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Obligations of the State
- EnglishThe Gabonese Republic recognizes and guarantees the inviolable and imprescriptible rights of Man, which obligatorily constrain the public powers:
… (Art. 1) - FrenchLa République Gabonaise reconnaît et garantit les droits inviolables et imprescriptibles de l’Homme, qui lient obligatoirement les pouvoirs publics:
… (Art. 1)
Obligations of the State
- EnglishWhereas every person in Belize is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, the right, whatever his 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,
... (Sec. 3)
Obligations of the State
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(3) Amendments to this Basic Law affecting the division of the Federation into Länder, their participation on principle in the legislative process, or the principles laid down in Articles 13 and 20 shall be inadmissible. (Art. 79) - German…(3) Eine Änderung dieses Grundgesetzes, durch welche die Gliederung des Bundes in Länder, die grundsätzliche Mitwirkung der Länder bei der Gesetzgebung oder die in den Artikeln 1 und 20 niedergelegten Grundsätze berührt werden, ist unzulässig. (Art. 79)
Obligations of the State
- English… Amending fundamental rights of the people shall be permitted only to improve them. … (Art. 149)
- Dari... تعدیل حقوق اساسی اتباع صرف به منظور بهبود حقوق آنان مجاز می باشد. ... (مادۀ ۱۴۹)
- Pashtoد اتباعو د اساسي حقوقو تعديل يوازي د هغوى د حقوقو د ښيگڼې په منظور جواز لري. ... (۱۴۹ ماده)
Obligations of the State
- EnglishThe State has the duty to assure the diffusion and the teaching of the Constitution, of the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Man of 1948, of the African Charter of the Rights of Man and of Peoples of 1981 as well as of all international instruments duly ratified relative to Human Rights.
The State must integrate the rights of the human person in the programs of literacy [alphabétisation] and of teaching in the different schooling and university cycles and in all the programs of training of the armed forces, the forces of public security and similar forces.
The State must equally assure in the national languages by all means of mass communication, in particular by radio and television, the diffusion and the teaching of these same rights. (Art. 25) - FrenchL’Etat a le devoir d’assurer la diffusion et l’enseignement de la Constitution, de la Déclaration Universelle des Droits de l’Homme de 1948, de la Charte Africaine des Droits de l’Homme et des Peuples de 1981 ainsi que de tous les instruments internationaux dument ratifiés relatifs aux Droits humains.
L’Etat doit intégrer les droits de la personne humaine dans les programmes d’alphabétisation et d’enseignement aux différents cycles scolaires et universitaires et dans tous les programmes de formation des forces armées, des forces de sécurité publique et assimilés.
L’Etat doit également assurer dans les langues nationales par tous les moyens de communication de masse, en particulier par la radiodiffusion et la télévision, la diffusion et l’enseignement de ces mêmes droits. (Art. 25)
Obligations of the State
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26. The security that the legal precepts which, by mandate of the Constitution, regulate or complement the guarantees that it establishes or which limit them in the cases it authorizes, cannot affect the rights in their essence, or impose conditions, taxes or requirements which may impede their free exercise. (Art. 19) - Spanish...
26º.- La seguridad de que los preceptos legales que por mandato de la Constitución regulen o complementen las garantías que ésta establece o que las limiten en los casos en que ella lo autoriza, no podrán afectar los derechos en su esencia, ni imponer condiciones, tributos o requisitos que impidan su libre ejercicio. (Art. 19)
Obligations of the State
- English1. The laws issued in accordance with this Constitution for the regulation of rights and freedoms may not influence the essence of such rights or affect their fundamentals.
… (Art. 128) - Arabic1. لا يجوز أن تؤثر القوانين التي تصدر بموجب هذا الدستور لتنظيم الحقوق والحريات على جوهر هذه الحقوق أو تمسّ أساسياتها.
… (المادّة 128)
Obligations of the State
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(3) Governed by the rule of law, the Republic of Moldova is a democratic State in which the dignity of people, their rights and freedoms, the free development of human personality, justice and political pluralism represent supreme values that shall be guaranteed. (Art. 1) - Moldovian
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(3) Republica Moldova este un stat de drept, democratic, în care demnitatea omului, drepturile şi libertăţile lui, libera dezvoltare a personalităţii umane, dreptatea şi pluralismul politic reprezintă valori supreme şi sînt garantate. (Art. 1)
Obligations of the State
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All citizens of the People's Republic of China are equal before the law. Every citizen enjoys the rights and at the same time must perform the duties prescribed by the Constitution and the law.
The State respects and preserves human rights. (Art. 33)3 - Chinese
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中华人民共和国公民在法律面前一切平等。
国家尊重和保障人权。
任何公民享有宪法和法律规定的权利,同时必须履行宪法和法律规定的义务。(第三十三条)
Obligations of the State
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We the People of the Republic of Liberia: … Exercising our natural, inherent and inalienable rights to establish a framework of government for the purpose of promoting unity, liberty, peace, stability, equality, justice and human rights under the rule of law, with opportunities for political, social, moral, spiritual and cultural advancement of our society, for ourselves and for our posterity; … (Preamble)