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Political Rights and Association
- English(a) Every citizen has the right to establish and to participate in the activities of political parties.
(b) Everyone has the freedom to form associations and societies, including the following:
1. the right to establish and participate in any association or society for economic, social, educational or cultural or purposes;
… (Art. 30) - Dhivehi(ހ) ސިޔާސީ ޕާޓީ އުފައްދައި، ހިންގައި، ޕާޓީތަކުގެ ޙަރަކާތްތަކުގައި ބައިވެރިވުމުގެ ހައްޤު ކޮންމެ ރައްޔިތަކަށްމެ ލިބިގެންވެއެވެ.
(ށ) ޖަމްޢިއްޔާތަކާއި ޖަމާޢަތްތައް ހެދުމުގެ މިނިވަންކަން ކޮންމެ މީހަކަންމެ ލިބިގެންވެއެވެ. މީގެ ތެރޭގައި އަންނަނިވި ހައްޤުތައް ހިމެނެއެވެ.
1. އިޤްތިސާދީ، އިޖްތިމާއި، ތައުލީމީ، ސަޤާފީ މަޤްސަދުތަކަށްޓަކައި، ޖަމްއިއްޔާތަކާއި ޖަމާއަތްތަކުގައި ބައިވެރިވުމުގެ ޙައްޤު.
... (ޤާނޫނުއަސާސީގެ 30 ވަނަ މާއްދާ)
Political Rights and Association
- English(1) The proceedings of the Senate and the National Assembly are regulated by rules known as Standing Orders, which are made by the Houses individually or jointly on the recommendation of the Committee on Standing Rules and Orders.
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(4) Any committee established by or under Standing Orders must reflect, as closely as possible, the political and gender composition of Parliament or of the House to which the Standing Orders apply. (Sec. 139)
Political Rights and Association
- English
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Reaffirming our adherence and our attachment to the Conventions of the United Nations on the Rights of the Child and on the Rights of Women, particularly to the objective of the parity of man-woman representation within the institutions of the country as well as to the international instruments concerning the protection and promotion of human rights;
… (Preamble)8 - French
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Réaffirmant notre adhésion et notre attachement à la Déclaration Universelle des Droits de l’Homme, à la Charte Africaine des Droits de l’Homme et des Peuples, aux Conventions des Nations Unies sur les Droits de l’Enfant et sur les Droits de la Femme, particulièrement à l’objectif de la parité de représentation homme-femme au sein des institutions du pays ainsi qu’aux instruments internationaux relatifs à la protection et à la promotion des droits humains;
… (Préambule)
Political Rights and Association
- English...
(2) The authorities responsible for the management of the State shall derive their powers from the people through election by direct or indirect universal suffrage, unless otherwise provided for in this Constitution.
(3) The vote shall be equal and secret, and every citizen aged twenty years and above shall be entitled to vote. (Art. 2) - French...
(2) Les autorités chargés de diriger l’Etat tiennent leurs pouvoirs du peuple par voie d’élections au suffrage universel direct ou indirect, sauf dispositions contraires de la présente Constitution.
(3) Le vote est égal et secret ; y participent tous les citoyens âgés d’au moins vingt (20) ans. (Art. 2)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishThe Republic of Djibouti as composed of the entirety of the persons that it recognizes as members and who have accepted the duties, without distinction of language, of race, of sex or of religion.
The national sovereignty belongs to the Djiboutian people who exercise it through their representatives or by way of referendum. No fraction of the people nor any individual may arrogate the exercise of it.
No one may be arbitrarily deprived of the status of member of the national community. (Art. 3) - Arabicتتألف جمهورية جيبوتي من مجموعة الأشخاص الذين تعترف بهم كأعضاء والذين قبلوا بالواجبات دون التمييز في اللغة أو العنصر أو الجنس أو الدين.
وتعود السيادة الوطنية للشعب الجيبوتي الذي يمارسها من خلال ممثلين أو عن طريق الاستفتاء. لا يجوز لأي جزء من الشعب أو أي فرد الادعاء لنفسه بممارستها.
لا يجوز حرمان أحد تعسفياً من حالة كونه عضواً في المجتمع الوطني. (المادة 3) - FrenchLa République de Djibouti est composée de l'ensemble des personnes qu'elle reconnaît comme membres et qui en acceptent les devoirs, sans distinction de langue, de race, de sexe ou de religion.
La souveraineté nationale appartient au peuple djiboutien qui l'exerce par ses représentants ou par la voie du référendum. Aucune fraction du peuple ni aucun individu ne peut s'en attribuer l'exercice.
Nul ne peut être arbitrairement privé de la qualité de membre de la communauté nationale. (Art. 3)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishThe following rights of persons are recognized and guaranteed:
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13. The right to associate, assemble and express oneself freely and voluntarily.
… (Art. 66) - SpanishSe reconoce y garantizará a las personas:
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13. El derecho a asociarse, reunirse y manifestarse en forma libre y voluntaria.
… (Art. 66)
Political Rights and Association
- English
The Nicaraguans who have completed 16 years of age are citizens.
Only citizens enjoy the political rights consigned in the Constitution and in the laws, without greater limitations than those that are established for reasons of age.
... (Art. 47) - Spanish
Son ciudadanos los nicaragüenses que hubieran cumplido dieciséis años de edad.
Sólo los ciudadanos gozan de los derechos políticos consignados en la Constitución y las leyes, sin más limitaciones que las que se establezcan por razones de edad.
... (Art. 47)
Political Rights and Association
- English
In electing people’s representatives to the Hluttaws :
(a) every citizen who has attained 18 years of age on the day on which the election commences, who is not disqualified by law, who is eligible to vote, and person who has the right to vote under the law, shall have the right to vote;
... (Sec. 391) - Burmese
လွှတ်တော်များသို့ ပြည်သူ့ကိုယ်စားလှယ်များကို ရွေးကောက်တင်မြှောက်ရာတွင် -
(က) ရွေးကောက်ပွဲစတင်ကျင်းပသည့်နေ့ရက်၌ အသက် ၁၈ နှစ်ပြည့်၍ ဥပဒေအရ အရည်အချင်း ပျက်ယွင်းသူမဟုတ်သည့်အပြင် ဆန္ဒမဲပေးပိုင်ခွင့်ရှိသော နိုင်ငံသားနှင့် ဥပဒေအရ ဆန္ဒမဲပေးခွင့်ရှိသူတိုင်းသည် ဆန္ဒမဲပေးပိုင်ခွင့်ရှိသည်၊
... (ပုဒ်မ-၃၉၁)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishThe right of free association and assembly shall be guaranteed within the limits prescribed by law. (Art. 41)
- GermanDas freie Vereins- und Versammlungsrecht ist innerhalb der gesetzlichen Schranken gewährleistet. (Art. 41)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishI. Citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan have the right to elect and be elected to the government organs and also to participate in referenda.
… (Art. 56) - AzerbaijaniI. Azərbaycan Respublikası vətəndaşlarının dövlət orqanlarına seçmək və seçilmək, habelə referendumda iştirak etmək hüququ vardır.
… (Maddə 56)