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Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishChadians of both sexes have the same rights and the same duties. They are equal before the law. (Art. 13)
- Arabicيتمتع التشاديون من النوعين الاجتماعيين بالحقوق والواجبات نفسها. إنهم متساوون أمام القانون. (المادة 13)
- FrenchLes Tchadiens des deux sexes ont les mêmes droits et les mêmes devoirs. Ils sont égaux devant la loi. (Art. 13)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
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(2) The state shall guarantee to both men and women the equal right to enjoy all civil, political, social, cultural, and economic rights, including the right to equal pay for equal work, and other professional benefits.
(3) The state shall guarantee women’s rights in all fields through positive discrimination.
... (Art. 48) - Arabic...
2. تكفل الدولة للرجال و النساء الحق المتساوي في التمتع بكل الحقوق المدنية والسياسية والإجتماعية والثقافية والإقتصادية بما فيها الحق في الأجر المتساوي للعمل المتساوي والمزايا الوظيفية الاخري
3. تضمن الدولة حقوق المرأة في جميع المجالات وتعززها من خلال التمييز الإيجابي.
(الماده 49)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English
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15. All persons are equal before the law and are entitled to equal and effective protection of the law and shall not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, sex, language, religion, politics or other status.
… (Art. 7) - Dzongkha
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༡༥) ཁྲིམས་ཀྱི་འོག་ལུ་མི་ག་ར་འདྲ་མཉམ་ཨིནམ་དང་ དེ་ཚུ་ལུ་ གནད་དུ་སྨིན་པའི་ཁྲིམས་ཀྱི་ཉེན་ སྐྱོབ་དང་འདྲ་མཉམ་གྱི་ ཐོབ་རིམ་ཡོདཔ་ལས་ རིགས་རུས་ ཡང་ན་ ཕོ་མོ་ སྐད་ཡིག་ ཆོས་ལུགས་ སྲིད་དོན་ ཡང་ན་ གནས་འབབ་གཞན་ལུ་ བརྟེན་ ཕྱོགས་རིས་ཕྱེ་ནི་མེད།
... ༼རྩ་ཚན་༧༽
Equality and Non-Discrimination
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All citizens shall have equal social dignity and shall be equal before the law, without distinction of gender, race, language, religion, political opinion, personal and social conditions.
It shall be the duty of the Republic to remove those obstacles of an economic or social nature which constrain the freedom and equality of citizens, thereby impeding the full development of the human person and the effective participation of all workers in the political, economic and social organisation of the country. (Art. 3) - Italian
Tutti i cittadini hanno pari dignità sociale e sono eguali davanti alla legge, senza distinzione di sesso, di razza, di lingua, di religione, di opinioni politiche, di condizioni personali e sociali.
È compito della Repubblica rimuovere gli ostacoli di ordine economico e sociale, che, limitando di fatto la libertà e l'eguaglianza dei cittadini, impediscono il pieno sviluppo della persona umana e l'effettiva partecipazione di tutti i lavoratori all'organizzazione politica, economica e sociale del Paese. (Art. 3)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishThe woman has the same rights as the man.
The law guarantees parity and assures the promotion as well as the representativeness of women in all political, elective and administrative functions. (Art. 17) - FrenchLa femme a les mêmes droits que l’homme.
La loi garantit la parité et assure la promotion ainsi que la représentativité de la femme à toutes les fonctions politiques, électives et administratives. (Art. 17)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishThe public powers see to the elimination of any form of discrimination concerning women and assure the protection and the promotion of their rights.
… (Art. 14) - FrenchLes pouvoirs publics veillent à l’élimination de toute forme de discrimination à l’égard de la femme et assurent la protection et la promotion de ses droits.
… (Art. 14)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishWe the people of Zimbabwe, …
United in our diversity by our common desire for freedom, justice and equality, and our heroic resistance to colonialism, racism and all forms of domination and oppression,
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Cherishing freedom, equality, peace, justice, tolerance, prosperity and patriotism in search of new frontiers under a common destiny,
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Resolve by the tenets of this Constitution to commit ourselves to build a united, just and prosperous nation, founded on values of transparency, equality, freedom, fairness, honesty and the dignity of hard work,
… (Preamble)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishWe, the people of Kazakhstan, … committed to the ideals of freedom, equality… (Preamble)
- Kazak… Қазақстан халқы, … мемлекеттiлiк құра отырып, өзiмiздi еркiндiк, теңдiк және татулық … (кіріспе)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English1. All persons shall be equal before the law. All persons shall have the right to equal treatment by public authorities.
2. No one shall be discriminated against in political, social or economic life for any reason whatsoever. (Art. 32) - Polish1. Wszyscy są wobec prawa równi. Wszyscy mają prawo do równego traktowania przez władze publiczne.
2. Nikt nie może być dyskryminowany w życiu politycznym, społecznym lub gospodarczym z jakiejkolwiek przyczyny. (Art. 32)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English(1) The fundamental human rights and freedoms of the individual enshrined in this Chapter3 are hereby declared and guaranteed, namely –
(a) … equality before the law and equal protection of the law;
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(3) A person of whatever gender, race, place of origin, political opinion, colour, religion, creed, age or disability shall be entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual contained in this Chapter but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest. (Sec. 14)