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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishEveryone shall have the right to legal protection of his private and family life, of his honour and good reputation and to make decisions about his personal life. (Art. 47)
- PolishKażdy ma prawo do ochrony prawnej życia prywatnego, rodzinnego, czci i dobrego imienia oraz do decydowania o swoim życiu osobistym. (Art. 47)
Marriage and Family Life
- English[The following] are of the domain of the law:
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• … the status [état] and the capacity of persons, the matrimonial regimes, inheritance and gifts;
… (Art. 125) - FrenchSont du domaine de la loi:
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- … l’état et la capacité des personnes, les régimes matrimoniaux, les successions et les libéralités;
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Marriage and Family Life
- English1. Subject to clauses (4), (5) and (7), no law shall make any provision that is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect.
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3. In this Article the expression “discriminatory” means affording different treatment to different persons attributable, wholly or mainly to their respective descriptions by race, tribe, sex, place of origin, marital status, political opinions, colour or creed whereby persons of one such description are subjected to disabilities or restrictions to which persons of another such description are not made subject or are accorded privileges or advantages which are not accorded to persons of another such description.
4. Clause (1) shall not apply to any law so far as that law makes provision-
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c. with respect to adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, devolution of property on death or other matters of personal law;
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Marriage and Family Life
- English
The State shall pursue the following policies:
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(j) Policies relating to Social Justice and Inclusion:
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(4) to evaluate economically the work and contribution such as maintenance of children and care of families,
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राज्यलेदेिायका नीमििरू अिलम्बन गनेछः–
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(ञ) सामाजजक न्त्याय र समािेशीकरण सम्बन्त्धी नीमिः
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(४) बालबच्चाको पालन पोषण, परिवारको हेरचाह जस्ता काम र योगदानलाई आर्थिक रूपमा मूल्यांकन गरिने,
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Marriage and Family Life
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2. In the Russian Federation the labour and health of people shall be protected, a guaranteed minimum wage shall be established, State support shall be provided for the family, maternity, fatherhood and childhood, to the disabled and to elderly citizens, the system of social services shall be developed and State pensions, allowances and other social security guarantees shall be established. (Art. 7) - Russian…
2. В Российской Федерации охраняются труд и здоровье людей, устанавливается гарантированный минимальный размер оплаты труда, обеспечивается государственная поддержка семьи, материнства, отцовства и детства, инвалидов и пожилых граждан, развивается система социальных служб, устанавливаются государственные пенсии, пособия и иные гарантии социальной защиты. (Статья 7)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe State shall--
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(e) make provision for securing just and humane conditions of work, ensuring that children and women are not employed in vocations unsuited to their age or sex, and for maternity benefits for women in employment;
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(ہ) منصفانہ اور نرم شرائط کار، اس امر کی ضمانت دیتے ہوئے کہ بچوں اور عورتوں سےایسے پیشوں میں کام نہ لیا جائے گا جو ان کی عمر یا جنس کے لئے نا مناسب ہوں، مقرر کرنے کے لئے، اور ملازم عورتوں کے لئے ذچگی سے متعلق مراعات دینے کے لئے، احکام وضع کرے گی؛
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishEveryone shall have the right to decide freely on entering or dissolving a marriage.
Marriage shall be entered into based on the free consent of man and woman before the state body.
Contracting, duration or dissolution of marriage shall be based on the equality of man and woman.
Marriage, marital and family relations shall be regulated by the law.
Extramarital community shall be equal with marriage, in accordance with the law. (Art. 62) - Serbian CyrillicСвако има право да слободно одлучи о закључењу и раскидању брака.
Брак се закључује на основу слободно датог пристанка мушкарца и жене пред државним органом.
Закључење, трајање и раскид брака почивају на равноправности мушкарца и жене.
Брак и односи у браку и породици уређују се законом.
Ванбрачна заједница се изједначава са браком, у складу са законом. (Члан 62)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) Men and women of marriageable age have a right to marry and found a family.
(2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.
(3) The family is the natural and fundamental unit of society and is entitled to protection by the State.
(4) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance by society and the State.
(5) Society and the State have the duty to preserve and sustain the harmonious development, cohesion and respect for the family and family values.
(6) Subject to the availability of resources, the Government shall provide facilities and opportunities necessary to enhance the welfare of the needy and the elderly.
(Sec. 27)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) An appeal shall lie from final decisions of the Court of Appeal to the Caribbean Court of Justice as of right in the following cases –
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(b) in proceedings for the dissolution or nullification of marriage;
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishAll children have the same rights and duties.
Qualifications concerning the nature of filiation are not recognized. No statement of any kind as to differentiations in births or the marital status of the parents shall be contained in any birth registrations or in any document relating to filiation. (Art. 114) - SpanishTodos los hijos tienen los mismos derechos y deberes.
No se reconocen calificaciones sobre la naturaleza de la filiación. En ningún registro o documento referente a la filiación se consignará declaración alguna diferenciando los nacimientos ni señalando el estado civil de los padres. (Art. 114)