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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe union in matrimony of a man and a woman is one of the fundamental components in the formation of a family. (Art. 52)
- SpanishLa unión en matrimonio del hombre y la mujer es uno de los componentes fundamentales en la formación de la familia. (Art. 52)
Marriage and Family Life
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(2) Everyone has the right to be protected from any unauthorized intrusion into her private and family life.
… (Charter, Art. 10) - Czech…
(2) Každý má právo na ochranu před neoprávněným zasahováním do soukromého a rodinného života.
… (Listina, Čl. 10)
Marriage and Family Life
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(4) The provisions of this Chapter7 on equality shall be qualified to the extent strictly necessary for the application of Muslim law before the Kadhis’ courts, to persons who profess the Muslim religion, in matters relating to personal status, marriage, divorce and inheritance.
… (Art. 24) - Swahili...
(4) Vifungu katika Sura hii kwa usawa vitatumika kwa kiwango ambacho ni lazima kabisa kutumia sharia ya Kiislamu mbele ya mahakama za Kadhi, kwa watu ambao ni waumini wa dini ya Kiisilamu, katika maswala yanayohusu hadhi ya binafsi, ndoa, talaka na urithi.
… (Kifungu cha 24)
Marriage and Family Life
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The family is the basic unit of society. The State has the duty to protect it.
Marriage is founded on the free consent of the man and of the woman. All discrimination based on race, color, religion, ethnicity, caste, social origin, [and] fortune, is forbidden in the matter of marriage.
Children are equal in rights and in duties in their familial relations. The parents have the natural right and the duty to raise and to educate their children. They must give them respect and assistance. (Art. 23) - French
La famille est la cellule de base de la société. L’Etat lui doit protection.
Le mariage est fondé sur le libre consentement de l’homme et de la femme. Toute discrimination fondée sur la race, la couleur, la religion, l’ethnie, la caste, l’origine sociale, la fortune est interdite en matière de mariage.
Les enfants sont égaux en droits et en devoirs dans leurs relations familiales. Les parents ont le droit naturel et le devoir d’élever et d’éduquer leurs enfants. Ceux-ci leur doivent respect et assistance. (Art. 23)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishIn each Province the Legislature may exclusively make Laws in relation to Matters coming within the Classes of Subjects next hereinafter enumerated; that is to say,
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12. The Solemnization of Marriage in the Province.
… (Constitution Act 1867, Sec. 92) - FrenchDans chaque province la législature pourra exclusivement faire des lois relatives aux matières tombant dans les catégories de sujets ci-dessous énumérés, savoir:
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12. La célébration du mariage dans la province;
… (Loi constitutionnelle de 1867, Sec. 92)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) Subject to subsections (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 section the expression “discriminatory” means affording different treatment to different persons attributable wholly or mainly to their respective descriptions by race, place of origin, birth out of wedlock, political opinions or affiliations, colour, sex 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 that are not accorded to persons of another such description.
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(4) Subsection (1) shall not apply to any law so far as that law makes provision
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(c) for the application, in the case of persons of any such description as is mentioned in subsection (3) (or of persons connected with such persons) of the law with respect to adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, devolution of property on death or other like matters that is the personal law of persons of that description;
… (Sec. 15)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) Everyone shall have the right to have his or her private and family life, home, communications and good reputation respected. ...
… (Freedom and Responsibility, Art. VI) - Hungarian(1) Mindenkinek joga van ahhoz, hogy magán- és családi életét, otthonát, kapcsolattartását és jó hírnevét tiszteletben tartsák. ...
… (Szabadság és Felelősség, VI. cikk)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) An appeal shall lie from decisions of the Court of Appeal to Her Majesty in Council as of right in the following cases—
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(b) final decisions in proceedings for dissolution or nullity of marriage;
… (Sec. 108)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishEveryone shall enjoy freedom from interference with privacy, home, and family life.
… (Art. 71) - IcelandicAllir skulu njóta friðhelgi einkalífs, heimilis og fjölskyldu.
… (71. gr.)
Marriage and Family Life
- English1. All children, regardless of the circumstances of their birth, are entitled to equal treatment before the law, and the best interests and welfare of children shall be a primary consideration in all decisions affecting them.
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3. Children have the right to know, and to be raised by, their parents.
4. All children shall be entitled to reasonable maintenance from their parents, whether such parents are married, unmarried or divorced, and from their guardians; and, in addition, all children, and particularly orphans, children with disabilities and other children in situations of disadvantage shall be entitled to live in safety and security and, where appropriate, to State assistance.
… (Sec. 23)