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Public Institutions and Services
Sweden
- EnglishPublic power shall be exercised with respect for the equal worth of all and the liberty and dignity of the individual.
The personal, economic and cultural welfare of the individual shall be fundamental aims of public activity. In particular, the public institutions shall secure the right to employment, housing and education, and shall promote social care and social security, as well as favourable conditions for good health.
… (Instrument of Government, Chapter 1, Art. 2) - SwedishDen offentliga makten ska utövas med respekt för alla människors lika värde och för den enskilda människans frihet och värdighet.
Den enskildes personliga, ekonomiska och kulturella välfärd ska vara grundläggande mål för den offentliga verksamheten. Särskilt ska det allmänna trygga rätten till arbete, bostad och utbildning samt verka för social omsorg och trygghet och för goda förutsättningar för hälsa.
... (Kungörelse (1974:152) om beslutad ny regeringsform, 1 kap, 2 §)
Public Institutions and Services
Ethiopia
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3. Every Ethiopian national has the right to equal access to publicly funded social services.
4. The State has the obligation to allocate ever increasing resources to provide to the public health, education and other social services.
… (Art. 41) - Amharic…
3. የኢትዮጵያ ዜጐች ሁሉ በመንግሥት ገንዘብ በሚካሄዱ ማኅበራዊ አገልግሎቶች በእኩልነት የመጠቀም መብት አላቸው፡፡
4. መንግሥት የጤና፣ የትምህርትና ሌሎች የማኅበራዊ አገልግሎቶችን ለሕዝብ ለማቅረብ በየጊዜው እየጨመረ የሚሄድ ሀብት ይመድባል፡፡
… (አንቀጽ 41)
Public Institutions and Services
Brazil
- EnglishFor the purposes of financial restoration of the Federal Treasury and economic stabilization, the Emergency Social Fund shall be instituted in fiscal years 1994 and 1995, as well as in the periods from January 1, 1996 to June 30, 1997 and July 1, 1997 to December 31, 1999. Its resources shall be applied by giving priority to funding actions of the systems of health and education (including complementing the resources dealt with in § 3 of art. 60 of the Transitional Constitutional Provisions Act), social security benefits and continued assistance benefits, including liquidation of the social security deficit, and the budgetary expenses associated with programs of relevant economic and social interest.
… (Transitional Constitutional Provisions Act 1988, Art. 71) - PortugueseÉ instituído, nos exercícios financeiros de 1994 e 1995, bem assim nos períodos de 01/01/1996 a 30/06/97 e 01/07/97 a 31/12/1999, o Fundo Social de Emergência, com o objetivo de saneamento financeiro da Fazenda Pública Federal e de estabilização econômica, cujos recursos serão aplicados prioritariamente no custeio das ações dos sistemas de saúde e educação, incluindo a complementação de recursos de que trata o § 3º do art. 60 do Ato das Disposições Constitucionais Transitórias, benefícios previdenciários e auxílios assistenciais de prestação continuada, inclusive liquidação de passivo previdenciário, e despesas orçamentárias associadas a programas de relevante interesse econômico e social.
... (Ato das Disposições Constitucionais Transitórias 1988, Art. 71)
Public Institutions and Services
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- EnglishMotherhood and fatherhood are fully protected, whatever the marital status of the mother or father. Couples have the right to decide freely and responsibly how many children they wish to conceive, and are entitled to access to the information and means necessary to guarantee the exercise of this right. The State guarantees overall assistance and protection for motherhood, in general, from the moment of conception, throughout pregnancy, delivery and the puerperal period, and guarantees full family planning services based on ethical and scientific values. … (Art. 76)
- SpanishLa maternidad y la paternidad son protegidas integralmente, sea cual fuere el estado civil de la madre o del padre. Las parejas tienen derecho a decidir libre y responsablemente el número de hijos e hijas que deseen concebir y a disponer de la información y de los medios que les aseguren el ejercicio de este derecho. El Estado garantizará asistencia y protección integral a la maternidad, en general a partir del momento de la concepción, durante el embarazo, el parto y el puerperio, y asegurará servicios de planificación familiar integral basados en valores éticos y científicos. … (Art. 76)
Public Institutions and Services
Sri Lanka
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(2) The State is pledged to establish in Sri Lanka a democratic socialist society, the objectives of which include –
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(c) the realization by all citizens of an adequate standard of living for themselves and their families, including adequate food, clothing and housing, the continuous improvement of living conditions and the full enjoyment of leisure and social and cultural opportunities ;
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(e) the equitable distribution among all citizens of the material resources of the community and the social product, so as best to subserve the common good ;
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(9) The State shall ensure social security and welfare.
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(12) The State shall recognize and protect the family as the basic unit of society.
… (Art. 27) - Sinhala...
(2) මතු දැක්වෙන අරමුණ ද ඇතුළත් ව ප්රජාතාන්තික සමාජවාදී සමාජයක් ශ්රී ලංකාවෙහි ඇති කිරීමට රජය ඇප කැප වී ඇත්තේ ය –
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(ඇ) ප්රමාණවත් ආහාරපාන, ඇඳුම් පැළඳුම් සහ නිවාස පහසුව ද, ජීවන තත්ත්වයෙහි නිරන්තර වර්ධනය ද, විවේකය හා සමාජයීය සහ සංස්කෘතික ඉඩ ප්රස්තා නිසි පරිදි ප්රයෝජනයට ගැනීම ද ඇතුළුව ප්රමාණවත් ජීවන මට්ටමක් සියලු පුරවැසියන් විසින් තමන්ට සහ තම පවුල්වල සාමාජිකයන්ට අත්කර දීම;
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(ඉ) පොදුජන යහපතට ඉවහල්වන පරිදි ප්රජාවගේ භෞතික සම්පත් සහ සමාජ ඵලය සියලු පුරවැසියන් අතර සාධාරණ ලෙස ඛෙදා හැරීම;
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(9) සමාජ සුරක්ෂිතභාවය හා සුබසාධනය ඇති කිරීමට රජය වගබලා ගත යුත්තේ ය.
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(12) පවුල, සමාජයේ මූලික ඒකකය වශයෙන් රජය විසින් පිළිගෙන ආරක්ෂා කළ යුත්තේ ය.
… (27 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Public Institutions and Services
Micronesia, Federated States of
- EnglishThe national government of the Federated States of Micronesia recognizes the right of the people to education, health care, and legal services and shall take every step reasonable and necessary to provide these services. (Art. XIII, Sec. 1)
Public Institutions and Services
Kenya
- English(1) The family is the natural and fundamental unit of society and the necessary basis of social order, and shall enjoy the recognition and protection of the State.
... (Art. 45) - Swahili(1) Familia ni kiungo cha asili na cha msingi cha jamii na msingi muhimu wa maadili ya kijamii, na itanufaika na kutambuliwa na kulindwa na Serikali.
... (Kifungu cha 45)
Public Institutions and Services
Cuba
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The State encourages the holistic development of women and their full social participation. It ensures the exercise of their sexual and reproductive rights, protects them from gender-based violence in all of its forms and in all spaces, and creates the institutional and legal mechanisms to do so. (Art. 43) - Spanish…
El Estado propicia el desarrollo integral de las mujeres y su plena participación social. Asegura el ejercicio de sus derechos sexuales y reproductivos, las protege de la violencia de género en cualquiera de sus manifestaciones y espacios, y crea los mecanismos institucionales y legales para ello. (Art. 43)
Public Institutions and Services
Bangladesh
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(2) The State shall adopt effective measures to remove social and economic inequality between men and women and to ensure the equitable distribution of wealth among citizens, and of opportunities in order to attain a uniform level of economic development throughout the Republic.
... (Art. 19) - Bengali...
(২) মানুষে মানুষে সামাজিক ও অর্থনৈতিক অসাম্য বিলোপ করিবার জন্য, নাগরিকদের মধ্যে সম্পদের সুষম বন্টন নিশ্চিত করিবার জন্য এবং প্রজাতন্ত্রের সর্বত্র অর্থনৈতিক উন্নয়নের সমান স্তর অর্জনের উদ্দেশ্যে সুষম সুযোগ-সুবিধাদান নিশ্চিত করিবার জন্য রাষ্ট্র কার্যকর ব্যবস্থা গ্রহণ করিবেন৷
... (অনুচ্ছেদ ১৯)
Public Institutions and Services
Türkiye
- English… Measures to be taken for children, the elderly, disabled people, widows and orphans of martyrs as well as for the invalid and veterans shall not be considered as violation of the principle of equality. … (Art. 10)
- Turkish… Çocuklar, yaşlılar, özürlüler, harp ve vazife şehitlerinin dul ve yetimleri ile malul ve gaziler için alınacak tedbirler eşitlik ilkesine aykırı sayılmaz. … (Madde 10)