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Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence.
… (Art. 8 of ECHR, Human Rights Act 1998 Schedule 1)
Marriage and Family Life
- English
... The [female] and [male] citizens and the family are protagonist elements in the making of decisions, planning and administration [gestión] of the public affairs of the State. (Art. 6)
- Spanish
... Las ciudadanas y ciudadanos y la familia son elementos protagónicos en la toma de decisiones, planificación y gestión de los asuntos públicos del Estado. (Art. 6)
Marriage and Family Life
- English…
(7) Women employees have a right to fully paid maternity leave for a period of at least three months. (Sec. 65)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe Family is the basis of society, its pillars are religion, customs and love of the homeland. The law shall maintain the integrity of the family and strengthen its ties. (Art. 26)
- Arabicالأسرة أساس المجتمع قوامها الدين والأخلاق وحب الوطن يحافظ القانون على كيانها ويقوي أواصرها. (المادّة 26)
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) Freedom based on law consists in the least amount of restriction on the activities of individuals that is consistent with the maintenance and development of Papua New Guinea and of society in accordance with this Constitution and, in particular, with the National Goals and Directive Principles and the Basic Social Obligations.
(2) Every person has the right to freedom based on law, and accordingly has a legal right to do any thing that-
(a) does not injure or interfere with the rights and freedoms of others; and
(b) is not prohibited by law,
and no person-
(c) is obliged to do anything that is not required by law; and
(d) may be prevented from doing anything that complies with the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b).
(3) This section is not intended to reflect on the extra-legal existence, nature or effect of social, civic, family or religious obligations, or other obligations of an extra-legal nature, or to prevent such obligations being given effect to by law. (Sec. 32)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishParents have, with respect to their children born out of wedlock, the same duties as towards their children born in wedlock. All children are equal according to law, and have the same rights of inheritance in intestate successions. The rights of minors or incapacitated children and of destitute parents in testate successions, shall be recognized by law. (Art. 60)
- SpanishLos padres tienen para con sus hijos habidos fuera del matrimonio los mismos deberes que respecto de los nacidos en él. Todos los hijos son iguales ante la Ley y tienen el mismo derecho hereditario en las sucesiones intestadas. La Ley reconocerá los derechos de los hijos menores o inválidos y de los padres desvalidos en las sucesiones testadas. (Art. 60)
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;
… (Sec. 104)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) The privacy of citizens shall be inviolable. Everyone shall be entitled to protection against any unlawful interference in his private or family affairs and against encroachments on his honour, dignity and reputation.
… (Art. 32) - Bulgarian(1) Личният живот на гражданите е неприкосновен. Всеки има право на защита срещу незаконна намеса в личния и семейния му живот и срещу посегателство върху неговата чест, достойнство и добро име.
… (Чл. 32)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) A spouse shall not be deprived of a reasonable provision out of the estate of a spouse whether or not the spouse died having made a will.
(2) Parliament shall, as soon as practicable after the coming into force of this Constitution, enact legislation regulating the property rights of spouses.
(3) With a view to achieving the full realisation of the rights referred to in clause (2) of this article—
(a) spouses shall have equal access to property jointly acquired during marriage;
(b) assets which are jointly acquired during marriage shall be distributed equitably between the spouses upon dissolution of the marriage. (Art. 22)