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Obligations of the State
- EnglishIn Turkmenistan, the people shall be the highest value of the society and the state.
Protection, support and service to people shall be the main goals of state authorities. The state shall be responsible for every citizen and shall create conditions for free development of an individual, protect the life, honour, dignity and freedom, personal inviolability, natural and inalienable rights of a citizen. … (Art. 4) - RussianВ Туркменистане наивысшей ценностью общества и государства является человек. Защита, поддержка человека и служение ему являются главными задачами органов государственной власти.
Государство ответственно перед каждым гражданином и обеспечивает создание условий для свободного развития личности, защищает жизнь, честь, достоинство, свободу, личную неприкосновенность, естественные и неотчуждаемые права гражданина. … (Статья 4) - TurkmenTürkmenistanda jemgyýetiň we döwletiň iň ýokary gymmatlygy adamdyr. Adamy goramak, goldamak we oňa hyzmat etmek döwlet häkimiýet edaralarynyň baş wezipeleridir.
Döwlet her bir raýatynyň öňünde jogapkärdir we şahsyýetiň erkin ösmegi üçin şertleriň döredilmegini üpjün edýär, raýatyň janyny, at-abraýyny, mertebesini, azatlygyny, şahsy eldegrilmesizligini, tebigy we aýrybaşgalanmaz hukuklaryny goraýar. … (4-nji madda)
Obligations of the State
- EnglishEveryone is guaranteed the right to know his or her rights and duties.
Laws and other normative legal acts that determine the rights and duties of citizens shall be brought to the notice of the population by the procedure established by law.
Laws and other normative legal acts that determine the rights and duties of citizens, but that are not brought to the notice of the population by the procedure established by law, are not in force. (Art. 57) - UkrainianКожному гарантується право знати свої права і обов'язки.
Закони та інші нормативно-правові акти, що визначають права і обов'язки громадян, мають бути доведені до відома населення у порядку, встановленому законом.
Закони та інші нормативно-правові акти, що визначають права і обов'язки громадян, не доведені до відома населення у порядку, встановленому законом, є нечинними. (Стаття 57)
Obligations of the State
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The fundamental rights and freedoms enshrined in this Constitution, will ensure for all time respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, without distinction as to ethnic considerations, gender, language or religion.
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Obligations of the State
- EnglishI. The rights recognized in this Constitution are inviolable, universal, interdependent, indivisible and progressive. The State has the duty to promote, protect and respect them.
II. The rights declared in this Constitution shall not be understood to deny other rights that are not enumerated.
III. The classification of the rights established in this Constitution does not determine any hierarchy or superiority of some rights over others.
IV. International treaties and conventions ratified by the Pluri-National Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa), which recognize human rights and prohibit their limitation in States of Emergency, prevail over internal law. The rights and duties consecrated in this Constitution shall be interpreted in accordance with the International Human Rights Treaties ratified by Bolivia. (Art. 13) - SpanishI. Los derechos reconocidos por esta Constitución son inviolables, universales, interdependientes, indivisibles y progresivos. El Estado tiene el deber de promoverlos, protegerlos y respetarlos.
II. Los derechos que proclama esta Constitución no serán entendidos como negación de otros derechos no enunciados.
III. La clasificación de los derechos establecida en esta Constitución no determina jerarquía alguna ni superioridad de unos derechos sobre otros.
IV. Los tratados y convenios internacionales ratificados por la Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional, que reconocen los derechos humanos y que prohíben su limitación en los Estados de Excepción prevalecen en el orden interno. Los derechos y deberes consagrados en esta Constitución se interpretarán de conformidad con los Tratados internacionales de derechos humanos ratificados por Bolivia. (Art. 13)
Obligations of the State
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1. The fundamental human rights and freedoms are indivisible, inalienable, and inviolable and form the basis of the entire juridical order.
2. The bodies of public power, in fulfilment of their duties, shall respect the fundamental rights and freedoms, as well as contribute to their realization. (Art. 15) - Albanian
1. Të drejtat dhe liritë themelore të njeriut janë të pandashme, të patjetërsueshme e të padhunueshme dhe qëndrojnë në themel të të gjithë rendit juridik.
2. Organet e pushtetit publik, në përmbushje të detyrave të tyre, duhet të respektojnë të drejtat dhe liritë themelore të njeriut, si dhe të kontribuojnë në realizimin e tyre. (Neni 15)
Obligations of the State
- EnglishThis Bill of Rights applies only to acts done—
(a) by the legislative, executive, or judicial branches of the Government of New Zealand; or
(b) by any person or body in the performance of any public function, power, or duty conferred or imposed on that person or body by or pursuant to law. (Bill of Rights Act 1990, Sec. 3)
Obligations of the State
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By adopting the current Constitution, which follows faithfully the thread of institutional evolution that has always reflected the ideas and choices of our people - a policy reaffirmed by the profound transformation being brought about in our society by legality, by right and by the enjoyment of fundamental liberties - the National Popular Assembly of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau reveals that everything it articulates is imbued with the humanism that has always inspired us and that is reflected in our rights and liberties as herein guaranteed to the citizens, as an irreversible victory for our people.
… (Preamble) - Portuguese...
Ao adoptar a presente Constituição, que se situa fielmente na linha de uma evolução institucional que nunca se afastou das ideias e opções do nosso povo, linha reafirmada pelas transformações profundas operadas na nossa sociedade pela legalidade, pelo direito e pelo gozo das liberdades fundamentais, a Assembleia Nacional Popular da Guiné-Bissau revela o facto de o seu articulado se encontrar imbuído do humanismo que sempre nos inspirou e que se reflecte nos direitos e liberdades aqui garantidos aos cidadãos como conquistas irreversíveis do nosso povo.
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Obligations of the State
- EnglishThe State recognizes, without any discrimination, the primacy of the inalienable rights of the person … (Art. 5)
- SpanishEl Estado reconoce, sin discriminación alguna, la primacía de los derechos inalienables de la persona … (Art. 5)
Obligations of the State
- EnglishWe, the Members of the Seventh Grand National Assembly, guided by our desire to express the will of the people of Bulgaria, by pledging our loyalty to the universal human values of liberty, peace, humanism, equality, justice and tolerance;
by holding as the highest principle the rights, dignity and security of the individual;
… (Preamble) - BulgarianНие, народните представители от Седмото Велико народно събрание, ɜ стремежа си да изразим волята на българския народ,
като обявяваме верността си към общочовешките ценности: свобода, мир, хуманизъм, равенство, справедливост ɢ търпимост;
като издигаме във върховен принцип правата на личността;
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Obligations of the State
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by upholding human rights and freedoms of every person and citizen, founding of a state governed by the rule of law and a socially just society,
… (Preamble) - Belarusian
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сцвярджаючы правы і свабоды чалавека і грамадзяніна, асновы прававой дзяржавы і сацыяльна справядлівага грамадства,
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утверждая права и свободы человека и гражданина, устои правового государства и социально справедливого общества,
... (Преамбула)