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Obligations of the State
- English(1) The Bill of Rights applies to all law, and binds the legislature, the executive, the judiciary and all organs of state.
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Obligations of the State
- EnglishThe State shall protect human rights in accordance with Islamic Shari'ah. (Basic Law, Art. 26)
- Arabicتحمى الدولة حقوق الإنسان وفق للشريعة الإسلامية. (النظام الأساسي، المادة 26)
Obligations of the State
- English1. The enumeration in the Constitution of the Russian Federation of the basic rights and freedoms should not be interpreted as a denial or diminution of other universally recognized human and civil rights and freedoms.
2. In the Russian Federation no laws must be adopted which abolish or diminish human and civil rights and freedoms.
... (Art. 55) - Russian1. Перечисление в Конституции Российской Федерации основных прав и свобод не должно толковаться как отрицание или умаление других общепризнанных прав и свобод человека и гражданина.
2. В Российской Федерации не должны издаваться законы, отменяющие или умаляющие права и свободы человека и гражданина.
... (Статья 55)
Obligations of the State
- EnglishThe enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. (Amendment IX)
Obligations of the State
- English
The State commits to respecting the Constitution, the Rights of Man and the public freedoms. It sees to making them known and diffuses them among the population.
The State takes the necessary measures to integrate the Constitution, the Rights of Man and the public freedoms in the school and university programs of teaching as well as in the training of the forces of defense and of security, and of the agents of the Administration. (Art. 28) - French
L’Etat s’engage à respecter la Constitution, les droits de l’homme et les libertés publiques. Il veille à les faire connaître et à les diffuser au sein de la population.
L’Etat prend les mesures nécessaires pour intégrer la Constitution, les droits de l’homme et les libertés publiques dans les programmes d’enseignement scolaires et universitaires ainsi que dans la formation des forces de défense et de sécurité, et des agents de l’Administration. (Art. 28)
Obligations of the State
- EnglishThe object of this Constitution is to facilitate the building of the United Republic as a nation of equal and free individuals enjoying freedom, justice, fraternity and concord, through the pursuit of the policy of Socialism and Self Reliance which emphasizes the application of socialist principles while taking into account the conditions prevailing in the United Republic. Therefore, the state authority and all its agencies are obliged to direct their policies and programmes towards ensuring -
(a) that human dignity and other human rights are respected and cherished;
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(f) that human dignity is preserved and upheld in accordance with the spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
… (Art. 9)
Obligations of the State
- EnglishAs regards the rights and liberties of the Thai people, in addition to the rights and liberties as guaranteed specifically by the provisions of the Constitution, a person shall enjoy the rights and liberties to perform any act which is not prohibited or restricted by the Constitution or other laws, and shall be protected by the Constitution, insofar as the exercise of such rights or liberties does not affect or endanger the security of the State or public order or good morals, and does not violate the rights or liberties of other persons.
Any right or liberty stipulated by the Constitution to be as provided by law, or to be in accordance with the rules and procedures prescribed by law, can be exercised by a person or community, despite the absence of such law, in accordance with the spirit of the Constitution. ... (Sec. 25) - Thaiสิทธิและเสรีภาพของปวงชนชาวไทย นอกจากที่บัญญัติคุ้มครองไว้เป็นการเฉพาะในรัฐธรรมนูญแล้ว การใดที่มิได้ห้ามหรือจํากัดไว้ในรัฐธรรมนูญหรือในกฎหมายอื่น บุคคลย่อมมีสิทธิ และเสรีภาพที่จะทําการนั้นได้และได้รับความคุ้มครองตามรัฐธรรมนูญ ตราบเท่าที่การใช้สิทธิหรือเสรีภาพนั้นไม่กระทบกระเทือนหรือเป็นอันตรายต่อความมั่นคงของรัฐ ความสงบเรียบร้อยหรือศีลธรรมอันดีของประชาชน และไม่ละเมิดสิทธิหรือเสรีภาพของบุคคลอื่น
สิทธิหรือเสรีภาพใดที่รัฐธรรมนูญกำหนดให้เป็นไปตามที่กฎหมายบัญญัติหรือให้เป็นไปตามหลักเกณฑ์และวิธีการที่กฎหมายบัญญัติ แม้ยังไม่มีการตรากฎหมายนั้นขึ้นใช้บังคับ บุคคลหรือชุมชนย่อมสามารถใช้สิทธิหรือเสรีภาพนั้นได้ตามเจตนารมณ์ของรัฐธรรมนูญ ... (มาตรา ๒๕)
Obligations of the State
- EnglishHuman rights and fundamental freedoms shall be exercised directly on the basis of the Constitution.
The manner in which human rights and fundamental freedoms are exercised may be regulated by law whenever the Constitution so provides or where this is necessary due to the particular nature of an individual right or freedom.
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No human right or fundamental freedom regulated by legal acts in force in Slovenia may be restricted on the grounds that this Constitution does not recognise that right or freedom or recognises it to a lesser extent. (Art. 15) - SloveneČlovekove pravice in temeljne svoboščine se uresničujejo neposredno na podlagi ustave.
Z zakonom je mogoče predpisati način uresničevanja človekovih pravic in temeljnih svoboščin, kadar tako določa ustava, ali če je to nujno zaradi same narave posamezne pravice ali svoboščine.
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Nobene človekove pravice ali temeljne svoboščine, urejene v pravnih aktih, ki veljajo v Sloveniji, ni dopustno omejevati z izgovorom, da je ta ustava ne priznava ali da jo priznava v manjši meri. (15. Člen)
Obligations of the State
- EnglishThe state shall observe the United Nations Charter, inter-state agreements, as well as international treaties to which Afghanistan has joined, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. … (Art. 7)
- Dariدولت منشور ملل متحد، معاهدات بین الدول، میثاق های بین المللی كه افغانستان به آن ملحق شده است و اعلامیۀ جهانی حقوق بشر را رعایت می كند. ... (مادۀ ۷)
- Pashtoدولت د ملگرو ملتونو د منشور، د بين الدول معاهدو، د نړيوالو ميثاقونو چې افغانستان له هغو سره تړاو لري او د بشري حقوقو د نړيوالې اعلاميې رعايت كوي.... (۷ ماده)