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Equality and Non-Discrimination
Pakistan
- English…
Wherein the principles of democracy, freedom, equality, tolerance and social justice as enunciated by Islam shall be fully observed;
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Wherein shall be guaranteed fundamental rights including equality of status, of opportunity and before law, social, economic and political justice, and freedom of thought, expression, belief, faith, worship and association, subject to law and public morality;
… (Preamble) - Urdu…
جس میں جمہوریت ،آزادی، مساوات، رواداری اور عدل عمرانی کے اصولوں کو جس طرح اسلام نے ان کی تشریح کی ہے، پوری طرح عمل کیا جائے گا؛
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جس میں بنیادی حقوق کی ضمانت دی جائے گی اور ان حقوق میں قانون و اخلاق عامہ کے تابع حیثیت اور مواقع میں مساوات، قانون کی نظر میں برابری، معاشرتی،معاشی اور سیاسی انصاف و خیال، اظہار خیال، عقیدہ، دین، عبادت اور اجتماع کی آزادی شامل ہوگی؛
…(تمہید)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Micronesia, Federated States of
- EnglishA person may not be … denied the equal protection of the laws. (Art. IV, Sec. 3)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Sierra Leone
- English(1) The Social Order of the State shall be founded on the ideals of Freedom, Equality and Justice.
(2) In furtherance of the Social Order—
a. every citizen shall have equality of rights, obligations, and opportunities before the law, and the State shall ensure that every citizen has an equal right and access to all opportunities and benefits based on merit;
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c. the Government shall secure and maintain the independence, impartiality and integrity of courts of law and unfettered access thereto, and to this end shall ensure that the operation of the legal system promotes justice on the basis of equal opportunity, and that opportunities for securing justice are not denied any citizen by reason of economic or other disability.
… (Sec. 8)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- EnglishThe Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is irrevocably free and independent, basing its moral property and values of freedom, equality, justice and international peace on the doctrine of Simon Bolivar, the Liberator. … (Art. 1)
- SpanishLa República Bolivariana de Venezuela es irrevocablemente libre e independiente y fundamenta su patrimonio moral y sus valores de libertad, igualdad, justicia y paz internacional, en la doctrina de Simón Bolívar, el Libertador. … (Art. 1)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Syrian Arab Republic
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3. Citizens shall be equal in rights and duties without discrimination among them on grounds of sex, origin, language, religion or creed;
4. The state shall guarantee the principle of equal opportunities among citizens. (Art. 33) - Arabic...
3المواطنون متساوون في الحقوق والواجبات، لا تمييز بينھم في ذلك بسبب الجنس أو الأصل أو اللغة أو الدين أو العقيدة4تكفل الدولة مبدأ تكافؤ الفرص بين المواطني ن(المادّة 33).
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Papua New Guinea
- English(1) Subject to this Constitution, all citizens have the same rights, privileges, obligations and duties irrespective of race, tribe, place of origin, political opinion, colour, creed, religion or sex.
(2) Subsection (1) does not prevent the making of laws for the special benefit, welfare, protection or advancement of females, children and young persons, members of under-privileged or less advanced groups or residents of less advanced areas.
(3) Subsection (1) does not affect the operation of a pre-Independence law. (Sec. 55)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
South Sudan
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5. In adjudicating cases of both civil and criminal nature, the courts shall, subject to the law, apply, inter alia, the following principles:
a. justice shall be done to all irrespective of their social, political or economic status, gender, religion or beliefs;
… (Art. 122)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Bahrain
- EnglishPeople are equal in human dignity, and citizens are equal before the law in public rights and duties. There shall be no discrimination among them on the basis of sex, origin, language, religion or creed. (Art. 18)
- Arabicالناس سواسية في الكرامة الإنسانية، ويتساوى المواطنون لدى القانون في الحقوق والواجبات العامة، لا تمييز بينهم في ذلك بسبب الجنس أو الأصل أو اللغة أو الدين أو العقيدة. (المادّة 18)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Uzbekistan
- EnglishWomen and men shall have equal rights. (Art. 46)
- UzbekXotin-qizlar va erkaklar teng huquqlidirlar. (46-modda)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
Angola
- EnglishWe, the people of Angola, …
Armed with a culture of tolerance and profoundly committed to reconciliation, equality, justice and development;
Having decided to build a society based on equal opportunities, commitment, fraternity and unity in diversity;
Determined to build together a just and progressive society that respects life, equality, diversity and human dignity;
… (Preamble) - PortugueseNós, o Povo de Angola, …
Revestidos de uma cultura de tolerância e profundamente comprometidos com a reconciliação, a igualdade, a justiça e o desenvolvimento;
Decididos a construir uma sociedade fundada na equidade de oportunidades, no compromisso, na fraternidade e na unidade na diversidade;
Determinados a edificar, todos juntos, uma sociedade justa e de progresso que respeita a vida, a igualdade, a diversidade e a dignidade das pessoas;
… (Preâmbulo)