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Limitations and/or Derogations
- English
(1) A law made in relation to a disciplinary force of Seychelles may, in so far as it is necessary in a democratic society11, provide for the derogation against the provisions of the Charter12, other than articles 15, 16, and 17.
(2) A law of a country other than Seychelles whose disciplinary force is lawfully in Seychelles in pursuance of arrangements made between the Government of Seychelles and another government or an international organization shall, in so far as the law applies to the disciplinary force, not be held to be inconsistent or in contravention of the provisions of the Charter.
(3) A law which authorises the taking of any measure against a member of a disciplinary force of a country with which Seychelles is at war shall not be held to be inconsistent with the Charter.
(4) A law referred to in clause (3) shall not provide for the doing of anything which constitutes the crime of genocide or a crime against humanity. (Art. 44)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English
(1) The rights defined in articles 35, 36, 37 section (4), 38 to 42 and 44 to 46 of this Constitution may be claimed only within the limits of the law providing for the exercise thereof.
(2) The conditions and extent of restriction of the fundamental rights and freedoms and the extent of duties in a time of war, state of war, an exceptional state or an emergency state shall be laid down by a constitutional law. (Art. 51) - Slovak
(1) Domáhať sa práv uvedených v čl. 35, 36, 37 ods. 4, čl. 38 aţ 42 a čl. 44 aţ 46 tejto ústavy sa moţno len v medziach zákonov, ktoré tieto ustanovenia vykonávajú.
(2) Podmienky a rozsah obmedzenia základných práv a slobôd a rozsah povinností v čase vojny, vojnového stavu, výnimočného stavu a núdzového stavu ustanoví ústavný zákon. (Čl. 51)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English…
II. No one can curtail the implementation of the rights and freedoms of man and citizen. Everyone's rights and freedoms are subject to the restrictions provided for in the Constitution and the laws as well as to the limits resulting from the rights and freedoms of others.
III. Upon declaration of war, martial law and exceptional situation, as well as mobilization that the implementation of human rights and freedoms can be partially and temporarily curtailed taking into consideration international obligations of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The population shall be notified in advance of the temporary suspension of human rights and freedoms.
… (Art. 71) - Azerbaijani…
II. İnsan və vətəndaş hüquqlarının və azadlıqlarının həyata keçirilməsini heç kəs məhdudlaşdıra bilməz. Hər kəsin hüquq və azadlıqları bu Konstitusiyada və qanunlarda müəyyən edilmiş əsaslarla, habelə digərlərinin hüquq və azadlıqları ilə məhdudlaşır.
III. Müharibə, hərbi vəziyyət və fövqəladə vəziyyət, habelə səfərbərlik elan edilərkən insan və vətəndaş hüquqlarının və azadlıqlarının həyata keçirilməsi Azərbaycan Respublikasının beynəlxalq öhdəliklərini nəzərə almaq şərti ilə qismən və müvəqqəti məhdudlaşdırıla bilər. Həyata keçirilməsi məhdudlaşdırılan hüquq və azadlıqlar haqqında əhaliyə qabaqcadan məlumat verilir.
… (Maddə 71)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English1. Freedoms and rights of citizens shall not be neglected on the grounds that they are not enumerated in the Constitution.
2. The freedoms and rights of citizens may be restricted by law only when necessary for national security, the maintenance of law and order or for public welfare. Even when such restriction is imposed, no essential aspect of the freedom or right shall be violated. (Art. 37) - Korean①국민의 자유와 권리는 헌법에 열거되지 아니한 이유로 경시되지 아니한다.
②국민의 모든 자유와 권리는 국가안전보장·질서유지 또는 공공복리를 위하여 필요한 경우에 한하여 법률로써 제한할 수 있으며, 제한하는 경우에도 자유와 권리의 본질적인 내용을 침해할 수 없다. (제37조 )
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishThe powers of the Cabinet in a state of emergency are as follows: while the state of emergency is in effect, the Cabinet may take any measures without restriction, or may partially repeal or limit the effects of provisions of this Declaration. Furthermore, if the exceptional situation reaches the point that it threatens the safety of the nation, the Cabinet may, in consultation with the Sovereignty Council, suspend part of the rights document found in this Declaration. However, it may not reduce the right to life, protection from enslavement or torture, or the principle of nondiscrimination on the basis of race, gender, religious conviction, disability, or the right to litigate or the right to a fair trial. (Art. 40)
- Arabicسلطات مجلس الوزراء في حالة الطوارئ: يجوز لمجلس الوزراء أثناء سريان مالة الطوارئ أن يتخذ أية تدابيير لاتقيد او تلغي جزئياً، او تحد من أثار أحكام هذة الوثيقة، ومع ذلك في حالة وصول الحالة الإستثنائية درجة تحدد سلامة الأُمة يجوز للمجلس بالتشاور مع مجلس السيادة تعليق جزء من وثيقة الحقوق الواردة في هذة الوثيقة، ولايجوز مع ذلك الإنتقاص من الحق في الحياة او الحرمة من الإسترقاق او التعذيب او عدم التمييز علي اساس العرق او النوع او العقيدة الدينية او الإعاقة او حق التقاضي او الحق في المحاكمة العادلة. (الماده 41)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishThe restrictions permitted under this Convention to the said rights and freedoms shall not be applied for any purpose other than those for which they have been prescribed. (Art. 18 of ECHR, Human Rights Act 1998 Schedule 1)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English
At the time of the occurrence the following situation, the rights under Section 3774 shall not be suspended unless the public safety may so require:
(a) in time of war;
(b) in time of foreign invasion;
(c) in time of insurrection. (Sec. 379) - Burmese
အောက်ဖော်ပြပါ အခြေအနေတစ်ရပ်ရပ်ပေါ်ပေါက်ချိန်တွင် အများပြည်သူလုံခြုံရေးအတွက် လိုအပ်သည့်ကိစ္စမှတစ်ပါး ပုဒ်မ ၃၇၇ ပါအခွင့်အရေးများတောင်းခံပိုင်ခွင့်ကို ရပ်ဆိုင်းထားခြင်းမပြုရ -
(က) စစ်မက်ဖြစ်ပွားချိန်၊
(ခ) တိုင်းတစ်ပါးမှ ကျူးကျော်ဝင်ရောက်တိုက်ခိုက်ချိန်၊
(ဂ) ဆူပူသောင်းကျန်းမှုများဖြစ်ပေါ်နေချိန်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၇၉)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English(1) An emergency law may limit any of the fundamental human rights or freedoms, but only to the extent set out in section 87.
(2) If a state of public emergency is declared under section 113 in relation to only a part of Zimbabwe, an emergency law may not limit fundamental human rights or freedoms under this Schedule in any other part of Zimbabwe. (Second Schedule, Limitations on Rights during Public Emergencies, Sec. 2)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English…
(2) Every person has the right to freedom based on law, and accordingly has a legal right to do any thing that-
(a) does not injure or interfere with the rights and freedoms of others;
… (Sec. 32)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishThe Sovereignty of the People shall be exercised and enjoyed in the following manner:–
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(d) the fundamental rights which are by the Constitution declared and recognized shall be respected, secured and advanced by all the organs of government and shall not be abridged, restricted or denied, save in the manner and to the extent hereinafter provided;
… (Art. 4) - Sinhalaජනතාවගේ පරමාධිපත්යය ක්රියාත්මක වීම ද, භුක්ති විඳීම ද, මතු දැක්වෙන ආකාරයෙන් සිදුවන්නේ ය:–
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(ඈ) ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවෙන් ප්රකාශ කොට පිළිගනු ලබන මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් සියලු පාලන ආයතන විසින් ගරු කරනු ලැබිය යුත්තේ ය; ආරක්ෂා කරනු ලැබිය යුත්තේ ය; වර්ධනය කරනු ලැබිය යුත්තේ ය; තව ද, ඒ මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් මෙහි මින් මතු විධිවිධාන සලස්වා ඇති ආකාරයට සහ ප්රමාණයට මිස සංක්ෂිප්ත කිරීම, සීමා කිරීම හෝ අහිමි කිරීම නොකළ යුත්තේ ය;
… (4 වැනි වගන්තිය)