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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.
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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.
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Public Institutions and Services
- English1. All citizens shall be entitled to a life worthy of human beings.
2. The State shall have the duty to endeavor to promote social security and welfare.
3. The State shall endeavor to promote the welfare and rights of women.
… (Art. 34) - Korean①모든 국민은 인간다운 생활을 할 권리를 가진다.
②국가는 사회보장·사회복지의 증진에 노력할 의무를 진다.
③국가는 여자의 복지와 권익의 향상을 위하여 노력하여야 한다.
... (제34조)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishIn the economic and social field the state is under a priority duty:
a) Within the overall framework of a sustainable development strategy, to promote an increase in people's social and economic well-being and quality of life, especially those of the most disadvantaged persons;
b) To promote social justice, ensure equal opportunities and carry out the necessary corrections to inequalities in the distribution of wealth and income, particularly by means of the fiscal policy;
… (Art. 81) - PortugueseIncumbe prioritariamente ao Estado no âmbito económico e social:
a) Promover o aumento do bem-estar social e económico e da qualidade de vida das pessoas, em especial das mais desfavorecidas, no quadro de uma estratégia de desenvolvimento sustentável;
b) Promover a justiça social, assegurar a igualdade de oportunidades e operar as necessárias correcções das desigualdades na distribuição da riqueza e do rendimento, nomeadamente através da política fiscal;
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- 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)
Public Institutions and Services
- English(1) Subject to section 134, the law applicable to any benefits to which this section applies shall, in relation to any person who has been granted or who is eligible for the grant of such benefits, be that in force on the relevant date or any later law that is not less favourable to that person.
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(7) This section applies to any benefits payable under any law providing for the grant of pensions, gratuities or compensation to persons who are or have been public officers in respect of their service in the public service, or to the widows, children, dependants or personal representatives of such persons in respect of such service. (Sec. 133)
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(b) The Union shall enact necessary laws for Civil Services personnel to have security and sufficiency of food, clothing and shelter, to get maternity benefits for married women in service, and to ease livelihood for welfare of retired Service personnel. (Sec. 26) - Burmese
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(ခ) နိုင်ငံတော်သည် နိုင်ငံ့ဝန်ထမ်းများ၏ လုပ်ငန်းခွင်အာမခံချက်ရရှိရေး၊ စားဝတ်နေမှု ဖူလုံရေး၊ အိမ်ထောင်ရှင်အမျိုးသမီးဝန်ထမ်းများ မီးဖွားခြင်းဆိုင်ရာ အကျိုးခံစားခွင့်ရရှိရေး နှင့် အငြိမ်းစားဝန်ထမ်းများ စားဝတ်နေမှု သက်သာချောင်ချိရေးတို့အတွက် လိုအပ် သည့် ဥပဒေများ ပြဌာန်းရမည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၂၆)
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(5) Parents taking care of their children shall have the right to assistance provided by the State.
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(5) Rodičia, ktorí sa starajú o deti, majú právo na pomoc štátu.
... (Čl. 41)
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The Union, the states and the Federal District have the power to legislate concurrently on:
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XII – social security, protection and defense of health;
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Compete 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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- EnglishThe Congress shall give highest priority to the enactment of measures that protect and enhance the right of all the people to human dignity, reduce social, economic, and political inequalities, and remove cultural inequities by equitably diffusing wealth and political power for the common good.
To this end, the State shall regulate the acquisition, ownership, use, and disposition of property and its increments. (Art. XIII, Sec. 1) - FilipinoDapat pag-ukulan ng Kongreso ng pinakamataas na prayoriti ang pagsasabatas ng mga hakbangin na mangangalaga at magpapatingkad sa karapatan ng lahat ng mga mamamayan sa dignidad na pantao, magbabawas sa mga di pagkakapantay-pantay na panlipunan, pangkabuhayan, at pampulitika, at papawi sa mga di pagkakapantay-pantay na pagkalinangan sa pamamagitan ng ekwitableng na pagpapalaganap ng kayamanan at kapangyarihang pampulitika para sa kabutihan ng lahat.
Tungo sa mga mithiing ito, dapat regulahin ng Estado ang pagtatamo, pagmamay-ari, paggamit, at paglilipat ng ariarian at ng mga bunga nito. (Art. XIII, Seksyon 1)
Public Institutions and Services
- 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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