Some Articles with same number have leaked (as Salman Rushdie might have liked to refer to) into different constitutions and charters with almost the same content or at least the intention. Article 14 ad 19 each find two instances:
Article 14:
Indian Constitution: The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth.
Japanese Constitution: The constitution guarantees equality before the law and outlaws discrimination against Japanese citizens based on "political, economic or social relations" or "race, creed, sex, social status or family origin".
Article 19:
Indian Constitution: Right to freedom of speech and expression etc. - total 6 freedoms mentioned.
UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
There could be more. A curious point of beginning to research more commonalities.
Article 14:
Indian Constitution: The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth.
Japanese Constitution: The constitution guarantees equality before the law and outlaws discrimination against Japanese citizens based on "political, economic or social relations" or "race, creed, sex, social status or family origin".
Article 19:
Indian Constitution: Right to freedom of speech and expression etc. - total 6 freedoms mentioned.
UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
There could be more. A curious point of beginning to research more commonalities.
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