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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe family is the foundation of society. Its complete [integral] protection will be promoted and guaranteed. It includes the stable union of a man and a woman, the children, and the community formed with anyone of their progenitors and their descendants. (Art. 49)
- SpanishLa familia es el fundamento de la sociedad. Se promoverá y se garantizará su protección integral. Esta incluye a la unión estable del hombre y de la mujer, a los hijos y a la comunidad que se constituya con cualquiera de sus progenitores y sus descendientes. (Art. 49)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe exclusive executive and legislative powers of a state shall be as follows:
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16. Registration of marriage, divorce, inheritance, birth, death, adoption and affiliations;
… (Schedule (B). Powers of States)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe State shall make provision for securing just and humane conditions of work and for maternity relief. (Art. 42)
- Hindiराज्य काम की न्यायसंगत और मानवोचित दशाओं को सुनिश्चित करने के लिए और प्रसूति सहायता के लिए उपबंध करेगा। (अनुच्छेद 42)
Marriage and Family Life
- 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. The State shall provide special support to disabled children, children left without parental care or who have suffered from violence. (Art. 110)
- LatvianValsts aizsargā un atbalsta laulību — savienību starp vīrieti un sievieti, ģimeni, vecāku un bērna tiesības. Valsts īpaši palīdz bērniem invalīdiem, bērniem, kas palikuši bez vecāku gādības vai cietuši no varmācības. (Art. 110)
Marriage and Family Life
- English
Everyone has the right to the protection of his health, that of the family environment [medio familiar] and that of the community, as well as the duty to contribute to its promotion [promoción] and defense. … (Art. 7)
- Spanish
Todos tienen derecho a la protección de su salud, la del medio familiar y la de la comunidad así como el deber de contribuir a su promoción y defensa. … (Art. 7)
Marriage and Family Life
- 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)
Marriage and Family Life
- English1. The judicial power of Uganda shall be exercised by the courts of judicature which shall consist of-
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d. such subordinate courts as Parliament may by law establish, including qadhis courts for marriage, divorce, inheritance of property and guardianship, as may be prescribed by Parliament.
… (Art. 129)
Marriage and Family Life
- English1. Everyone shall have the right to inviolability of private life, personal or family secrets, protection of honor and dignity.
… (Art. 18) - Kazak1. Әркiмнiң жеке өмiрiне қол сұғылмауына, өзiнiң және отбасының құпиясы болуына, ар-намысы мен абыройлы атының қорғалуына құқығы бар.
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishEveryone shall have the right to health protection.
A child, a pregnant woman, an elderly person and a person with disability shall have the right to health protection from public revenues, if they do not exercise this right on some other grounds. (Art. 69) - MontenegrinSvako ima pravo na zdravstvenu zaštitu.
Dijete, trudnica, staro lice i lice sa invaliditetom imaju pravo na zdravstvenu zaštitu iz javnih prihoda, ako to pravo ne ostvaruju po nekom drugom osnovu. (Član 69)