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Marriage and Family Life
- English1. Every person shall be entitled to respect for his private and family life and his home.
… (Sec. 11)
Marriage and Family Life
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The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall:
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5) … takes measures to support, strengthen and protect the family, preserve traditional family values;
… (Art. 115) - Uzbek
O‘zbekiston Respublikasi Vazirlar Mahkamasi:
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5) ... oilani qo‘llab-quvvatlash, mustahkamlash va himoya qilish, an’anaviy oilaviy qadriyatlarni saqlash bo‘yicha choralar ko‘radi;
... (115-modda)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe Congress will enact [expedir] the statute of labor. The corresponding law shall take into account at least the following minimal fundamental principles:
… special protection of women, motherhood, and the minor-age worker.
… (Art. 53) - SpanishEl Congreso expedirá el estatuto del trabajo. La ley correspondiente tendrá en cuenta por lo menos los siguientes principios mínimos fundamentales:
… protección especial a la mujer, a la maternidad y al trabajador menor de edad.
… (Art. 53)
Marriage and Family Life
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Work, in its diverse modalities, is [an] object of priority attention of the State, which especially protects the mother, the minor and the disabled who work.
... (Art. 23) - Spanish
El trabajo, en sus diversas modalidades, es objeto de atencion prioritaria del Estado, el cual protege especialmente a la madre, al menor de edad y al impedido que trabajan.
... (Art. 23)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) Subject to the provisions of 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 sex, race, place of origin, political opinions, colour 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 which are not accorded to persons of another such description.
(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 which is the personal law of persons of that description;
… (Sec. 13)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) Concurrent legislative power shall extend to the following matters:
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2. registration of births, deaths and marriages;
… (Art. 74) - German(1) Die konkurrierende Gesetzgebung erstreckt sich auf folgende Gebiete:
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2. das Personenstandswesen;
… (Art. 74)
Marriage and Family Life
- English1. 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, 'discriminatory" means affording different treatment to different persons attributable wholly or mainly to their respective descriptions by race, caste, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex 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.
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 applicable to persons of that description.
… (Sec. 16)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe State shall guarantee the rights of pregnant and breast-feeding women to:
1. Not be discriminated for their pregnancy in education, social, and labor sectors.
2. Free maternal healthcare services.
3. Priority protection and care of their integral health and life during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum.
4. The facilities needed for their recovery after pregnancy and during breast-feeding. (Art. 43) - SpanishEl Estado garantizará a las mujeres embarazadas y en periodo de lactancia los derechos a:
1. No ser discriminadas por su embarazo en los ámbitos educativo, social y laboral.
2. La gratuidad de los servicios de salud materna.
3. La protección prioritaria y cuidado de su salud integral y de su vida durante el embarazo, parto y posparto.
4. Disponer de las facilidades necesarias para su recuperación después del embarazo y durante el periodo de lactancia. (Art. 43)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishEvery person has the right to his own name, to the summates of his father and mother, and to know the identity of the latter. The State guarantees the right to investigates maternity and paternity. All persons have the right to be registered free of charge with the Civil Registry Office after birth, and to obtain public documents constituting evidence of their biological identity, in accordance with law. Such documents shall not contain any mention classifying the parental relationship. (Art. 56)
- SpanishToda persona tiene derecho a un nombre propio, al apellido del padre y al de la madre, y a conocer la identidad de los mismos. El Estado garantizará el derecho a investigar la maternidad y la paternidad.
Toda persona tiene derecho a ser inscritas gratuitamente en el registro civil después de su nacimiento y a obtener documentos públicos que comprueben su identidad biológica, de conformidad con la ley. Éstos no contendrán mención alguna que califique la filiación. (Art. 56)
Marriage and Family Life
- English
1. Marriage, as a union of a woman and a man for the purpose of founding a family, shall be based on the equality of rights and the free will of spouses.
2. The rights of mothers and children shall be protected by law. (Art. 30) - Georgian
1. ქორწინება, როგორც ქალისა და მამაკაცის კავშირი ოჯახის შექმნის მიზნით, ემყარება მეუღლეთა უფლებრივ თანასწორობასა და ნებაყოფლობას.
2. დედათა და ბავშვთა უფლებები დაცულია კანონით. (მუხლი 30)