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Obligations of the State
Azerbaijan
- EnglishI. Everyone is authorized to defend his or her human rights and freedoms by accepted means.
II. The State ensures the protection of human rights and freedoms. (Art. 26) - AzerbaijaniI. Hər kəsin qanunla qadağan olunmayan üsul və vasitələrlə öz hüquqlarını və azadlıqlarını müdafiə etmək hüququ vardır.
II. Dövlət hər kəsin hüquqlarının və azadlıqlarının müdafiəsinə təminat verir. (Maddə 26)
Obligations of the State
Eritrea
- EnglishThe rights enumerated in this Chapter2 shall not preclude other rights which ensue from the spirit of this Constitution and the principles of a society based on social justice, democracy and the rule of law. (Art. 29)
Obligations of the State
Antigua and Barbuda
- EnglishExcept as is otherwise expressly provided in this Constitution, no law may abrogate, abridge or infringe or authorise the abrogation, abridgement or infringement of any of the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual herein before recognised and declared. (Sec. 19)
Obligations of the State
Turkmenistan
- EnglishRights and freedoms of a person and a citizen in Turkmenistan shall be recognized in accordance with the universally recognized norms of international law and shall be guaranteed by this Constitution and laws. (Art. 25)
- RussianВ Туркменистане права и свободы человека и гражданина признаются в соответствии с общепризнанными нормами международного права и гарантируются настоящей Конституцией и законами. (Статья 25)
- TurkmenTürkmenistanda adamyň we raýatyň hukuklary we azatlyklary halkara hukugynyň umumy ykrar edilen kadalaryna laýyklykda ykrar edilýär hem-de şu Konstitusiýa we kanunlar bilen kepillendirilýär. (25-nji madda)
Obligations of the State
Ukraine
- EnglishThe following are determined exclusively by the laws of Ukraine:
1) human and citizens' rights and freedoms, the guarantees of these rights and freedoms;
… (Art. 92) - UkrainianВиключно законами України визначаються:
1) права і свободи людини і громадянина, гарантії цих прав і свобод;
… (Стаття 92)
Obligations of the State
Ghana
- English…
AND IN SOLEMN declaration and affirmation of our commitment to;
…
The protection and preservation of Fundamental Human Rights and Freedoms, Unity and Stability for our Nation;
… (Preamble)
Obligations of the State
Brazil
- EnglishWe the representatives of the Brazilian People, convened the National Constituent Assembly, to institute a democratic state destined to ensure the exercise of social and individual rights, liberty, security, well-being, development, equality and justice as supreme values of a fraternal, pluralist and unprejudiced society, founded on social harmony and committed, in the domestic and international orders, to the peaceful solution of disputes, promulgate, under the protection of God, the following CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL. (Preamble)
- PortugueseNós, representantes do povo brasileiro, reunidos em Assembléia Nacional Constituinte para instituir um Estado Democrático, destinado a assegurar o exercício dos direitos sociais e individuais, a liberdade, a segurança, o bem-estar, o desenvolvimento, a igualdade e a justiça como valores supremos de uma sociedade fraterna, pluralista e sem preconceitos, fundada na harmonia social e comprometida, na ordem interna e internacional, com a solução pacífica das controvérsias, promulgamos, sob a proteção de Deus, a seguinte CONSTITUIÇÃO DA REPÚBLICA FEDERATIVA DO BRASIL. (PREÂMBULO)
Obligations of the State
Andorra
- EnglishThe Andorran People, …
Resolved of the need to be endowed with all the mechanisms leading to juridical security in the exercise of the fundamental rights of the individual, which, although always present and respected in the nature of Andorran society, have not received the protection of any kind of general laws,
… (Preamble) - CatalanEl poble andorrà, …
Convençut de la conveniència de dotar-se de tots els mecanismes que han de permetre tenir la seguretat jurídica en l'exercici d'uns drets fonamentals de la persona que, si bé sempre han estat presents i respectats en el tarannà de la societat andorrana, no es beneficiaven d'una regulació material concreta,
… (Preàmbul)
Obligations of the State
New Zealand
- EnglishWherever an enactment can be given a meaning that is consistent with the rights and freedoms contained in this Bill of Rights, that meaning shall be preferred to any other meaning. (Bill of Rights Act 1990, Sec. 6)
Obligations of the State
Guinea-Bissau
- EnglishIn accordance with national development, the State will progressively create the conditions required for the full accomplishment of the economic and social rights established by this Part II3. (Art. 58)
- PortugueseEm conformidade com o desenvolvimento do País, o Estado criará progressivamente as condições necessárias à realização integral dos direitos de natureza económica e social reconhecidos neste título. (Art. 58)