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Political Rights and Association
- English
The freedoms of association, of assembly and of peaceful manifestation are guaranteed by the law. (Art. 20)
- French
Les libertés d’association, de réunion et de manifestation pacifiques sont garanties par la loi. (Art. 20)
Political Rights and Association
- English
The people are to elect representatives, namely the National Assembly and Local People's Assemblies, to ensure that their rights, powers and benefits are addressed.The election of members of the National Assembly shall be carried out through the principles of universal equal direct suffrage and secret balloting.
… (Art. 4) - Lao
ປະຊາຊົນເປັນຜູ້ສ້າງຕັ້ງອົງການຕົວແທນແຫ່ງສິດ ແລະ ຜົນປະໂຫຍດຂອງຕົນ ຊຶ່ງແມ່ນ ສະພາແຫ່ງຊາດ ແລະ ສະພາປະຊາຊົນທ້ອງຖິ່ນ.ການເລືອກຕັ້ງສະມາຊິກສະພາແຫ່ງຊາດ ແລະ ສະມາຊິກສະພາປະຊາຊົນທ້ອງຖິ່ນ ແມ່ນ ປະຕິບັດຕາມຫຼັກການທົ່ວໄປ, ສະເໝີພາບ, ໂດຍກົງ ແລະ ລົງຄະແນນສຽງປິດລັບ.
… (ມາດຕາ. 4) (ປັບປຸງ)
Political Rights and Association
- English1. Every Uganda citizen has the right to participate in the affairs of government, individually or through his or her representatives in accordance with law.
2. Every Ugandan has a right to participate in peaceful activities to influence the policies of government through civic organisations. (Art. 38)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishAll persons who, on the date of an election, are 18 years of age or older and have Icelandic nationality have the right to vote in elections to Althingi. Permanent domicile in Iceland, on the date of an election, is also a requirement for voting, unless exceptions from this rule are stipulated in the law on elections to Althingi.
… (Art. 33) - IcelandicKosningarrétt við kosningar til Alþingis hafa allir sem eru 18 ára eða eldri þegar kosning fer fram og hafa íslenskan ríkisborgararétt. Lögheimili á Íslandi, þegar kosning fer fram, er einnig skilyrði kosningarréttar, nema undantekningar frá þeirri reglu verði ákveðnar í lögum um kosningar til Alþingis.
… (33. gr.)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishEveryone has the right to freedom of peaceful association and assembly, taking into consideration the rules to be determined by law for the protection of public order, safety, health and morality. (Art. 20)
- DutchEen ieder heeft recht op vrijheid van vreedzame vereniging en vergadering met inachtneming van bij wet vast te stellen bepalingen in het belang van de openbare orde, veiligheid, gezondheid en goede zeden. (Art. 20)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishParticipation of citizens in the public life is a national duty. Every citizen shall have the right to vote, run for elections, and express his/her opinion in referendums. The Law shall regulate the exercise of these rights. There may be exemption from the performance of this duty in certain cases to be specified by Law.
The State shall be responsible for entering the name of each citizen in the voters database without request therefrom provided he/she satisfies the conditions for voting.
… (Art. 87) - Arabicمشاركة المواطن فى الحياة العامة واجب وطنى، ولكل مواطن حق الانتخاب والترشح وإبداء الرأى فى الاستفتاء، وينظم القانون مباشرة هذه الحقوق، ويجوز الإعفاء من أداء هذا الواجب فى حالات محددة يبينها القانون.
وتلتزم الدولة بإدراج اسم كل مواطن بقاعدة بيانات الناخبين دون طلب منه، متى توافرت فيه شروط الناخب،
... (المادّة 87)
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
- EnglishWhereas every person in Antigua and Barbuda is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, the right, regardless of race, place of origin, political opinions or affiliations, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest, to each and all of the following, namely-
…
b. freedom of conscience, of expression (including freedom of the press) and of peaceful assembly and association;
… (Sec. 3)
Political Rights and Association
- English1) Every Liechtenstein citizen shall be entitled to civil rights in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.
2) All Liechtenstein citizens who have completed their 18th year, have their normal residence in Liechtenstein, and whose right to vote has not been suspended shall be entitled to all political rights in national matters. (Art. 29)3 - German1) Die staatsbürgerlichen Rechte stehen jedem Landesangehörigen nach den Bestimmungen dieser Verfassung zu.
2) In Landesangelegenheiten stehen die politischen Rechte allen Landesangehörigen zu, die das 18. Lebensjahr vollendet, im Lande ordentlichen Wohnsitz haben und nicht im Wahl- und Stimmrecht eingestellt sind. (Art. 29)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishThe citizens of Afghanistan shall have the right to elect and be elected. The conditions of exercising this right shall be regulated by law. (Art. 33)
- Dariاتباع افغانستان حق انتخاب كردن و انتخاب شدن را دارا می باشند. شرایط و طرز استفاده از این حق توسط قانون تنظیم میگردد. (مادۀ ۳۳)
- Pashtoد افغانستان اتباع د انتخابولو او د انتخابېدلو حق لري. له دې حق څخه د گټي اخيستو شرايط او لارې د قانون له ليارې تنظيمېږي. (۳۳ ماده)