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Obligations of the State
- EnglishHuman rights shall be inviolable. (Art. 5)
- ItalianI diritti della persona umana sono inviolabili. (Art. 5)
Obligations of the State
- English(1) Organic laws are those relating to the development of fundamental rights …
(2) The approval, amendment or repeal of the organic laws shall require the overall majority of the Members of Congress in a final vote on the bill as a whole. (Sec. 81) - Spanish1. Son leyes orgánicas las relativas al desarrollo de los derechos fundamentales …
2. La aprobación, modificación o derogación de las leyes orgánicas exigirá mayoría absoluta del Congreso, en una votación final sobre el conjunto del proyecto. (Art. 81)
Obligations of the State
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Nothing in this Convention may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein or at their limitation to a greater extent than is provided for in the Convention. (Art. 17 of ECHR, Human Rights Act 1998 Schedule 1)
Obligations of the State
- EnglishThe exercise of the rights recognised in this Title may only be regulated by law. The rights in chapter III5 and IV6 shall be regulated by means of qualified laws. (Art. 40)
- CatalanLa regulació de l'exercici dels drets reconeguts en aquest Títol només es pot dur a terme per llei. Els drets dels capítols III i IV s'han de regular mitjançant lleis qualificades. (Art. 40)
Obligations of the State
- English(1) The Czech Republic is a sovereign, unitary, and democratic state governed by the rule of law, founded on respect for the rights and freedoms of man and of citizens.
… (1993 Constitution, Art. 1) - Czech(1) Česká republika je svrchovaný, jednotný a demokratický právní stát založený na úctě k právům a svobodám člověka a občana.
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Obligations of the State
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(3) The Federation shall guarantee that the constitutional order of the Länder conforms to the basic rights and to the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Article. (Art. 28) - German…
(3) Der Bund gewährleistet, daß die verfassungsmäßige Ordnung der Länder den Grundrechten und den Bestimmungen der Absätze 1 und 2 entspricht. (Art. 28)
Obligations of the State
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CONSIDERING rule of law, civic peace, democracy, human dignity, fundamental human rights and freedoms,
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CONSIDERÎND statul de drept, pacea civică, democraţia, demnitatea omului, drepturile şi libertăţile lui,
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Obligations of the State
- EnglishInfringement of the authorities against the individual must be founded on the law. (Art. 113)
- NorwegianMyndighetenes inngrep overfor den enkelte må ha grunnlag i lov. (§ 113)
Obligations of the State
- EnglishWe, the multinational people of the Russian Federation,
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establishing human rights and freedoms, civil peace and accord, … (Preamble) - RussianМы, многонациональный народ Российской Федерации,
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утверждая права и свободы человека, гражданский мир и согласие, … (Преамбула)
Obligations of the State
- EnglishGuarantees for inalienable human and minority rights in the Constitution have the purpose of preserving human dignity and exercising full freedom and equality of each individual in a just, open, and democratic society based on the principle of the rule of law. (Art. 19)
- Serbian CyrillicЈемства неотуђивих људских и мањинских права у Уставу служе очувању људског достојанства и остварењу пуне слободе и једнакости сваког појединца у праведном, отвореном и демократском друштву, заснованом на начелу владавине права. (Члан 19)