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Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) Every child has the right—
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(b) to family care or parental care, or to appropriate alternative care when removed from the family environment;
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Marriage and Family Life
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3. The State and society shall create an environment for building prosperous, progressive and happy Vietnamese families, and developing Vietnamese people with good health, cultural qualities, patriotism, a spirit of solidarity, a sense of mastery and civic responsibility. (Art. 60) - Vietnamese…
3. Nhà nước, xã hội tạo môi trường xây dựng gia đình Việt Nam ấm no, tiến bộ, hạnh phúc; xây dựng con người Việt Nam có sức khỏe, văn hóa, giàu lòng yêu nước, có tinh thần đoàn kết, ý thức làm chủ, trách nhiệm công dân. (Điều 60)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishWE HEREBY DECLARE that all persons in our country have the following basic obligations to themselves and their descendants, to each other, and to the Nation:-
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(h) in the case of parents, to support, assist and educate their children (whether born in or out of wedlock), and in particular to give them a true understanding of their basic rights and obligations and of the National Goals and Directive Principles;
(i) in the case of the children, to respect their parents.
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe law ensures protection for all children. Any child is entitled to love, affection, understanding and moral and physical care grow its father and mother. (Art. 261)
- FrenchLa Loi assure la protection à tous les Enfants. Tout enfant a droit à l'amour, à l'affection, à la compréhension et aux soins moraux et matériels de son père et de sa mère. (Art. 261)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishDivorce as a means of dissolving the matrimonial bond is recognized.
The law shall regulate the grounds for divorce and its effects. (Art. 113) - SpanishSe reconoce el divorcio como medio de disolución del vínculo matrimonial.
La Ley regulará sus causales y efectos. (Art. 113)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe customary and traditional rules governing the matrimonial regimes and inheritance may only be applicable with the consent of the parties concerned.
In default of consent, the national law alone is applicable.
It is the same in case of conflict between two [2] or more customary rules. (Art. 162) - Arabicلا يجوز تطبيق القواعد العرفية والتقليدية التي تحكم أنظمة الزواج إلا بموافقة الأطراف المعنية.
في غياب الموافقة، يكون القانون الوطني الوحيد الواجب تطبيقه.
يطبق القانون نفسه في حالة وجود تعارض بين قاعدتين [2] عرفيتين أو أكثر. (المادة 162) - FrenchLes règles coutumières et traditionnelles régissant les régimes matrimoniaux et les successions ne peuvent s'appliquer qu'avec le consentement des parties concernées.
A défaut de consentement, la loi nationale est seule applicable.
Il en est de même en cas de conflit entre deux (2) ou plusieurs règles coutumières. (Art. 162)
Marriage and Family Life
- English1. Subject to laws enacted in their best interests, children shall have the right to know and be cared for by their parents or those entitled by law to bring them up.
2. A child is entitled to basic education which shall be the responsibility of the State and the parents of the child.
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe right of employees and their family members to social security and social insurance shall be regulated by law and collective agreements.
Rights related to childbirth, maternity and child care shall be regulated by law. (Art. 56) - CroatianPravo zaposlenih i članova njihovih obitelji na socijalnu sigurnost i socijalno osiguranje ureduje se zakonom i kolektivnim ugovorom.
Prava u svezi s porođajem, materinstvom i njegom djece uređuju se zakonom. (Članak 56)
Marriage and Family Life
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3. Everyone shall have duties with regard to the family, society, the state and other legally recognised institutions
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3. Todos têm deveres para com a família, a sociedade e o Estado e outras instituições legalmente reconhecidas
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Marriage and Family Life
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The Nicaraguan State recognizes the person, the family and the community as the origin and the end of its activity, and it is organized to assure [asegurar] the common good, assuming the task of promoting the human development of all and each one of the Nicaraguans, under the inspiration of Christian values, socialist ideals, practices of solidarity, [and] democratic and humanistic [practices], as universal and general values, as well as the values and ideals of the Nicaraguan culture and identity. (Art. 4)
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El Estado nicaragüense reconoce a la persona, la familia y la comunidad como el origen y el fin de su actividad, y está organizado para asegurar el bien común, asumiendo la tarea de promover el desarrollo humano de todos y cada uno de los nicaragüenses, bajo la inspiración de valores cristianos, ideales socialistas, prácticas solidarias, democráticas y humanísticas, como valores universales y generales, así como los valores e ideales de la cultura e identidad nicaragüense. (Art. 4)