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Indigenous Peoples
- English
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Notwithstanding the preceding provisions, the Constitutional Council may also be composed of one or more members of the indigenous peoples recognized in Law No. 19,253, which establishes norms for the protection, promotion, and development of indigenous peoples and creates the National Corporation for Indigenous Development, in force as of the date of publication of this reform. The following special rules shall apply for these purposes:
1. Indigenous individuals who are citizens with the right to vote may declare their candidacies, and the general disqualifications, incompatibilities, and prohibitions for being a member of the Constitutional Council shall also apply to them. Candidacies must prove their status as members of an indigenous people by means of the corresponding certificate of indigenous status issued by the National Corporation for Indigenous Development.
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Sin perjuicio de las normas precedentes, el Consejo Constitucional podrá estar integrado, además, por uno o más miembros de los pueblos originarios reconocidos en la ley N° 19.253, que establece normas sobre protección, fomento y desarrollo de los indígenas, y crea la Corporación Nacional de Desarrollo Indígena, vigente a la fecha de publicación de la presente reforma. Para estos efectos se aplicarán las siguientes reglas especiales:
1. Podrán declarar candidaturas las personas indígenas que sean ciudadanos con derecho a sufragio, siéndoles además aplicables las inhabilidades, incompatibilidades y prohibiciones generales para ser miembro del Consejo Constitucional. Las candidaturas deberán acreditar su condición de pertenecientes a algún pueblo, mediante el correspondiente certificado de calidad de indígena emitido por la Corporación Nacional de Desarrollo Indígena.
... (Art. 144)
Indigenous Peoples
- EnglishThe state, within its financial means, shall design and implement effective programs to develop agriculture and animal husbandry, improve economic, social, and living conditions of farmers, herders and settlers as well as the nomads' livelihood. … (Art. 14)
- Dariدولت برای انكشاف زراعت و مالداری، بهبود شرایط اقتصادی، اجتماعی و معیشتی دهقانان و مالداران و اسكان و بهبود زندگی كوچیان، در حدود بنیهٔ مالی دولت، پروگرامهای مؤثر طرح و تطبیق می نماید. ... (مادۀ ۱۴)
- Pashtoدولت د كرنې او مالدارۍ د پراختيا، د بزگرانو او مالدارانو د اقتصادي ټولنيزو او د ژوند د شرايطو د ښه كولو او د كوچيانو د ميشتولو او د دوى د ژوند د سمون لپاره د دولت د مالي توان په حدودو كې اغېزمن پروگرامونه طرح او تطبيقوي.... (۱۴ ماده)
Indigenous Peoples
- English(1) Community land shall vest in and be held by communities identified on the basis of ethnicity, culture or similar community of interest.
(2) Community land consists of—
(a) land lawfully registered in the name of group representatives under the provisions of any law;
(b) land lawfully transferred to a specific community by any process of law;
(c) any other land declared to be community land by an Act of Parliament; and
(d) land that is—
(i) lawfully held, managed or used by specific communities as community forests, grazing areas or shrines;
(ii) ancestral lands and lands traditionally occupied by hunter-gatherer communities; or
(iii) lawfully held as trust land by the county governments, but not including any public land held in trust by the county government under Article 62(2).
… (Art. 63) - Swahili(1) Ardhi ya jamii itakabidhiwa na kushikiliwa na jamii zinazotambuliwa kwa msingi wa kabila, utamaduni au jamii yenye maslahi yanayofanana.
(2) Ardhi ya jumuiya inajumuisha—
(a) ardhi iliyosajiliwa kihalali kwa jina la wawakilishi wa kikundi chini ya masharti ya sheria yoyote;
(b) ardhi ambayo umilikiwa wake umehamishwa kihalali kwenda kwa jamii mahususi kwa mchakato wowote wa sheria;
(c) ardhi nyingine yoyote iliyotangazwa kuwa ardhi ya jamii kwa Sheria ya Bunge; na
(d) ardhi ambayo—
(i) inashikiliwa kihalali, inayosimamiwa au kutumiwa na jamii mahususi kama misitu ya jamii, maeneo ya malisho au shughuli za kiimani;
(ii) ardhi za mababu na ardhi ambazo kiutamaduni zilishikiliwa na jamii za wawindaji na waokotaji; au
(iii) imeshikiliwa kisheria na serikali za kaunti kama ardhi ya amana, lakini haijumuishi ardhi yoyote ya umma inayoshikiliwa na serikali ya kaunti chini ya Kifungu cha 62(2).
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Indigenous Peoples
- EnglishGiven the pre-colonial existence of nations and rural native indigenous peoples and their ancestral control of their territories, their free determination, consisting of the right to autonomy, self-government, their culture, recognition of their institutions, and the consolidation of their territorial entities, is guaranteed within the framework of the unity of the State, in accordance with this Constitution and the law. (Art. 2)
- SpanishDada la existencia precolonial de las naciones y pueblos indígena originario campesinos y su dominio ancestral sobre sus territorios, se garantiza su libre determinación en el marco de la unidad del Estado, que consiste en su derecho a la autonomía, al autogobierno, a su cultura, al reconocimiento de sus instituciones y a la consolidación de sus entidades territoriales, conforme a esta Constitución y la ley. (Art. 2)
Indigenous Peoples
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II. The Public Defender shall also promote the defense of the rights of the nations and rural native indigenous peoples, of urban and intercultural communities, and of Bolivians who are abroad.
… (Art. 218) - Spanish…
II. Corresponderá asimismo a la Defensoría del Pueblo la promoción de la defensa de los derechos de las naciones y pueblos indígena originario campesinos, de las comunidades urbanas e interculturales, y de las bolivianas y los bolivianos en el exterior.
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Indigenous Peoples
- EnglishThe National Congress shall have exclusive powers:
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XVI. to authorize exploitation and use of water resources, prospecting and mining of mineral wealth on indigenous lands;
… (Art. 49) - PortugueseÉ da competência exclusiva do Congresso Nacional:
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XVI - autorizar, em terras indígenas, a exploração e o aproveitamento de recursos hídricos e a pesquisa e lavra de riquezas minerais;
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Indigenous Peoples
- English(1) There shall be a Commission for the Scheduled Tribes to be known as the National Commission for the Scheduled Tribes.
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(5) It shall be the duty of the Commission:
(a) to investigate and monitor all matters relating to the safeguards provided for the Scheduled Tribes under this Constitution or under any other law for the time being in force or under any order of the Government and to evaluate the working of such safeguards;
(b) to inquire into specific complaints with respect to the deprivation of rights and safeguards of the Scheduled Tribes;
(c) to participate and advise on the planning process of socioeconomic development of the Scheduled Tribes and to evaluate the progress of their development under the Union and any State;
(d) to present to the President, annually and at such other times as the Commission may deem fit, reports upon the working of those safeguards;
(e) to make in such reports recommendation as to the measures that should be taken by the Union or any State for the effective implementation of those safeguards and other measures for the protection, welfare and socio-economic development of the Scheduled Tribes; and
(f) to discharge such other functions in relation to the protection, welfare and development and advancement of the Scheduled Tribes as the President may, subject to the provisions of any law made by Parliament, by rule specify.
… (Art. 338A) - Hindi(1) अनुसूचित जनजातियों के लिए एक आयोग होगा, जो राष्ट्रीय अनुसूचित जनजाति आयोग के नाम से ज्ञात होगा।
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(5) आयोग का यह कर्तव्य होगा कि वह:
(क) अनुसूचित जनजातियों के लिए इस संविधान या तत्समय प्रवृत्त किसी अन्य विधि या सरकार के किसी आदेश के अधीन उपबंधित रक्षोपायों से संबंधित सभी विषयों का अन्वेषण करे और उन पर निगरानी रखे तथा ऐसे रक्षोपायों के कार्यकरण का मूल्यांकन करे;
(ख) अनुसूचित जनजातियों को उनके अधिकारों और रक्षोपायों से वंचित करने की बाबत विनिर्दिष्ट शिकायतों की जांच करे;
(ग) अनुसूचित जनजातियों के सामाजिक-आर्थिक विकास की योजना प्रक्रिया में भाग ले और उन पर सलाह दे तथा संघ और किसी राज्य के अधीन उनके विकास की प्रगति का मूल्यांकन करे;
(घ) उन रक्षोपायों के कार्यकरण के बारे में प्रतिवर्ष, और ऐसे अन्य समयों पर, जो आयोग ठीक समझे, राष्ट्रपति को रिपोर्ट प्रस्तुत करे;
(ड.) ऐसे रिपोर्ट में उन उपायों के बारे में जो उन रक्षोपायों के प्रभावपूर्ण कार्यान्वयन के लिए संघ या किसी राज्य द्वारा किए जाने चाहिए, तथा अनुसूचित जनजातियों के संरक्षण, कल्याण और सामाजिक-आर्थिक विकास के लिए अन्य उपायों के बारे में सिफ़ारिश करे; और
(च) अनुसूचित जनजातियों के संरक्षण, कल्याण, और विकास तथा उन्नयन के संबंध में ऐसे अन्य कृत्यों का निर्वहन करे जो राष्ट्रपति, संसद द्वारा बनाई गई किसी विधि के उपबंधों के अधीन रहते हुए, नियम द्वारा विनिर्दिष्ट करे।
… (अनुच्छेद 338क)
Indigenous Peoples
- EnglishThe form of the indigenous territorial entities will be made subject to what the Organic Law of Territorial Ordering provides, and their delimitation will be made by the National Government, with the participation of the representatives of the indigenous communities, after the opinion of the Commission of Territorial Ordering.The reservations [resguardos] are collective property and non-alienable.
The law will define the relations and coordination of these entities with those of which they form a part.
… (Art. 329) - SpanishLa conformación de las entidades territoriales indígenas se hará con sujeción a lo dispuesto en la Ley Orgánica de Ordenamiento Territorial, y su delimitación se hará por el Gobierno Nacional, con participación de los representantes de las comunidades indígenas, previo concepto de la Comisión de Ordenamiento Territorial. Los resguardos son de propiedad colectiva y no enajenable.
La ley definirá las relaciones y la coordinación de estas entidades con aquellas de las cuales formen parte.
… (Art. 329)
Indigenous Peoples
- EnglishEvery citizen shall be at liberty in the exercise of the following rights, if not contrary to the laws, enacted for Union security, prevalence of law and order, community peace and tranquility or public order and morality:
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(d) to develop their language, literature, culture they cherish, religion they profess, and customs without prejudice to the relations between one national race and another or among national races and to other faiths. (Sec. 354) - Burmeseနိုင်ငံသားတိုင်းသည် နိုင်ငံတော်လုံးခြုံရေး၊ တရားဥပဒေစိုးမိုးရေး၊ ရပ်ရွာအေးချမ်းသာယာရေး သို့မဟုတ် ပြည်သူတို့၏ ကိုယ်ကျင့်တရားအကျိုးငှာ ပြဌာန်းထားသည့် ဥပဒေများနှင့် မဆန့်ကျင်လျှင် အောက်ပါအခွင့်အရေးများကို လွတ်လပ်စွာ သုံးစွဲဆောင်ရွက်ခွင့်ရှိသည် -
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(ဃ) တိုင်းရင်းသားလူမျိုး တစ်မျိုးနှင့် တစ်မျိုး သို့မဟုတ် တိုင်းရင်းသားလူမျိုးအချင်းချင်း ကိုလည်းကောင်း၊ အခြားဘာသာသာသနာကိုလည်းကောင်း ထိခိုက်နစ်နာမှုမရှိစေဘဲ မိမိချစ်ခင်မြတ်နိုးသည့် စကား၊ စာပေ၊ ယဉ်ကျေးမှု၊ ကိုးကွယ်သည့်ဘာသာ သာသနာနှင့် ဓလေ့ထုံးတမ်းများကို လွတ်လပ်စွာ ဆောင်ရွက်ပိုင်ခွင့်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၅၄)
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)