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Paraguay
- EnglishThe veterans of the War of the Chaco [guerra del Chaco] and those of other armed international conflicts that are waged in the defense of the Fatherland [Patria], will enjoy honors and privileges; pensions that allow them to live decorously; preferential assistance, gratuitous and complete for their health, as well as other benefits, according to what the law determines.
Their widows and minor or handicapped children, including those [of] veterans who were dead prior to the promulgation of this Constitution[,] will succeed to the economic benefits.
… (Art. 130) - SpanishLos veteranos de la guerra del Chaco, y los de otros conflictos armados internacionales que se libren en defensa de la Patria, gozarán de honores y privilegios; de pensiones que les permitan vivir decorosamente; de asistencia preferencial, gratuita y completa a su salud, así como de otros beneficios, conforme con lo que determine la ley.
En los beneficios económicos les sucederán sus viudas e hijos menores o discapacitados, incluidos los de los veteranos fallecidos con anterioridad a la promulgación de esta Constitución.
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Croatia
- EnglishThe state shall protect maternity, children and young people, and shall create social, cultural, educational, material and other conditions promoting the exercise of the right to a decent life. (Art. 62)
- CroatianDržava štiti materinstvo, djecu i mladež te stvara socijalne, kulturne, odgojne, materijalne i druge uvjete kojima se promice ostvarivanje prava na dostojan život. (Članak 62)
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Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- EnglishI. Every person has the right to an adequate habitat and home that dignifies family and community life.
II. The State, at all levels of the government, is responsible for promoting the development of housing for social benefit, using adequate financing systems, based on principles of solidarity and equity. These plans shall be directed preferentially to families with scarce resources, to disadvantaged groups and to rural areas. (Art. 19) - SpanishI. Toda persona tiene derecho a un hábitat y vivienda adecuada, que dignifiquen la vida familiar y comunitaria.
II. El Estado, en todos sus niveles de gobierno, promoverá planes de vivienda de interés social, mediante sistemas adecuados de financiamiento, basándose en los principios de solidaridad y equidad. Estos planes se destinarán preferentemente a familias de escasos recursos, a grupos menos favorecidos y al área rural. (Art. 19)
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Egypt
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The State shall provide care to and protection of motherhood and childhood, female heads of families, and elderly and neediest women. (Art. 11) - Arabic…
تلتزم الدّولة بتوفير الرّعاية والحماية للأمومة والطّفولة والمرأة المعيلة للأسرة و المرأة المسنّة والنّساء الأشدّ احتياجا. (المادّة 11)
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Trinidad and Tobago
- EnglishWhereas the People of Trinidad and Tobago—
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(b) respect the principles of social justice and therefore believe that the operation of the economic system should result in the material resources of the community being so distributed 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;
... (Preamble)
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Hungary
- EnglishThe State shall strive to use the latest technical solutions and the achievements of science to make its operation efficient, raise the standard of public services, improve the transparency of public affairs and promote equal opportunity. (Freedom and Responsibility, Article XXVI)
- HungarianAz állam - a működésének hatékonysága, a közszolgáltatások színvonalának emelése, a közügyek jobb átláthatósága és az esélyegyenlőség előmozdítása érdekében - törekszik az új műszaki megoldásoknak és a tudomány eredményeinek az alkalmazására. (Szabadság és Felelősség, XXVI. cikk)
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Brazil
- EnglishThe Union, States and Federal District shall have concurrent power to legislate on:
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XII. social security and protection and defense of health;
… (Art. 24) - PortugueseCompete à União, aos Estados e ao Distrito Federal legislar concorrentemente sobre:
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XII - previdência social, proteção e defesa da saúde;
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India
- English(1) The President may by order made with respect to the State of Andhra Pradesh provide, having regard to the requirements of the State as a whole, for equitable opportunities and facilities for the people belonging to different parts of the State, in the matter of public employment and in the matter of education, and different provisions may be made for various parts of the States.
… (Art. 371D) - Hindi(1) राष्ट्रपति, आंध्र प्रदेश राज्य के संबंध में किए गए आदेश द्वारा, प्रत्येक राज्य की आवश्यकताओं को ध्यान में रखते हुए समग्र रूप से राज्य के विभिन्न भागों के लोगों के लिए लोक नियोजन के विषय में और शिक्षा के विषय में साम्यापूर्ण अवसरों और सुविधाओं का उपबंध कर सकेगा और राज्य के विभिन्न भागों के लिए भिन्न-भिन्न उपबंध किए जा सकेंगे।
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Ghana
- English(1) The State shall take all necessary action to ensure that the national economy is managed in such a manner as to maximize the rate of economic development and to secure the maximum welfare, freedom and happiness of every person in Ghana and to provide adequate means of livelihood and suitable employment and public assistance to the needy.
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(2) The State shall, in particular, take all necessary steps to establish a sound and healthy economy whose underlying principles shall include—
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(d) undertaking even and balanced development of all regions and every part of each region of Ghana, and, in particular, improving the conditions of life in the rural areas, and generally, redressing any imbalance in development between the rural and the urban areas;
(e) the recognition that the most secure democracy is the one that assures the basic necessities of life for its people as a fundamental duty.
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Monaco
- EnglishMonegasques are entitled to the assistance of the State in the event of destitution, unemployment, sickness, handicap, old age and maternity in the circumstances and manner laid down by law. (Art. 26)
- FrenchLes Monégasques ont droit à l'aide de l'Etat en cas d'indigence, chômage, maladie, invalidité, vieillesse et maternité, dans les conditions et formes prévues par la loi. (Art. 26)