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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe minimum social rights that form the basis of the labor legislation and the activity of the tribunals and [the] authorities [are]:
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k. The protection of the working woman and [the] regulation of the conditions under which she must render her services.
There may not be differences established between married and single women in terms of [the] work. The law will regulate the protection of the maternity rights of the working woman, who may not be required to [conduct any] work that may require an effort that puts her pregnancy in jeopardy [gravidez]. The working mother will enjoy a compulsory rest [period] [descanso forzoso] paid on the basis of one hundred percent of her salary, during the thirty days prior to giving birth and [during] the subsequent forty-five days. During the period of lactation she will have the right to two periods of extraordinary rest, during her workday. The prenatal and postnatal rest periods will be expanded according to her physical conditions, by medical prescription;
… (Art. 102) - SpanishSon derechos sociales mínimos que fundamentan la legislación del trabajo y la actividad de los tribunales y autoridades:
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k. Protección a la mujer trabajadora y regulación de las condiciones en que debe prestar sus servicios.
No deben establecerse diferencias entre casadas y solteras en materia de trabajo. La ley regulará la protección a la maternidad de la mujer trabajadora, a quien no se le debe exigir ningún trabajo que requiera esfuerzo que ponga en peligro su gravidez. La madre trabajadora gozará de un descanso forzoso retribuido con el cinto por ciento de su salario, durante los treinta días que precedan al parto y los cuarenta y cinco días siguientes. En la época de la lactancia tendrá derecho a dos períodos de descanso extraordinarios, dentro de la jornada. Los descansos pre y postnatal serán ampliados según sus condiciones físicas, por prescripción médica;
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe state shall protect the family as the basis of society.
Everyone shall have the right to form a family. Men and women who have reached the age of marriage shall have the right freely to marry. In marriage and in divorce, husband and wife shall have equal rights.
Polygamy shall be prohibited. (Art. 33) - RussianСемья как основа общества, находится под защитой государства.
Каждый имеет право на создании семьи. Мужчины и женщины, достигшие брачного возраста, имеют право свободно вступать в брак. В семейных отношениях и при расторжении брака супруги равноправны.
Многобрачие запрещается. (Статья 33) - TajikДавлат оиларо ҳамчун асоси ҷамъият ҳимоя мекунад.
Ҳар кас ҳуқуқи ташкили оила дорад. Мардон ва занон, ки ба синни никоҳ расидаанд, ҳуқуқ доранд озодона ақди никоҳ банданд. Дар оиладорӣ ва бекор кардани ақди никоҳ зану шавҳар баробарҳуқуқанд.
Бисёрникоҳӣ манъ аст. (Моддаи 33)
Marriage and Family Life
- English1 Everyone has the right to privacy in their private and family life and in their home, and in relation to their mail and telecommunications.
… (Art. 13) - French1 Toute personne a droit au respect de sa vie privée et familiale, de son domicile, de sa correspondance et des relations qu’elle établit par la poste et les télécommunications.
… (Art. 13) - German1 Jede Person hat Anspruch auf Achtung ihres Privat- und Familienlebens, ihrer Wohnung sowie ihres Brief-, Post- und Fernmeldeverkehrs.
… (Art. 13) - Italian1 Ognuno ha diritto al rispetto della sua vita privata e familiare, della sua abitazione, della sua corrispondenza epistolare nonché delle sue relazioni via posta e telecomunicazioni.
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishWomen and men shall have the same rights and duties in all areas of family, political, economic, social and cultural life. (Sec. 17)
- TetumFeto no mane iha direitu no obrigasaun hanesan iha moris família, kulturál, sosiál, ekonómiku no polítiku nia laran. (Art. 17)
- PortugueseA mulher e o homem têm os mesmos direitos e obrigações em todos os domínios da vida familiar, cultural, social, económica e política. (Art. 17)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishNo one shall be subject to interference in his or her personal and family life, except when such interference is stipulated by the Constitution of Ukraine.
… (Art. 32) - UkrainianНіхто не може зазнавати втручання в його особисте і сімейне життя, крім випадків, передбачених Конституцією України.
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Marriage and Family Life
- English1. The family shall be the fundamental element and the foundation of the whole society.
2. Fatherhood and motherhood shall be eminent social values.
3. Everyone shall have the right to form a family.
4. Parents shall have the right and duty to orient and raise children in conformance with their fundamental options, having in view the integral development of the personality of children and adolescents and respecting their legally recognized rights.
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6. Parents must render assistance to minor or incapacitated children.
7. Children who have reached the age of majority must render moral and material assistance to their parents who find themselves in a situation of vulnerability, particularly, by reason of age, illness or economic need.
8. The society and the public authorities shall protect the family and shall promote the creation of conditions that shall ensure the stability of family households and shall permit the fulfillment of their social function and its mission of guardian of moral values recognized by the community, as well as the personal realization of their members.
9. The law shall punish domestic violence and shall protect the rights of all members of a family. (Art. 82) - Portuguese1. A família é o elemento fundamental e a célula base de toda a sociedade.
2. A paternidade e maternidade são valores sociais eminentes.
3. Todos têm o direito de constituir família.
4. Os pais têm o direito e o dever de orientar e educar os filhos em conformidade com as suas opções fundamentais, tendo em vista o desenvolvimento integral da personalidade das crianças e adolescentes e respeitando os direitos a estes legalmente reconhecidos.
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6. Os pais devem prestar assistência aos filhos menores ou incapacitados.
7. Os filhos maiores devem prestar assistência moral e material aos pais que se encontrem em situação de vulnerabilidade, designadamente por motivo de idade, doença ou carência económica.
8. A sociedade e os poderes públicos protegem a família e promovem a criação de condições que assegurem a estabilidade dos agregados familiares e permitam o cumprimento da sua função social e da sua missão de guardiã de valores morais reconhecidos pela comunidade, bem como a realização pessoal dos seus membros.
9. A lei pune a violência doméstica e protege os direitos de todos os membros da família. (Art. 82)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishEvery person has the right to dignified and socially useful work. To this effect, the creation of jobs [empleos] and the social organization of work shall be promoted, in accordance with the law.
The Congress of the Union, without contravening the following bases[,] must adopt laws concerning work, which will govern:
A. Among the workers, day laborers, domestic servants, artisans and in a general manner any contract of labor:
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V. Women during pregnancy shall not perform [realizará] work that requires considerable effort and [which] signifies a danger to their health in relation to gestation; they will necessarily [forsozamente] enjoy a leave of absence [descanso] of six weeks prior to the approximate date established for the delivery and [of] six weeks subsequent to it, and they must receive their complete salary and retain [conservar] their job [empleo] and the rights that have been acquired by the work agreement [relación de trabajo]. In the time of nursing [lactancia] they will have two extra ordinary rest periods [descansos] per day, of half an hour each one, for the nursing of their children;
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B. Between the Powers of the Union and their workers:
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XI. Social security [seguridad social] will be organized in accordance with the following minimum bases:
a) It will cover occupational [profesionales] accidents and infirmities; the non-occupational infirmities and maternity; and retirement, disability, old age, and death.
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c) Women during pregnancy shall not perform [realizará] work that requires considerable effort and that signifies a danger to their health in relation to gestation; they will necessarily [forsozamente] enjoy a leave of absence [descanso] of six weeks prior to the approximate date established for the delivery and [of] six weeks subsequent to it, and they must receive their complete salary and retain [conservar] their job [empleo] and the rights that have been acquired by the work agreement [relación de trabajo]. In the time of nursing [lactancia] they will have two extra ordinary rest periods [descansos] per day, of half an hour each one, for the nursing of their children In addition, they will enjoy medical and obstetrical assistance, medicines, aids during lactation, and infant care services.
d) The families of the workers [trabajadores] will have the right to medical assistance and medicines, in those cases and in the proportion that the law determines.
e) Centers for vacations and recuperation, as well as economical stores for [tiendas] the benefit of the workers [trabajadores] and their families, shall be established.
… (Art. 123) - SpanishToda persona tiene derecho al trabajo digno y socialmente útil; al efecto, se promoverán la creación de empleos y la organización social de trabajo, conforme a la ley.
El Congreso de la Unión, sin contravenir a las bases siguientes deberá expedir leyes sobre el trabajo, las cuales regirán:
A. Entre los obreros, jornaleros, empleados domésticos, artesanos y de una manera general, todo contrato de trabajo:
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V. Las mujeres durante el embarazo no realizarán trabajos que exijan un esfuerzo considerable y signifiquen un peligro para su salud en relación con la gestación; gozarán forzosamente de un descanso de seis semanas anteriores a la fecha fijada aproximadamente para el parto y seis semanas posteriores al mismo, debiendo percibir su salario íntegro y conservar su empleo y los derechos que hubieren adquirido por la relación de trabajo. En el período de lactancia tendrán dos descansos extraordinarios por día, de media hora cada uno para alimentar a sus hijos;
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B. Entre los Poderes de la Unión y sus trabajadores:
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XI. La seguridad social se organizará conforme a las siguientes bases mínimas:
a) Cubrirá los accidentes y enfermedades profesionales; las enfermedades no profesionales y maternidad; y la jubilación, la invalidez, vejez y muerte.
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c) Las mujeres durante el embarazo no realizarán trabajos que exijan un esfuerzo considerable y signifiquen un peligro para su salud en relación con la gestación; gozarán forzosamente de un mes de descanso antes de la fecha fijada aproximadamente para el parto y de otros dos después del mismo, debiendo percibir su salario íntegro y conservar su empleo y los derechos que hubieren adquirido por la relación de trabajo. En el período de lactancia tendrán dos descansos extraordinarios por día, de media hora cada uno, para alimentar a sus hijos. Además, disfrutarán de asistencia médica y obstétrica, de medicinas, de ayudas para la lactancia y del servicio de guarderías infantiles.
d) Los familiares de los trabajadores tendrán derecho a asistencia médica y medicinas, en los casos y en la proporción que determine la ley.
e) Se establecerán centros para vacaciones y para recuperación, así como tiendas económicas para beneficio de los trabajadores y sus familiares.
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe National and state governments shall have legislative and executive competences on any of the matters listed below:
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23. Mother, Childcare and protection; … (Schedule (C). Concurrent Powers)
Marriage and Family Life
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The family is the primary unit of the society and is under the protection of society and the state.
Marriage shall be based on the traditional family values of the people of Uzbekistan, the free consent and equality of those entering into marriage.
The State shall create the social, economic, legal and other conditions for the full development of the family. (Art. 76) - Uzbek
Oila jamiyatning asosiy bo‘g‘inidir hamda u jamiyat va davlat muhofazasidadir.
Nikoh O‘zbekiston xalqining an’anaviy oilaviy qadriyatlariga, nikohlanuvchilarning ixtiyoriy roziligiga va teng huquqliligiga asoslanadi.
Davlat oilaning to‘laqonli rivojlanishi uchun ijtimoiy, iqtisodiy, huquqiy va boshqa shart-sharoitlar yaratadi. (76-modda)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishFor the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that preferential treatment granted by reason of—
(a) a woman’s pregnancy or childbirth; or
(b) a person’s responsibility for part-time care or full-time care of children or other dependants— shall not constitute a breach of this Part. (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 74)