continues, be prevented by any law of the Commonwealth from voting at elections for either House of the Parliament of the Commonwealth. (Sec. 41)
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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(2) The state shall guarantee to both men and women the equal right to enjoy all civil, political, social, cultural, and economic rights, … (Art 48) - Arabic…
2.تكفل الدولة للرجال والنساء الحق المتساوي في التمتع بكل الحقوق المدنيو والسياسية والإجتماعية والثقافية والإقتصادية بما فيها الحق في الأجر المتساوي للعمل المتساوي والمزايا الوظيفية الأُخري ... (الماده 49)
Political Rights and Association
- English1. Laws revising the Constitution shall respect:
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g) The free, universal, direct, secret and regular suffrage of the office holders of the organs of sovereignty, as well as the system of proportional representation;
… (Sec. 156) - Tetum1. Lei kona-ba hala’o revizaun ba Lei-Inan tenke respeita:
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g) Sufrájiu livre, universál, diretu, sekretu, no periódiku kona-ba órgaun soberanu sira, nune’e mós ba sistema reprezentasaun proporsionál nian;
… (Art. 156) - Portuguese1. As leis de revisão constitucional têm que respeitar:
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g) O sufrágio livre, universal, directo, secreto e periódico dos titulares dos órgãos de soberania, bem como o sistema de representação proporcional;
… (Art. 156)