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Public Institutions and Services
- English
Public power shall be exercised with respect for the equal worth of all and the liberty and dignity of the individual.
The personal, economic and cultural welfare of the individual shall be fundamental aims of public activity. In particular, the public institutions shall secure the right to employment, housing and education, and shall promote social care and social security, as well as favourable conditions for good health.
… (Instrument of Government, Chapter 1, Art. 2) - Swedish
Den offentliga makten ska utövas med respekt för alla människors lika värde och för den enskilda människans frihet och värdighet.
Den enskildes personliga, ekonomiska och kulturella välfärd ska vara grundläggande mål för den offentliga verksamheten. Särskilt ska det allmänna trygga rätten till arbete, bostad och utbildning samt verka för social omsorg och trygghet och för goda förutsättningar för hälsa.
... (Kungörelse (1974:152) om beslutad ny regeringsform, 1 kap, 2§)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe State recognizes and guarantees the right to social security for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Nation. Its regime is instituted as a public function, in a national, unitary, and obligatory manner.
… (Art. 100) - SpanishEl Estado reconoce y garantiza el derecho a la seguridad social para beneficio de los habitantes de la Nación. Su régimen se instituye como función pública, en forma nacional, unitaria y obligatoria.
… (Art. 100)
Public Institutions and Services
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(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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(e) the equitable distribution among all citizens of the material resources of the community and the social product, so as best to subserve the common good ;
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(9) The State shall ensure social security and welfare.
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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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(ඉ) පොදුජන යහපතට ඉවහල්වන පරිදි ප්රජාවගේ භෞතික සම්පත් සහ සමාජ ඵලය සියලු පුරවැසියන් අතර සාධාරණ ලෙස ඛෙදා හැරීම;
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(9) සමාජ සුරක්ෂිතභාවය හා සුබසාධනය ඇති කිරීමට රජය වගබලා ගත යුත්තේ ය.
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(12) පවුල, සමාජයේ මූලික ඒකකය වශයෙන් රජය විසින් පිළිගෙන ආරක්ෂා කළ යුත්තේ ය.
… (27 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishDuring the transitional period, state agencies perform the following duties:
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(4) Resolve the economic crisis by stopping economic deterioration and work on laying the foundations for sustainable development by implementing an urgent economic, social, financial, and humanitarian program to face the current challenges.
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(14) Perform an active role in social welfare and achieve social development by striving to provide healthcare, education, housing and social security, ... (Art. 7) - Arabicتلتزم اجهزه الدوله في الفترة الانتقاليه بإنفاذ المهام الآتية:
4. معالجة الازمة الاقتصادية بإيقاف التدهور الاقتصادي والعمل علي إرساء اسس التنمية المستدامة وذلك بتطبيق برنامج اقتصادي واجتماعي ومالي وانساني عاجل لمواجهة التحديات الراهنة.
14. القيام بدور فاعل في الرعاية الاجتماعية وتحقيق التنمية الاجتماعية من خلال السعي لتوفير الصحه والتعليم والسكن والضمان الاجتماعي، والعمل علي المحافظة علي بيئة طبيعية نظيفة وعلي التنوع الحيوي في البلاد ورعايتة وتطويرة بما يضمن مستقبل الاجيال. (الماده 8)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe national government of the Federated States of Micronesia recognizes the right of the people to education, health care, and legal services and shall take every step reasonable and necessary to provide these services. (Art. XIII, Sec. 1)
Public Institutions and Services
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The woman and the man are equal before the law. It shall protect the organization and the development of the family.
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Every person has the right to health protection.
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Every family has the right to enjoy decent and proper housing. The law will establish the instruments and supports necessary in order to reach this objective.
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The State will guarantee the delivery of an economic support to persons who have a permanent disability in the terms that the law establishes. ...
Persons over sixty-eight years of age have the right to receive on the part of the State a non-taxable pension in the terms that the law establishes.
… (Art. 4) - Spanish
La mujer y el hombre son iguales ante la ley. Ésta protegerá la organización y el desarrollo de la familia.
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Toda persona tiene derecho a la protección de la salud.
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Toda familia tiene derecho a disfrutar de vivienda digna y decorosa. La Ley establecerá los instrumentos y apoyos necesarios a fin de alcanzar tal objetivo.
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El Estado garantizará la entrega de un apoyo económico a las personas que tengan discapacidad permanente en los términos que fije la Ley. ...
Las personas mayores de sesenta y ocho años tienen derecho a recibir por parte del Estado una pensión no contributiva en los términos que fije la Ley.
… (Art. 4)
Public Institutions and Services
- English… Measures to be taken for children, the elderly, disabled people, widows and orphans of martyrs as well as for the invalid and veterans shall not be considered as violation of the principle of equality. … (Art. 10)
- Turkish… Çocuklar, yaşlılar, özürlüler, harp ve vazife şehitlerinin dul ve yetimleri ile malul ve gaziler için alınacak tedbirler eşitlik ilkesine aykırı sayılmaz. … (Madde 10)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishWE, THE PEOPLE OF ZAMBIA:
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RESOLVE to ensure that our values relating to family, morality, patriotism and justice are maintained and all functions of the State are performed in our common interest;
CONFIRM the equal worth of women and men and their right to freely participate in, determine and build a sustainable political, legal, economic and social order; … (Preamble)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe state shall promote social development by:
a) Adopting criteria for the redistribution of wealth which prioritises citizens and, in particular, the more vulnerable and needy sectors of society;
b) Promoting social justice, as a duty of the state, through a fiscal policy which ensures justice, equity and solidarity in all areas of national life;
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d) Removing economic, social and cultural obstacles to genuine equal opportunities for citizens;
… (Art. 90) - PortugueseO Estado promove o desenvolvimento social através de:
a) Adopção de critérios de redistribuição da riqueza que privilegiem os cidadãos e em particular os extractos sociais mais vulneráveis e carenciados da sociedade;
b) Promoção da Justiça social, enquanto incumbência do Estado, através de uma política fiscal que assegure a justiça, a equidade e a solidariedade em todos os domínios da vida nacional;
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d) Remoção dos obstáculos de natureza económica, social e cultural que impeçam a real igualdade de oportunidades entre os cidadãos;
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Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishAll individuals are entitled to the security of their economic means for subsistence in case of disability or impossibility of obtaining remunerated work. Social Security services shall be granted or administered by Autonomous Entities and shall cover sickness, maternity, disability, family subsidies, old age, widowhood, orphan-hood, compulsory lay off, labor accidents and occupational diseases, and all other contingencies that may be included in social security.
… (Art. 113) - SpanishTodo individuo tiene derecho a la seguridad de sus medios económicos de subsistencia en caso de incapacidad para trabajar u obtener trabajo retribuido. Los servicios de seguridad social serán prestados o administrados por entidades autónomas y cubrirán los casos de enfermedad, maternidad, invalidez, subsidios de familia, vejez, viudez, orfandad, paro forzoso, accidentes de trabajo, enfermedades profesionales y las demás contingencias que puedan ser objeto de previsión y seguridad sociales.
… (Art. 113)