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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe family is the source of the education and the parents are entitled to choose what is to be taught [impartirse] to their minor children.
… (Art. 73) - SpanishLa familia es fuente de la educación y los padres tienen derecho a escoger la que ha de impartirse a sus hijos menores.
… (Art. 73)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe state shall protect mothers and children, and shall sponsor the youth and the young. (Art. 30)
- Arabicتحمي الدولـة الأمومة والطفولــة وترعى النشء والشبـــاب. (المادّة 30)
Marriage and Family Life
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4. All levels of government shall:
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c. provide maternity and child care and medical care for pregnant and lactating women.
… (Art. 16)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) Every person has a right to reasonable privacy in respect of his private and family life, his communications with other persons and his personal papers and effects, except to the extent that the exercise of that right is regulated or restricted by law that complies with Section 38 (general qualifications on qualified rights).
… (Sec. 49)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe family is the natural and moral base of society.
The State and the Autonomous Collectivities have a duty to see to the well-being of the family. (Art. 41) - Arabicالأسرة هي الأساس الطبيعي والأخلاقي للمجتمع.
يترتب على الدولة والجماعات المستقلة تأمين رفاه الأسرة. (المادة 41) - FrenchLa famille est la base naturelle et morale de la société.
L'Etat et les Collectivités Autonomes ont le devoir de veiller au bien-être de la famille. (Art. 41)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe right to honor, to personal privacy, to a family, and to one's dignity is guaranteed. (Art. 76)
- SpanishSe garantiza el derecho al honor, a la intimidad personal, familiar y a la propia imagen. (Art. 76)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) Matrimony shall be a free union between a man and a woman. Only a civil marriage shall be legal.
(2) Spouses shall have equal rights and obligations in matrimony and the family.
(3) The form of a marriage, the conditions and procedure for its conclusion and termination, and all private and material relations between the spouses shall be established by law. (Art. 46) - Bulgarian(1) Бракът е доброволен съюз между мъж и жена. Законен е само гражданският брак.
(2) Съпрузите имат равни права и задължения в брака и семейството.
(3) Формата на брака, условията и редът за неговото сключване и прекратяване, личните и имуществените отношения между съпрузите се уреждат със закон. (Чл. 46)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe State shall register every birth, marriage and death occurring in Uganda. (Art. 18)
Marriage and Family Life
- English
The family benefits from the protection of the State.
The rights of the child are protected by the State and by the family taking into account the superior interest of the child.
The State protects and takes [as a] responsibility abandoned children or [children] without affiliation.
Under penalty of criminal prosecution, parents have the obligation of assuring the education of their children.
Under penalty of criminal prosecution, children have the duty to assure aid and assistance to their parents.
... (Art. 71) - Arabic
تحظى الأسرة بحماية الدولة.
حقوق الطفل محمية من طرف الدولة والأسرة مع مراعاة المصلحة العليا للطفل.
تحمي وتكفل الدولة الأطفال المتخلى عنهم أو مجهولي النسب.
تحت طائلة المتابعات الجزائية، يلزم الأولياء بضمان تربية أبنائهم.
تحت طائلة المتابعات الجزائية، يلزم الأبناء بواجب القيام بالإحسان إلى أوليائهم ومساعدتهم.
... (المــادة 71) - French
La famille bénéficie de la protection de l'Etat.
Les droits de l'enfant sont protégés par l’Etat et par la famille en tenant compte de l’intérêt supérieur de l’enfant.
L'Etat protège et prend en charge les enfants abandonnés ou sans filiation.
Sous peine de poursuites pénales, les parents ont l'obligation d'assurer l'éducation de leurs enfants.
Sous peine de poursuites pénales, les enfants ont le devoir d'assurer aide et assistance à leurs parents.
... (Art. 71)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe family is the nucleus of society, and is founded on religion, morality, and patriotism. The State shall ensure its cohesion, stability and the establishment of its values. (Art. 10)
- Arabicالأسرة نواة المجتمع، قوامها الدّين، والأخلاق، والوطنية. تحرص الدّولة على تماسكها واستقرارها وترسيخ قيمها. (المادّة 10)