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Political Rights and Association
- EnglishWe the people of Solomon Islands, …
AGREE AND PLEDGE that -
(a) our government shall be based on democratic principles of universal suffrage and the responsibility of executive authorities to elected assemblies;
… (Preamble)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishAny citizen has the right to be a candidate to the elections specified by this Constitution, under reserve of the conditions established by the law. (Art. 15)
- FrenchTout citoyen a le droit de se porter candidat aux élections prévues par la présente Constitution, sous réserve des conditions fixées par la loi. (Art. 15)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishEvery citizen who reaches the age of eighteen has the right to vote.
Every citizen who reaches the age of twenty-one has the right to stand for election to the National Assembly or People’s Councils. The exercise of those rights shall be prescribed by a law. (Art. 27) - VietnameseCông dân đủ mười tám tuổi trở lên có quyền bầu cử và đủ hai mươi mốt tuổi trở lên có quyền ứng cử vào Quốc hội, Hội đồng nhân dân.
Việc thực hiện các quyền này do luật định. (Điều 27)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishCitizens of Ukraine who have attained the age of eighteen on the day elections and referendums are held, have the right to vote at the elections and referendums.
... (Art. 70) - UkrainianПраво голосу на виборах і референдумах мають громадяни України, які досягли на день їх проведення вісімнадцяти років.
... (Стаття 70)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishAll persons are free to associate or unionize themselves with licit ends[;] also no one is obligated to belong to a specific [determinado] association.
… (Art. 42) - SpanishToda persona es libre de asociarse o agremiarse con fines lícitos, así como nadie está obligado a pertenecer a determinada asociación.
… (Art. 42)
Political Rights and Association
- English
The people choose their representatives freely.
The representation of the people has no other limits than those established by the Constitution and the electoral law. (Art. 12) - Arabic
الشّعب حرّ في اختيار ممثّليه.
لا حدود لتمثيل الشّعب، إلاّ ما نصّ عليه الدّستور وقانون الانتخابات. (المــادة 12) - French
Le peuple choisit librement ses représentants.
La représentation du peuple n'a d'autres limites que celles fixées par la Constitution et la loi électorale. (Art. 12)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishMen and women shall be equal before the law in all spheres of political, economic, social and cultural life. (Art. 36)
- PortugueseO homem e a mulher são iguais perante a lei em todos os domínios da vida política, económica, social e cultural. (Art. 36)
Political Rights and Association
- English
(1) The National Council is elected by the federal people in accordance with the principles of proportional representation on the basis of equal, direct, personal, free and secret suffrage by men and women who have completed their sixteenth year of life on the day of election.
… (Art. 26) - German
(1) Der Nationalrat wird vom Bundesvolk auf Grund des gleichen, unmittelbaren, persönlichen, freien und geheimen Wahlrechtes der Männer und Frauen, die am Wahltag das 16. Lebensjahr vollendet haben, nach den Grundsätzen der Verhältniswahl gewählt.
… (Art. 26)
Political Rights and Association
- English…
(2)
(a) Every Commonwealth citizen of the prescribed age who possesses such qualifications relating to residence or domicile in Saint Lucia as Parliament may prescribe shall, unless he or she is disqualified by Parliament from registration as a voter for the purpose of electing members of the House, be entitled to be registered as such a voter in accordance with the provisions of any law in that behalf, and no other person may be so registered.
(b) Every person who is registered as aforesaid in any constituency shall, unless he or she is disqualified by Parliament from voting in that constituency in any election of members of the House, be entitled so to vote, in accordance with the provisions of any law in that behalf, and no other person may so vote.
(c) For the purposes of this subsection the prescribed age shall be the age of 21 years or such lower age, not being less than 18 years, as Parliament may prescribe.
… (Sec. 33)
Political Rights and Association
- English
All Burkinabe enjoy civil and political rights within the conditions specified by the law. (Art. 11)
- French
Tout burkinabè jouit des droits civiques et politiques dans les conditions prévues par la loi. (Art. 11)