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Obligations of the State
- EnglishThe enunciation of the rights and guarantees contained in the Constitution and in the international agreements in effect must not be understood as a negation of others which, being inherent to the human person, are not expressly mentioned in them. (Art. 94)
- SpanishLa enunciación de los derechos y garantías contenidos en la Constitución y en los convenios internacionales vigentes, no debe entenderse como negación de otros que, siendo inherentes a la persona humana, no figuren expresamente en ellos. (Art. 94)
Obligations of the State
- EnglishThe Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, on behalf of the Ukrainian people - citizens of Ukraine of all nationalities,
… providing for the guarantee of human rights and freedoms and of the worthy conditions of human life,
… (Preamble) - UkrainianВерховна Рада України від імені Українського народу – громадян України всіх національностей,
… дбаючи про забезпечення прав і свобод людини та гідних умов її життя,
… (преамбула)
Obligations of the State
- EnglishIt is hereby recognised and declared that in Mauritius there have existed and shall continue to exist without discrimination by reason of race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest, each and all of the following human rights and fundamental freedoms
… (Sec. 3)
Obligations of the State
- EnglishWHEREAS WE, the people of the United Republic of Tanzania, have firmly and solemnly resolved to build in our country a society founded on the principles of freedom, justice, fraternity and concord:AND WHEREAS those principles can only be realised in a democratic society ... thereby ensuring that all human rights are preserved and protected and that the duties of every person are faithfully discharged:… (Preamble)
Obligations of the State
- EnglishAlterations to the Constitution must respect:
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e) Essential core rights, freedoms and guarantees;
… (Art. 236) - PortugueseAs alterações da Constituição têm de respeitar o seguinte:
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e) O núcleo essencial dos direitos, liberdades e garantias;
… (Art. 236)
Obligations of the State
- English
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CONSIDERING rule of law, civic peace, democracy, human dignity, fundamental human rights and freedoms,
… (Preamble) - Moldovian
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CONSIDERÎND statul de drept, pacea civică, democraţia, demnitatea omului, drepturile şi libertăţile lui,
… (Preamble)
Obligations of the State
- English(a) Every citizen shall enjoy the right of equality, the right of liberty and the right of justice, as prescribed in this Constitution.
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(d) Necessary law shall be enacted to make citizens’ freedoms, rights, benefits, responsibilities and restrictions effective, steadfast and complete. (Sec. 21) - Burmese(က) နိုင်ငံသားတိုင်းသည် ဤဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေတွင် သတ်မှတ်ပြဌာန်းထားသည့် တန်းတူညီမျှမှု အခွင့်အရေး၊ လွတ်လပ်မှုအခွင့်အရေး၊ တရားမျှတမှု အခွင့် အရေးတို့ ခံစားခွင့်ရှိသည်၊
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(ဃ) နိုင်ငံသားများ၏ လွတ်လပ်ခွင့်၊ လုပ်ပိုင်ခွင့်၊ ခံစားခွင့်၊ တာဝန်နှင့် တားမြစ်ချက်များ ထိရောက်ခိုင်မာပြည့်စုံစေရန် လိုအပ်သောဥပဒေ ပြဌာန်းရမည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၂၁)
Obligations of the State
- English
(1) It is unlawful for a public authority to act in a way which is incompatible with a Convention right.
… (Human Rights Act 1998, Sec. 6)
Obligations of the State
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This Constitution reaffirms, develops and deepens the fundamental principles of the Mozambican State, and enshrines the sovereign nature of the democratic rule of law, based on pluralism of expression and partisan organisation and on respect for and the guarantee of fundamental rights and liberties of citizens.
… (Preamble) - Portuguese…
A presente Constituição reafirma, desenvolve e aprofunda os princípios fundamentais do Estado moçambicano, consagra o carácter soberano do Estado de Direito Democrático, baseado no pluralismo de expressão, organização partidária e no respeito e garantia dos direitos e liberdades fundamentais dos cidadãos.
… (Preâmbulo)
Obligations of the State
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Guided by the Purposes and Principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
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Inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, as well as other human rights instruments,
… (Preamble) - Bosnian…
Vođeni ciljevima i načelima Povelje Ujedinjenih naroda,
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Inspirisani Univerzalnom Deklaracijom o ljudskim pravima, Međunarodnim paktovima o građanskim i političkim pravima, odnosno o ekonomskim, socijalnim i kulturnim pravima, i Deklaracijom o pravima lica koja pripadaju nacionalnim ili etničkim, vjerskim i jezičkim manjinama, kao i drugim instrumentima ljudskih prava,
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Rukovođeni ciljevima i načelima Povelje Ujedinjenih naroda,
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Nadahnuti Općom deklaracijom o ljudskim pravima, Međunarodnim paktovima o civilnim i političkim pravima, odnosno o gospodarskim, socijalnim i kulturnim pravima, i Deklaracijom o pravima osoba koje pripadaju nacionalnim ili etničkim, vjerskim i jezičnim manjinama, kao i drugim instrumentima o ljudskim pravima,
… (Preambula) - Serbian…
Руковођени циљевима и принципима Повеље Уједињених нација,
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Надахнути Универзалном декларацијом о правима човјека, Међународним пактовима о грађанским и политичким правима, односно о економским, социјалним и културним правима и Декларацијом о правима припадника националних или етничких, вјерских и језичких мањина, као и другим инструментима људских права,
… (Преамбула)