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Marriage and Family Life
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- 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 dissolutions or nullity of marriage;
… (Sec. 99)
Marriage and Family Life
Dominican Republic
- EnglishAll people have the right to privacy. The respect and non-interference into private and family life, the home, and private correspondence are guaranteed.
… (Art. 44) - SpanishToda persona tiene derecho a la intimidad. Se garantiza el respeto y la no injerencia en la vida privada, familiar, el domicilio y la correspondencia del individuo.
… (Art. 44)
Marriage and Family Life
Nepal
- English…
11. Personal events, births, deaths, marriages and statistics
… (Schedule 9, List of concurrent Powers/Jurisdiction for Federation, Province and Local Level) - Nepali…
(११) व्यक्तिगत घटना, जन्म, मृत्यु, विवाह र तथ्यांक
... (अनुसूची–९, संघ, प्रदेश र स्थानीय तहको अधिकारको साझा सूची)
Marriage and Family Life
Russian Federation
- English1. Maternity, childhood and family shall be protected by the State.
2. Care for children and their upbringing shall be the equal right and duty of parents.
3. Able-bodied children over 18 years of age must take care of disabled parents. (Art. 38) - Russian1. Материнство и детство, семья находятся под защитой государства.
2. Забота о детях, их воспитание - равное право и обязанность родителей.
3. Трудоспособные дети, достигшие 18 лет, должны заботиться о нетрудоспособных родителях. (Статья 38)
Marriage and Family Life
Namibia
- EnglishThe State shall actively promote and maintain the welfare of the people by adopting, inter alia, policies aimed at the following:
(a) … the Government shall seek, through appropriate legislation, to provide maternity and related benefits for women;
… (Art. 95)
Marriage and Family Life
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- EnglishMarriage, which is based on free consent and absolute equality of rights and obligations of the spouses, is protected. A stable de facto union between a man and a woman which meets the requirements established by law shall have the same effects as marriage. (Art. 77)
- SpanishSe protege el matrimonio entre un hombre y una mujer, el cual se funda en el libre consentimiento y en la igualdad absoluta de los derechos y deberes de los cónyuges. Las uniones estables de hecho entre un hombre y una mujer que cumplan los requisitos establecidos en la ley producirán los mismos efectos que el matrimonio. (Art. 77)
Marriage and Family Life
Ecuador
- EnglishThe State shall be responsible for:
1. Drafting public policies that guarantee the promotion, prevention, healing, rehabilitation and provision of integral health care and the fostering of healthy practices in the family, at work, and in the community.
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6. Ensuring sexual and reproductive health actions and services and guaranteeing the integral healthcare and the life of women, especially during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum.
… (Art. 363) - SpanishEl Estado será responsable de:
1. Formular políticas públicas que garanticen la promoción, prevención, curación, rehabilitación y atención integral en salud y fomentar prácticas saludables en los ámbitos familiar, laboral y comunitario.
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6. Asegurar acciones y servicios de salud sexual y de salud reproductiva, y garantizar la salud integral y la vida de las mujeres, en especial durante el embarazo, parto y postparto.
… (Art. 363)
Marriage and Family Life
Sri Lanka
- English...
(2) The State is pledged to establish in Sri Lanka a democratic socialist society, the objectives of which include –
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(c) the realization by all citizens of an adequate standard of living for themselves and their families, including adequate food, clothing and housing, the continuous improvement of living conditions and the full enjoyment of leisure and social and cultural opportunities;
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(12) The State shall recognize and protect the family as the basic unit of society.
… (Art. 27) - Sinhala...
(2) මතු දැක්වෙන අරමුණ ද ඇතුළත් ව ප්රජාතාන්තික සමාජවාදී සමාජයක් ශ්රී ලංකාවෙහි ඇති කිරීමට රජය ඇප කැප වී ඇත්තේ ය –
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(ඇ) ප්රමාණවත් ආහාරපාන, ඇඳුම් පැළඳුම් සහ නිවාස පහසුව ද, ජීවන තත්ත්වයෙහි නිරන්තර වර්ධනය ද, විවේකය හා සමාජයීය සහ සංස්කෘතික ඉඩ ප්රස්තා නිසි පරිදි ප්රයෝජනයට ගැනීම ද ඇතුළුව ප්රමාණවත් ජීවන මට්ටමක් සියලු පුරවැසියන් විසින් තමන්ට සහ තම පවුල්වල සාමාජිකයන්ට අත්කර දීම;
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(12) පවුල, සමාජයේ මූලික ඒකකය වශයෙන් රජය විසින් පිළිගෙන ආරක්ෂා කළ යුත්තේ ය.
… (27 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Marriage and Family Life
Spain
- English(1) Man and woman have the right to marry with full legal equality.
(2) The law shall make provision for the forms of marriage, the age and capacity for concluding it, the rights and duties of the spouses, the grounds for separation and dissolution, and their effect. (Sec. 32) - Spanish1. El hombre y la mujer tienen derecho a contraer matrimonio con plena igualdad jurídica.
2. La ley regulará las formas de matrimonio, la edad y capacidad para contraerlo, los derechos y deberes de los cónyuges, las causas de separación y disolución y sus efectos. (Art. 32)
Marriage and Family Life
Sao Tome and Principe
- EnglishPersonal identity and the privacy of private and family life shall be inviolable. (Art. 24)
- PortugueseA identidade pessoal e a reserva da intimidade da vida privada e familiar são invioláveis. (Art. 24)