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Everyone has the right to a decent standard of living, including appropriate food, clothing, housing and a continuous improvement of conditions necessary to attain this.
… (Art. 21) - Belarusian…
Кожны мае права на годны ўзровень жыцця, уключаючы дастатковае харчаванне, адзенне, жыллё і пастаяннае паляпшэнне неабходных для гэтага ўмоў.
… (Артыкул 21) - Russian…
Каждый имеет право на достойный уровень жизни, включая достаточное питание, одежду, жилье и постоянное улучшение необходимых для этого условий.
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- EnglishWhereas the People of Dominica—
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(b) respect the principles of social justice and therefore believe that the operation of the economic system should result in so distributing the material resources of the community as to subserve the common good, that there should be adequate means of livelihood for all, that labour should not be exploited or forced by economic necessity to operate in inhumane conditions but that there should be opportunity for advancement on the basis of recognition of merit, ability and integrity;
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- EnglishThe State has the obligation to assist the family in its mission as guardian of the morality and of the values compatible with the republican order.
The rights of the mother and of the child are guaranteed. (Art. 37) - FrenchL’Etat a l’obligation d’assister la famille dans sa mission de gardienne de la morale et des valeurs compatibles avec l’ordre républicain.
Les droits de la mère et de l’enfant sont garantis. (Art. 37)
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- EnglishAny person who, immediately before the date of the coming into operation of this Constitution, was in receipt of any pension or other retirement benefit out of the public Funds, including the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Fund of the Colony of Cyprus shall on and after the date of the coming into operation of this Constitution, continue to be paid such pension or other retirement benefit out of the public Funds of the Republic under the same terms and conditions as were applicable to such pensions or other retirement benefits immediately before the date of the coming into operation of this Constitution or under terms and conditions made thereafter not less favourable to that person and applicable to his case. (Art. 193)
- GreekΠας όστις αμέσως προ της ημερομηνίας της ενάρξεως της ισχύος του Συντάγματος ελάμβανεν εκ του δημοσίου ταμείου της αποικίας της Κύπρου περιλαμβανομένου του ταμείου συντάξεων χηρών και ορφανών οιανδήποτε σύνταξιν ή έτερον επίδομα λόγω αποχωρήσεως εκ της υπηρεσίας θα εξακολουθή από της ημερομηνίας της ισχύος του Συντάγματος λαμβάνων την σύνταξιν ή το επίδομα λόγω αποχωρήσεως εκ της υπηρεσίας εκ του δημοσίου ταμείου της Δημοκρατίας, υπό τας προϋποθέσεις και τους όρους τους ισχύοντας περί των συντάξεων ή των ετέρων ειρημένων επιδομάτων αμέσως προ της ημερομηνίας ενάρξεως της ισχύος του Συντάγματος ή υπό προϋποθέσεις και όρους θεσπιζομένους μεταγενεστέρως, ουχί όμως ολιγώτερον ευμενείς δια τον δικαιούχον και εφαρμοζομένους εις την περίπτωσιν αυτού. (Αρθρον 193)
- TurkishBu Anayasanın yürürlüğe girdiği tarihten hemen önce, Kıbrıs Kolonisi Dul ve Yetim Maaşları Fonu da dâhil olmak üzere kamu Fonlarından herhangi bir emeklilik maaşı alan veya emeklilikten dolayı diğer bir hakka sahip olan herhangi bir şahsa, bu Anayasanın yürürlüğe girdiği tarihte ve sonra Cumhuriyetin kamu Fonlarından, söz konusu emeklilik maaşı veya emeklilikten dolayı sahip olduğu diğer hakları, söz konusu emeklilik maaşına veya emeklilik dolayısıyla sahip olduğu diğer haklara bu Anayasanın yürürlüğe girdiği tarihten hemen önce uygulanan aynı kayıt ve şartlar altında veya bu tarihten sonra konulan ve kendi durumuna uygulanabilecek ve daha az lehinde olmayacak olan kayıt ve şartlara göre verilmeye devam olunur. (Madde 193)
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- EnglishThe family, founded on the legal ties of marriage, is the basic unit [cellule] of society.
The State works to guarantee, by the law, the protection of the family under the juridical, social and economic plans, in a manner to guarantee its unity, its stability and its preservation.
It assures one equal juridical protection and one equal social and moral consideration to all children, [being the] abstraction made from their familial situation.
Fundamental instruction [enseignement] is a right of the child and an obligation of the family and of the State.
A Consultative Council of the Family and of Childhood [Conseil consultatif de la famille et de l'enfance] is created. (Art. 32) - Arabicالأسرة القائمة على علاقة الزواج الشرعي هي الخلية الأساسية للمجتمع.
تعمل الدولة على ضمان الحماية الحقوقية والاجتماعية والاقتصادية للأسرة، بمقتضى القانون، بما يضمن وحدتها واستقرارها والمحافظة عليها.
تسعى الدولة لتوفير الحماية القانونية، والاعتبار الاجتماعي والمعنوي لجميع الأطفال، بكيفية متساوية، بصرف النظر عن وضعيتهم العائلية.
التعليم الأساسي حق للطفل وواجب على الأسرة والدولة.
يحدث مجلس استشاري للأسرة والطفولة. (الفصل 32)
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- EnglishThe Nation shall provide the individual and the family with the conditions necessary to their development. (1946 Preamble, Sec. 10)
- FrenchLa Nation assure à l'individu et à la famille les conditions nécessaires à leur développement. (Préambule 1946, Sec. 10)
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- EnglishThe following rights of persons are recognized and guaranteed:
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2. The right to a decent life that ensures health, food and nutrition, clean water, housing, environmental sanitation, education, work, employment, rest and leisure, sports, clothing, social security and other necessary social services.
… (Art. 66) - SpanishSe reconoce y garantizará a las personas:
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2. El derecho a una vida digna, que asegure la salud, alimentación y nutrición, agua potable, vivienda, saneamiento ambiental, educación, trabajo, empleo, descanso y ocio, cultura física, vestido, seguridad social y otros servicios sociales necesarios.
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2. All administrative institutions shall be free from corruption, discrimination and delay in the delivery of efficient and equitable public services. (Art. 11)
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(1) The State shall, within the context of the ideals and objectives for which provisions are made in this Constitution –
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(b) control the national economy in such manner as to secure the maximum welfare, freedom and happiness of every citizen on the basis of social justice and equality of status and opportunity;
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(2) The State shall direct its policy towards ensuring:
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(b) that the material resources of the nation are harnessed and distributed as best as possible to serve the common good;
(c) that the economic system is not operated in such a manner as to permit the concentration of wealth or the means of production and exchange in the hands of few individuals or of a group; and
(d) that suitable and adequate shelter, right to food and food security, reasonable national minimum living wage, old age care and pensions, and unemployment, sick benefits and welfare of the disabled are provided for all citizens.
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- EnglishThe State shall protect and support marriage - a union between a man and a woman, the family, the rights of parents and rights of the child.
... (Art. 110) - LatvianValsts aizsargā un atbalsta laulību — savienību starp vīrieti un sievieti, ģimeni, vecāku un bērna tiesības.
... (Art. 110)