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Marriage and Family Life
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The law and court shall protect everyone from arbitrary or unlawful interference with his private and family life, as well as from encroachment upon his honour and dignity. (Art. 22) - Lithuanian…
Įstatymas ir teismas saugo, kad niekas nepatirtų savavališko ar neteisėto kišimosi į jo asmeninį ir šeimyninį gyvenimą, kėsinimosi į jo garbę ir orumą. (22 straipsnis)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishIn matters of health, the State is primarily obliged to develop the following activities, integrating the functions of prevention, cure and rehabilitation in the:
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3. Protection of the health of mother, young child and adolescent, guaranteeing health care during the periods of pregnancy, lactation, childhood and adolescence;
… (Art. 110) - SpanishEn materia de salud, corresponde primordialmente al Estado el desarrollo de las siguientes actividades, integrando las funciones de prevención, curación y rehabilitación:
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3. Proteger la salud de la madre, del niño y del adolescente, garantizando una atención integral durante el proceso de gestación, lactancia, crecimiento y desarrollo en la niñez y adolescencia.
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishIn addition to the issues that are directed to it by other Articles of the Constitution:
I. The law establishes the rules concerning:
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11°. the organization of the family, the state and the capacity of persons, the matrimonial regimes, inheritance and gifts;
… (Art. 95) - FrenchOutre les questions qui lui sont renvoyées par d’autres articles de la Constitution :
I – La loi fixe les règles concernant :
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11. l’organisation de la famille, l’état et la capacité des personnes, les régimes matrimoniaux, les successions et les libéralités;
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishMarriage is a social and legal institution. It is one of the organizational structures of families. It is based on free consent and on the equality of rights, obligations, and legal capacity of spouses.
The law determines how they are constituted and their effects.
Furthermore, it recognizes the stable and singular union with legal capacity that effectively forms a common life plan that, under the conditions and circumstances indicated in the law, generates the rights and obligations that the law provides. (Art. 82) - SpanishEl matrimonio es una institución social y jurídica. Es una de las formas de organización de las familias. Se funda en el libre consentimiento y en la igualdad de derechos, obligaciones y capacidad legal de los cónyuges.
La ley determina la forma en que se constituye y sus efectos.
Se reconoce, además, la unión estable y singular con aptitud legal, que forme de hecho un proyecto de vida en común, que bajo las condiciones y circunstancias que señale la ley, genera los derechos y obligaciones que esta disponga. (Art. 82)
Marriage and Family Life
- English1. Marriage and family, motherhood, fatherhood, and childhood shall be under the protection of the state.
2. Care and upbringing of children shall be a natural right and responsibility of parents.
3. Adult, able-bodied children must take care of their disabled parents. (Art. 27) - Kazak1. Неке мен отбасы, ана мен әке және бала мемлекеттiң қорғауында болады.
2. Балаларына қамқорлық жасау және оларды тәрбиелеу - ата-ананың етене құқығы әрi мiндетi.
3. Кәмелетке толған еңбекке қабiлеттi балалар еңбекке жарамсыз ата-анасына қамқорлық жасауға мiндеттi. (27-бап)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishMarriage may be entered into only on the basis of a free consent of a woman and a man. Marriage shall be based on equality of spouses. (Art. 71)
- MontenegrinBrak se može zaključiti samo uz slobodan pristanak žene i muškarca.
Brak se zasniva na ravnopravnosti supružnika. (Član 71)
Marriage and Family Life
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The community and the State especially protect the child, the adolescent, the mother and the older person in [a] situation of abandonment. They also protect the family and promote matrimony. These latter are recognized as natural and fundamental institutions of society.
The form of matrimony and the causes of separation and of dissolution are regulated by the law. (Art. 4) - Spanish
La comunidad y el Estado protegen especialmente al niño, al adolescente, a la madre y al anciano en situación de abandono. También protegen a la familia y promueven el matrimonio. Reconocen a estos últimos como institutos naturales y fundamentales de la sociedad.
La forma del matrimonio y las causas de separación y de disolución son reguladas por la ley. (Art. 4)
Marriage and Family Life
- English1. The family is the fundamental unit and the basis of society.
2. The State shall, in accordance with the law, recognise and protect marriage as the institution that secures the pursuit of family objectives.
3. In the context of the development of social relations based on respect for human dignity, the State shall guarantee the principle that marriage is based on free consent.
4. The law shall establish forms in which traditional and religious marriage shall be esteemed, and determine the registration requirements and effects of such marriage. (Art. 119) - Portuguese1. A família é o elemento fundamental e a base de toda a sociedade.
2. O Estado reconhece e protege, nos termos da lei, o casamento como instituição que garante a prossecução dos objectivos da família.
3. No quadro do desenvolvimento de relações sociais assentes no respeito pela dignidade da pessoa humana, o Estado consagra o princípio de que o casamento se baseia no livre consentimento.
4. A lei estabelece as formas de valorização do casamento tradicional e religioso, define os requisitos do seu registo e fixa os seus efeitos. (Art. 119)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishEcuadorians have the following duties and obligations, without detriment to others provided for by the Constitution or by law:
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16. To help, feed, educate and raise one’s children. This duty is a joint responsibility of mothers and fathers, in equal proportion, and shall also be applicable to children when their own mothers and fathers need them.
… (Art. 83) - SpanishSon deberes y responsabilidades de las ecuatorianas y los ecuatorianos, sin perjuicio de otros previstos en la Constitución y la ley:
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16. Asistir, alimentar, educar y cuidar a las hijas e hijos. Este deber es corresponsabilidad de madres y padres en igual proporción, y corresponderá también a las hijas e hijos cuando las madres y padres lo necesiten.
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Marriage and Family Life
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The citizens of Mongolia are guaranteed to exercise the following rights and freedoms:
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5/ the right to material and financial assistance in old age, disability, childbirth and childcare and in other circumstances as provided by law;
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11/ men and women shall enjoy equal rights in political, economic, social, cultural fields and in family relationship. Marriage shall be based on the equality and mutual consent of the spouses who have reached the age determined by law. The State shall protect the interests of the family, motherhood and the child;
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Монгол Улсын иргэн дараахь үндсэн эрх, эрх чөлөөг баталгаатай эдэлнэ:
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5) өндөр наслах, хөдөлмөрийн чадвар алдах, хүүхэд төрүүлэх, асрах болон хуульд заасан бусад тохиолдолд эд, мөнгөний тусламж авах эрхтэй;
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11) улс төр, эдийн засаг, нийгэм соёлын амьдрал, гэр бүлийн харилцаанд эрэгтэй, эмэгтэй тэгш эрхтэй. Гэрлэлт нь хуулиар тогтоосон насанд хүрсэн эрэгтэй, эмэгтэй хоёрын тэгш эрх, сайн дурын харилцаанд үндэслэнэ. Гэр бүл, эх нялхас, хүүхдийн ашиг сонирхлыг төр хамгаална;
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