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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishEveryone has the right to lead a life in keeping with human dignity.
To this end, the laws, federate laws and rules referred to in Article 134 guarantee economic, social and cultural rights, taking into account corresponding obligations, and determine the conditions for exercising them.
These rights include among others:
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6° the right to family allowances. (Art. 23) - DutchIeder heeft het recht een menswaardig leven te leiden.
Daartoe waarborgen de wet, het decreet of de in artikel 134 bedoelde regel, rekening houdend met de overeenkomstige plichten, de economische, sociale en culturele rechten, waarvan ze de voorwaarden voor de uitoefening bepalen.
Die rechten omvatten inzonderheid:
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6° het recht op gezinsbijslagen. (Art. 23) - FrenchChacun a le droit de mener une vie conforme à la dignité humaine.
A cette fin, la loi, le décret ou la règle visée à l’article 134 garantissent, en tenant compte des obligations correspondantes, les droits économiques, sociaux et culturels, et déterminent les conditions de leur exercice.
Ces droits comprennent notamment:
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6° le droit aux prestations familiales. (Art. 23) - GermanJeder hat das Recht, ein menschenwürdiges Leben zu führen.
Zu diesem Zweck gewährleistet das Gesetz, das Dekret oder die in Artikel 134 erwähnte Regel unter Berücksichtigung der entsprechenden Verpflichtungen die wirtschaftlichen, sozialen und kulturellen Rechte und bestimmt die Bedingungen für ihre Ausübung.
Diese Rechte umfassen insbesondere:
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6. das Recht auf Familienleistungen. (Art. 23)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe family is the basis of society and the fundamental space for the integral development of people. It is formed by natural or legal ties, by the free decision of a man and a woman to enter into marriage or by the responsible willingness to conform to it.
1. All persons have the right to form a family, in whose formation and development the woman and man enjoy equal rights and duties and owe one another mutual understanding and reciprocal respect.
2. The State shall guarantee the protection of the family. The good of the family in unalienable and unattachable, in accordance with the law.
3. The State shall promote and protect the organization of the family on the basis of the institution of marriage between a man and a woman. The law shall establish the requirements to enter into it, the formalities of its celebration, its personal and patrimonial effects, the causes of separation or dissolution, and the regime of the property, rights, and duties between the spouses.
4. Religious marriages shall have civil effects in terms established by law, without prejudice to that dictated in international treaties.
5. The singular and stable union between a man and a woman, free from matrimonial impediment, that form a real home, creates rights and duties in their personal and patrimonial relationships, in accordance with the law.
6. Maternity, whether the social condition or the civil state of the woman, shall enjoy the protection of the public powers and causes the right to official assistance in the case of need.
7. All persons have the right to have their personality, their own first name, and the surnames of their father and mother recognized, and to know the identities of the same.
8. All persons have the right from their birth to be inscribed without payment in the civil register or in the book of foreigners and to obtain the public documents that prove their identity, in accordance with the law.
9. All sons and daughters are equal under the law, have equal rights and duties, and shall enjoy the same opportunities for social, spiritual, and physical development. All mentions of the nature of parentage are prohibited in the civil registers and in all identity documents.
10. The State promotes responsible paternity and maternity. The father and the mother, even after separation and divorce, have the shared and non-renounceable duty to feed, raise, train, educate, support, and provide safety and assistance to their sons and daughters. The law shall establish the necessary and appropriate methods to guarantee the effect of these obligations.
11. The State recognizes work at home as an economic activity that creates aggregate value and produces social richness and well-being, therefore it shall be incorporated into the formulation and execution of public and social policies.
12. The State shall guarantee, through the law, safe and effective policies for adoption.
… (Art. 55) - SpanishLa familia es el fundamento de la sociedad y el espacio básico para el desarrollo integral de las personas. Se constituye por vínculos naturales o jurídicos, por la decisión libre de un hombre y una mujer de contraer matrimonio o por la voluntad responsable de conformarla.
1) Toda persona tiene derecho a constituir una familia, en cuya formación y desarrollo la mujer y el hombre gozan de iguales derechos y deberes y se deben comprensión mutua y respeto recíproco;
2) El Estado garantizará la protección de la familia. El bien de familia es inalienable e inembargable, de conformidad con la ley;
3) El Estado promoverá y protegerá la organización de la familia sobre la base de la institución del matrimonio entre un hombre y una mujer. La ley establecerá los requisitos para contraerlo, las formalidades para su celebración, sus efectos personales y patrimoniales, las causas de separación o de disolución, el régimen de bienes y los derechos y deberes entre los cónyuges;
4) Los matrimonios religiosos tendrán efectos civiles en los términos que establezca la ley, sin perjuicio de lo dispuesto en los tratados internacionales;
5) La unión singular y estable entre un hombre y una mujer, libres de impedimento matrimonial, que forman un hogar de hecho, genera derechos y deberes en sus relaciones personales y patrimoniales, de conformidad con la ley;
6) La maternidad, sea cual fuere la condición social o el estado civil de la mujer, gozará de la protección de los poderes públicos y genera derecho a la asistencia oficial en caso de desamparo;
7) Toda persona tiene derecho al reconocimiento de su personalidad, a un nombre propio, al apellido del padre y de la madre y a conocer la identidad de los mismos;
8) Todas las personas tienen derecho desde su nacimiento a ser inscritas gratuitamente en el registro civil o en el libro de extranjería y a obtener los documentos públicos que comprueben su identidad, de conformidad con la ley;
9) Todos los hijos son iguales ante la ley, tienen iguales derechos y deberes y disfrutarán de las mismas oportunidades de desarrollo social, espiritual y físico. Se prohíbe toda mención sobre la naturaleza de la filiación en los registros civiles y en todo documento de identidad;
10) El Estado promueve la paternidad y maternidad responsables. El padre y la madre, aun después de la separación y el divorcio, tienen el deber compartido e irrenunciable de alimentar, criar, formar, educar, mantener, dar seguridad y asistir a sus hijos e hijas. La ley establecerá las medidas necesarias y adecuadas para garantizar la efectividad de estas obligaciones;
11) El Estado reconoce el trabajo del hogar como actividad económica que crea valor agregado y produce riqueza y bienestar social, por lo que se incorporará en la formulación y ejecución de las políticas públicas y sociales;
12) El Estado garantizará, mediante ley, políticas seguras y efectivas para la adopción;
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Marriage and Family Life
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Children are equal before the law regardless of their parents' origin and civil status.
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Motherhood, fatherhood and childhood shall be protected by the state.
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Farzandlar ota-onasining nasl-nasabi va fuqarolik holatidan qat’i nazar, qonun oldida tengdirlar.
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Onalik, otalik va bolalik davlat tomonidan muhofaza qilinadi.
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Marriage and Family Life
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Every person has the right:
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6. That information services, computerized or not, public or private, will not provide information that affects personal and familial privacy.
7. To honor and good reputation, to personal and familial privacy, as well as one's own voice and image.
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Toda persona tiene derecho:
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6. A que los servicios informáticos, computarizados o no, públicos o privados, no suministren informaciones que afecten la intimidad personal y familiar.
7. Al honor y a la buena reputación, a la intimidad personal y familiar así como a la voz y a la imagen propias.
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishMarriage and family constitute the natural and moral base of the human community. They are placed under the protection of the State.
The State and public collectivities have the duty to see to the physical, mental and moral health of the family, particularly of the mother and of the child. (Art. 21) - FrenchLe mariage et la famille constituent la base naturelle et morale de la communauté humaine. Ils sont placés sous la protection de l’État.
L’État et les collectivités publiques ont le devoir de veiller à la santé physique, mentale et morale de la famille, particulièrement de la mère et de l’enfant. (Art. 21)
Marriage and Family Life
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The national government facilitates voluntary provision of welfare services and provision of welfare services by local authorities.
Families with a large number of children as well as people with disabilities enjoy special care of the national government and of local authorities. (Sec. 28) - Estonian…
Riik soodustab vabatahtlikku ja omavalitsuse hoolekannet.
Lasterikkad pered ja puuetega inimesed on riigi ja kohalike omavalitsuste erilise hoole all. (§ 28)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishMandatory universal insurance shall cover the contingencies of illness, maternity, paternity, labor hazards, termination of employment, unemployment, old age, invalidity, disability, death and those provide for by the law. Health services for the contingencies of illness and maternity shall be provided through the public integral health network.
… (Art. 369) - SpanishEl seguro universal obligatorio cubrirá las contingencias de enfermedad, maternidad, paternidad, riesgos de trabajo, cesantía, desempleo, vejez, invalidez, discapacidad, muerte y aquellas que defina la ley. Las prestaciones de salud de las contingencias de enfermedad y maternidad se brindarán a través de la red pública integral de salud.
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Marriage and Family Life
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The law establishes the rules concerning:
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- … the state and capacity of persons, the matrimonial regimes;
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La loi fixe les règles concernant:
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- … l'état et la capacité des personnes, les régimes matrimoniaux;
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Marriage and Family Life
- English1. Everyone has a right to respect of his privacy, his family life, his home and his honor and good name.
… (Art. 17) - Dutch1. Een ieder heeft recht op eerbiediging van zijn privéleven, zijn gezin, zijn woning en van zijn eer en goede naam.
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Marriage and Family Life
- English1. Everyone shall have the right to form a family and to enter into matrimony in full equality.
2. The law shall regulate the requirements and effects of marriage and of its dissolution, by death or divorce, independently of the form of its celebration.
3. Spouses shall have equal rights and duties with respect to civil and political responsibility and to the maintenance and raising of their children.
4. Children born out of wedlock may not, for that reason, be the object of any discrimination.
5. Parents shall have the right and duty to raise and maintain their children. (Art. 26) - Portuguese1. Todos têm o direito de constituir família e de contrair casamento em condições de plena igualdade.
2. A lei regula os requisitos e os efeitos do casamento e da dissolução, por morte ou divórcio, independentemente da forma de celebração.
3. Os cônjuges têm iguais direitos e deveres quanto à capacidade civil e política e à manutenção e educação dos filhos.
4. Os filhos nascidos fora do casamento não podem, por esse motivo, ser objecto de qualquer discriminação.
5. Os pais têm o direito e o dever de educação e manutenção dos filhos. (Art. 26)