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Obligations of Private Parties
- English1. This Constitution is founded upon the following underlying principles—
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d. the inherent dignity and worth of each human being requires that the State and all persons shall recognize and protect human rights and afford the fullest protection to the rights and views of all individuals, groups and minorities whether or not they are entitled to vote;
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2. Every individual shall have duties towards other individuals, his or her family and society, the State and other legally recognized communities and the international community and these duties shall include the duty to respect his or her fellow beings without discrimination and to maintain relations aimed at promoting, safeguarding and reinforcing mutual respect and tolerance; and in recognition of these duties, individual rights and freedoms shall be exercised with due regard for the rights of others, collective security, morality and the common interest. (Sec. 12)
Obligations of Private Parties
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(5) In order that all persons may benefit from the rights and freedoms guaranteed by this Constitution, every person has the duty to so conduct himself and his affairs in the manner that does not infringe upon the rights and freedoms of others or the public interest. (Art. 29)
Obligations of Private Parties
- EnglishThe duties of Bolivians are:
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2. To know, respect, and promote the rights recognized in the Constitution.
… (Art. 108) - SpanishSon deberes de las bolivianas y los bolivianos:
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2. Conocer, respetar y promover los derechos reconocidos en la Constitución.
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Obligations of Private Parties
- EnglishNo one is entitled to exercise his rights in a way injurious to others or detrimental to public interests. (Art. 40)
- Persianهیچکس نمیتواند اعمال حق خویش را وسیله اضرار به غیر یا تجاوز به منافع عمومی قرار دهد. (اصل 40)
Obligations of Private Parties
- English
Every person has duties to their family, the community, the country [patria] and humanity.
The rights of each person are limited by the rights of others, by the security of all and by the just exigencies of the common good. (Art. 24) - Spanish
Toda persona tiene deberes para con la familia, la comunidad, la patria y la humanidad.
Los derechos de cada persona están limitados por los derechos de los demás, por la seguridad de todos y por las justas exigencias del bien común. (Art. 24)
Obligations of Private Parties
- English
Citizens shall be obliged to observe the Constitution and laws, and to respect the rights, freedoms, honour and dignity of others. (Art. 60)
- Uzbek
Fuqarolar Konstitutsiya va qonunlarga rioya etishga, boshqa insonlarning huquqlari, erkinliklari, sha’ni va qadr-qimmatini hurmat qilishga majburdirlar. (60-modda)
Obligations of Private Parties
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Everyone shall be obliged to respect the rights and liberties of others. (Art. 6) - Montenegrin…
Svako je obavezan da poštuje prava i slobode drugih. (Član 6)
Obligations of Private Parties
- EnglishWE HEREBY DECLARE that all persons in our country have the following basic obligations to themselves and their descendants, to each other, and to the Nation:-
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(f) to respect the rights and freedoms of others, and to co-operate fully with others in the interests of interdependence and solidarity;
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Obligations of Private Parties
- English
Every human being has the right to the development and to the full realization of their person in their material, temporal, intellectual and spiritual dimensions, as long as it neither violates the rights of others nor infringes the constitutional order and good morals. (Art. 9)
- French
Tout être humain a droit au développement et au plein épanouissement de sa personne dans ses dimensions matérielle, temporelle, intellectuelle et spirituelle, pourvu qu'il ne viole pas les droits d'autrui ni n'enfreigne l'ordre constitutionnel et les bonnes mœurs. (Art. 9)
Obligations of Private Parties
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2. Everyone has the right to the free development of his personality in a manner compatible with the rights of other citizens.
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2. ማንኛውም ሰው የራሱን ስብዕና ከሌሎች ዜጐች መብቶች ጋር በተጣጣመ ሁኔታ በነጻ የማሳደግ መብት አለው፡፡
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