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Indigenous Peoples
- EnglishThrough special programs and adequate legislation, the State will provide state lands to the indigenous communities who may need them for their development. (Art. 68)
- SpanishMediante programas especiales y legislación adecuada, el Estado proveerá de tierras estatales a las comunidades indígenas que las necesiten para su desarrollo. (Art. 68)
Indigenous Peoples
- English
… The State … shall support indigenous, appropriate, and self-reliant scientific and technological capabilities, and their application to the country’s productive systems and national life. (Art. XIV, Sec. 10)
- Filipino
… ang Estado ... Dapat suportahan nito ang mga kakayahang siyentipiko at teknolohikal na katutubo, angkop at umaasa sa sariling kakayahan at ang kanilang kabagayan sa mga sistemang pamproduksyon at pambansang kapamuhayang pambansa. (Art. XIV, Seksyon 10)
Indigenous Peoples
- English
The Agrarian Reform will eliminate the idle latifundios [large estates] and will be made by priority with lands of the State. When the expropriation of idle latifundios affects private owners [proprietarios], it will be fulfilled within that stipulated in Article 44 of this Constitution. The Agrarian Reform shall eliminate any form of exploitation of the peasants, and of the indigenous communities of the country and shall promote forms of ownership compatible with the economic and social objectives of the Nation, established in this Constitution. The regime of ownership of the indigenous communities will be regulated in accordance with the law on the matter. (Art. 107)
- Spanish
La Reforma agraria eliminará el latifundio ocioso y se hará prioritariamente con tierras del Estado. Cuando la expropiación de latifundios ociosos afecte a propietarios privados se hará cumpliendo con lo estipulado en el artículo 44 de esta Constitución. La Reforma Agraria eliminará cualquier forma de explotación a los campesinos, a las comunidades indígenas del país y promoverá las formas de propiedad compatibles con los objetivos económicos y sociales de la nación, establecidos en esta Constitución. El régimen de propiedad de las tierras de las comunidades indígenas se regulará de acuerdo a la ley de la materia. (Art. 107)
Indigenous Peoples
- EnglishSubject to the provisions of this Constitution, all persons of whatever race in the same grade of the service of the Government shall, subject to the terms and conditions of their employment, be treated impartially. (Art. 154)
Indigenous Peoples
- EnglishThe State recognizes and respects the ethnic identity of national indigenous communities, and shall establish programs to develop the material, social and spiritual values of each of their cultures. It shall establish an institution for the study, preservation and publication of these cultures and their languages, and for promotion of full development of said human groups. (Art. 90)
- SpanishEl Estado reconoce y respeta la identidad étnica de las comunidades indígenas nacionales, realizará programas tendientes a desarrollar los valores materiales, sociales y espirituales propios de cada una de sus culturas y creará una institución para el estudio, conservación, divulgación de las mismas y de sus lenguas, así como la promoción del desarrollo integral de dichos grupos humanos. (Art. 90)
Indigenous Peoples
- EnglishHer Majesty the Queen of England confirms and guarantees to the Chiefs and Tribes of New Zealand and to the respective families and individuals thereof the full exclusive and undisturbed possession of their Lands and Estates Forests Fisheries and other properties which they may collectively or individually possess so long as it is their wish and desire to retain the same in their possession; but the Chiefs of the United Tribes and the individual Chiefs yield to Her Majesty the exclusive right of Preemption over such lands as the proprietors thereof may be disposed to alienate at such prices as may be agreed upon between the respective Proprietors and persons appointed by Her Majesty to treat with them in that behalf. (Treaty of Waitangi, Article the Second)
Indigenous Peoples
- EnglishNative peoples have the right to maintain and develop their ethnical and cultural entity, world view, values, spirituality and holy places and places of cult. The State shall promote the appreciation and dissemination of the cultural manifestations of the native peoples, who have the right to their own education, and an education system of an intercultural and bilingual nature, taking into account their special social and cultural characteristics, values and traditions. (Art. 121)
- SpanishLos pueblos indígenas tienen derecho a mantener y desarrollar su identidad étnica y cultural, cosmovisión, valores, espiritualidad y sus lugares sagrados y de culto. El Estado fomentará la valoración y difusión de las manifestaciones culturales de los pueblos indígenas, los cuales tienen derecho a una educación propia y a un régimen educativo de carácter intercultural y bilingüe, atendiendo a sus particularidades socioculturales, valores y tradiciones. (Art. 121)
Indigenous Peoples
- EnglishThe High Authority responsible for Good Governance is an institution independent of any political power, of any political party, of any association or of any pressure group. (Art. 147)
- FrenchLa Haute Autorité chargée de Bonne Gouvernance est une Institution indépendante de tout pourvoir politique, de tout parti politique, de toute association ou de tout groupe de pression. (Art. 147)
Indigenous Peoples
- English…
(3) The national government may use the Equalisation Fund-
…
(b) either directly, or indirectly through conditional grants to counties in which marginalised communities exist.
… (Art. 204) - Swahili…
(3) Serikali ya kitaifa inaweza kutumia Mfuko wa Usawa-
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(b) ama kwa dhahiri, au si kwa dhahiri kupitia ruzuku zenye masharti kwenda kwenye kaunti ambazo kuna jamii za pembezoni.
… (Kifungu cha 204)
Indigenous Peoples
- English...
II. Education shall contribute to strengthening the unity and identity of everyone as part of the Pluri-National State (Estado Plurinacional), as well as strengthening the identity and cultural development of the members of each nation and rural native indigenous people, and the intercultural understanding and enrichment within the State. (Art. 80) - Spanish...
II. La educación contribuirá al fortalecimiento de la unidad e identidad de todas y todos como parte del Estado Plurinacional, así como a la identidad y desarrollo cultural de los miembros de cada nación o pueblo indígena originario campesino, y al entendimiento y enriquecimiento intercultural dentro del Estado. (Art. 80)