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Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishHuman dignity is inviolable and everyone shall be obliged to respect and protect it.
Everyone shall have the right to free development of his personality if this does not violate the rights of others guaranteed by the Constitution. (Art. 23) - Serbian CyrillicЉудско достојанство је неприкосновено и сви су дужни да га поштују и штите.
Свако има право на слободан развој личности, ако тиме не крши права других зајемчена Уставом. (Члан 23)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishI. Neither the Pluri-National Legislative Assembly, nor any other body or institution, nor association or popular group of any kind, shall grant to a body or person any extraordinary authorities different than those established in this Constitution.
II. Public Power may not be accumulated, nor may any body or person be granted supremacy over the rights and guarantees recognized in this Constitution.
III. The reform of the Constitution may not be initiated while there is a state of emergency in force. (Art. 140) - SpanishI. Ni la Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional, ni ningún otro órgano o institución, ni asociación o reunión popular de ninguna clase, podrán conceder a órgano o persona alguna facultades extraordinarias diferentes a las establecidas en esta Constitución.
II. No podrá acumularse el Poder Público, ni otorgarse supremacía por la que los derechos y garantías reconocidos en esta Constitución queden a merced de órgano o persona alguna.
III. La reforma de la Constitución no podrá iniciarse mientras esté vigente un estado de excepción. (Art. 140)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English
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2. When martial law is declared, the King may by a Royal Decree issue any instructions as may be necessary for the purposes of the defence of the Kingdom, notwithstanding the provisions of any law in force. All persons charged with the implementation of such instructions shall remain to be subject to the legal liability resultant from their acts under the provisions of the laws until they are relieved of such liability by a special law to be enacted for this purpose. (Art. 125)
- Arabic
2 .عند اعلان الاحكام العرفية للملك ان يصدر بمقتضى ارادة ملكية اية تعليمات قد تقضى الضرورة بهالاغراض الدفاع عن المملكة بقطع النظر عن احكام اي قانون معمول به ويظل جميع الاشخاص القائمينبتنفيذ تلك التعليمات عرضه للمسؤولية القانونية التي تترتب على اعمالهم ازاء احكام القوانين الى انيعفوا من تلك المسؤولية بقانون خاص يوضع لهذه الغاية. … (المادة 125)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishReserving to all Archbishops, Bishops, Abbots, Priors, Templars, Hospitallers, Earls, Barons, and all Persons, as well Spiritual as Temporal, all their free Liberties and free Customs, which they have had in time passed. And all these Customs and Liberties aforesaid, which We have granted to be holden within this our Realm, as much as appertaineth to Us and our Heirs, we shall observe; and all Men of this our Realm, as well Spiritual as Temporal, as much as in them is, shall observe the same against all Persons, in like wise. And for this our Gift and Grant of these Liberties, and of other contained in our Charter of Liberties of our Forest, the Archbishops, Bishops, Abbots, Priors, Earls, Barons, Knights, Freeholders, and other our Subjects, have given unto Us the Fifteenth Part of all their Moveables. And We have granted unto them on the other part, that neither We nor our Heirs shall procure or do any thing whereby the Liberties in this Charter contained shall be infringed or broken. And if any thing be procured by any person contrary to the premises, it shall be had of no force nor effect.
… (Magna Carta, Closing Text: General Saving. Observance of these Liberties. Subsidy, in respect of this Charter and Charter of the Forest)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishWhen events different from those provided for in Articles 212 and 213 occur that disrupt or threaten to disrupt in serious or imminent manner the economic, social, or ecological order of the country or which constitute a grave public calamity, the President, with the signature of all the Ministers, can declare a State of Emergency for periods up to thirty days in each case which, added up, must not exceed ninety days in a calendar year.
By means of such a declaration, which must be substantiated, the President can, with the signature of all the Ministers, issue decrees with the force of law, intended exclusively to ward off the crisis and impede the extension of its effects.
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The Government may not infringe [desmejorar] on the social rights of workers through the decrees contemplated in this Article.
… (Art. 215) - SpanishCuando sobrevengan hechos distintos de los previstos en los artículos 212 y 213 que perturben o amenacen perturbar en forma grave e inminente el orden económico, social y ecológico del país, o que constituyan grave calamidad pública, podrá el Presidente, con la firma de todos los ministros, declarar el Estado de Emergencia por períodos hasta de treinta días en cada caso, que sumados no podrán exceder de noventa días en el año calendario.
Mediante tal declaración, que deberá ser motivada, podrá el Presidente, con la firma de todos los ministros, dictar decretos con fuerza de ley, destinados exclusivamente a conjurar la crisis y a impedir la extensión de sus efectos.
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El Gobierno no podrá desmejorar los derechos sociales de los trabajadores mediante los decretos contemplados en este artículo.
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Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishThe declaration of a state of emergency shall specify the reasons for the declaration of an emergency, and include measures to deal with the emergency, which may include the temporary suspension of the operation of laws and infringement of certain fundamental rights and freedoms guaranteed by this Constitution in Chapter 2. (Art. 254)
- Dhivehiކުއްލިނުރައްކަލުގެ ޙާލަތު އިއުލާންކުރުމަށްޓަކައި ނެރޭ ޤަރާރުގައި ކުއްލިނުރައްކަލުގެ ޙާލަތު ޢިއުލާންކުރާންޖެހުނު ސަބަބާއި، އެ ނުރައްކަލަކާ ގުޅިގެން އަޅާންޖެހޭ އެންމެހައި ފިޔަވަޅުތައް ބަޔާންކުރާންވާނެއެވެ. އޭގެތެރޭގައި މިޤާނޫނު އަސާސީގެ 2 ވަނަ ބާބުގައި ކަނޑައަޅާފައިވާ ޙައްޤުތަކާއި މިނިވަންކަމުގެ ތެރެއިން ބައެއް ޙައްޤުތަކާއި މިނިވަންކަން ވަޤުތީގޮތުން ހިފެހެއްޓުމާއި، ބައެއް ޤާނޫނުތަކަށް އަމަލުކުރުން ވަޤުތީ ގޮތުން ހުއްޓައިލުން ހިމެނިދާނެއެވެ. (ޤާނޫނުއަސާސީގެ 254 ވަނަ މާއްދާ)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishSubject to section 4, the rights and freedoms contained in this Bill of Rights may be subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society. (Bill of Rights Act 1990, Sec. 5)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishThe following rights of persons are recognized and guaranteed:
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5. The right to freely develop one's personality, without any constraints other than respect for the rights of others.
… (Art. 66) - SpanishSe reconoce y garantizará a las personas:
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5. El derecho al libre desarrollo de la personalidad, sin más limitaciones que los derechos de los demás.
... (Art. 66)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- EnglishWithout prejudice to the provisions of Article 73 of this law, none of the provisions of this law shall, in any way, be obstructed unless it is a temporary measure taken during the time of war or in a state of emergency as specified by the law. (Basic Law, Art. 82)
- Arabicمع عدم الإخلال بأحكام المادة 73 من هذا القانون ، لا يجوز بأي حال من الأحوال إعاقة أي من أحكام هذا القانون ما لم يكن تدبيرا مؤقتا اتخذ أثناء الحرب أو في حالة الطوارئ كما هو محدد في القانون. (النظام الأساسي، المادة 82)
Limitations and/or Derogations
- English
The proposal for a new Constitution to be submitted to a plebiscite must contain, at least, the following institutional and fundamental principles:
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3. Sovereignty is limited by the dignity of the human person and the human rights recognized in international treaties ratified by the State of Chile and currently in force.
... (Art. 154) - Spanish
La propuesta de nueva Constitución que se someta a plebiscito deberá contener, al menos, las siguientes bases institucionales y fundamentales:
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3. La soberanía tiene como límite la dignidad de la persona humana y los derechos humanos reconocidos en los tratados internacionales ratificados por el Estado de Chile y que se encuentren vigentes.
... (Art. 154)