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Political Rights and Association
- English
(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
- English…
Suffrage may be direct or indirect as provided for by the Constitution. It shall always be universal, equal and secret.
All French citizens of either sex who have reached their majority and are in possession of their civil and political rights may vote as provided for by statute. (1958 Constitution, Art. 3) - French…
Le suffrage peut être direct ou indirect dans les conditions prévues par la Constitution. Il est toujours universel, égal et secret.
Sont électeurs, dans les conditions déterminées par la loi, tous les nationaux français majeurs des deux sexes, jouissant de leurs droits civils et politiques. (Constitution 1958, Art. 3)
Political Rights and Association
- English(1) Citizens may freely associate into political parties, trade unions, employers' associations, and other forms of association.
... (Art. 40) - Romanian(1) Cetăţenii se pot asocia liber în partide politice, în sindicate, în patronate şi în alte forme de asociere.
… (Art. 40)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishCitizens have the right to form political parties and duly join and withdraw from them. One must be over eighteen years of age to become a member of a party. … (Art. 68)
- TurkishVatandaşlar, siyasî parti kurma ve usulüne göre partilere girme ve partilerden ayrılma hakkına sahiptir. Parti üyesi olabilmek için onsekiz yaşını doldurmuş olmak gerekir. … (Madde 68)
Political Rights and Association
- English(1) Every person has the right to freedom of assembly and association, and the right not to assemble or associate with others.
(2) No person may be compelled to belong to an association or to attend a meeting or gathering. (Sec. 58)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishThe State shall promote the equal right of men and women to enjoy all economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights and for this purpose shall take appropriate measures to eliminate all forms of discrimination between the sexes by any person, organisation or enterprise;
… (Art. 14) - MalteseL-Istat għandu jippromwovi dritt ugwali ta’ rġiel u nisa li jgawdu d-drittijiet ekonomiċi, soċjali, kulturali, ċivili u politiċi kollha u għal dan il-għan għandu jieħu dawk il-miżuri li jkunu ndikati biex jelimina kull forma ta’ diskriminazzjoni bejn is-sessi, minn kull persuna, organizzazzjoni jew azjenda;
… (Art. 14)
Political Rights and Association
- English...
(2) It is the responsibility of the public authorities to promote conditions ensuring that freedom and equality of individuals and of the groups to which they belong are real and effective, to remove the obstacles preventing or hindering their full enjoyment, and to facilitate the participation of all citizens in political, economic, cultural and social life.
… (Sec. 9) - Spanish...
2. Corresponde a los poderes públicos promover las condiciones para que la libertad y la igualdad del individuo y de los grupos en que se integra sean reales y efectivas; remover los obstáculos que impidan o dificulten su plenitud y facilitar la participación de todos los ciudadanos en la vida política, económica, cultural y social.
… (Art. 9)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishAll Venezuelans who have reached the age of 18 and are not subject to political disablement or civil interdiction are qualified to vote. … (Art. 64)
- SpanishSon electores o electoras todos los venezolanos y venezolanas que hayan cumplido dieciocho años de edad y que no estén sujetos a interdicción civil o inhabilitación política. … (Art. 64)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishSuffrage shall be universal, secret and direct.
Each citizen, at the age and under the requirements laid down by the law, shall have the right to vote and be voted. (Art. 7) - ItalianIl suffragio è universale, segreto e diretto.
Ogni cittadino, all'età e alle condizioni stabilite dalla legge, ha diritto di elettorato attivo e passivo. (Art. 7)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishAll citizens of the People's Republic of China who have reached the age of 18 have the right to vote and stand for election, regardless of nationality, race, sex, occupation, family background, religious belief, education, property status, or length of residence, except persons deprived of political rights according to law. (Art. 34)
- Chinese中华人民共和国年满十八周岁的公民,不分民族、种族、性别、职业、家庭出身、宗教信仰、教育程度、财产状况、居住期限,都有选举权和被选举权;但是依照法律被剥夺政治权利的人除外。(第三十四条)