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Marriage and Family Life
- English1. The family shall be the fundamental element and the foundation of the whole society.
2. Fatherhood and motherhood shall be eminent social values.
3. Everyone shall have the right to form a family.
4. Parents shall have the right and duty to orient and raise children in conformance with their fundamental options, having in view the integral development of the personality of children and adolescents and respecting their legally recognized rights.
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6. Parents must render assistance to minor or incapacitated children.
7. Children who have reached the age of majority must render moral and material assistance to their parents who find themselves in a situation of vulnerability, particularly, by reason of age, illness or economic need.
8. The society and the public authorities shall protect the family and shall promote the creation of conditions that shall ensure the stability of family households and shall permit the fulfillment of their social function and its mission of guardian of moral values recognized by the community, as well as the personal realization of their members.
9. The law shall punish domestic violence and shall protect the rights of all members of a family. (Art. 82) - Portuguese1. A família é o elemento fundamental e a célula base de toda a sociedade.
2. A paternidade e maternidade são valores sociais eminentes.
3. Todos têm o direito de constituir família.
4. Os pais têm o direito e o dever de orientar e educar os filhos em conformidade com as suas opções fundamentais, tendo em vista o desenvolvimento integral da personalidade das crianças e adolescentes e respeitando os direitos a estes legalmente reconhecidos.
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6. Os pais devem prestar assistência aos filhos menores ou incapacitados.
7. Os filhos maiores devem prestar assistência moral e material aos pais que se encontrem em situação de vulnerabilidade, designadamente por motivo de idade, doença ou carência económica.
8. A sociedade e os poderes públicos protegem a família e promovem a criação de condições que assegurem a estabilidade dos agregados familiares e permitam o cumprimento da sua função social e da sua missão de guardiã de valores morais reconhecidos pela comunidade, bem como a realização pessoal dos seus membros.
9. A lei pune a violência doméstica e protege os direitos de todos os membros da família. (Art. 82)
Marriage and Family Life
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(9) The parents have prior right to choose the appropriate field of education for their children. (Art. 35) - Moldovian
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(9) Dreptul prioritar de a alege sfera de instruire a copiilor revine părinţilor. (Art. 35)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe National and state governments shall have legislative and executive competences on any of the matters listed below:
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23. Mother, Childcare and protection; … (Schedule (C). Concurrent Powers)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe de facto union of persons of different sex with the legal capacity to enter into marriage which is sustained for five consecutive years in conditions of single partnership and stability shall produce the full effects of a civil marriage.
To this end, it shall be sufficient the interested parties jointly request the Civil Registrar to register the de facto union. As long as this request has not been made, the marriage may be proved, for the purpose of claiming the rights pertaining thereto, by any of the spouses concerned in accordance with the procedures established by law. However, the Public Ministry, in the interest of morals and of the law, or third persons who assert rights susceptible of being affected by the registration, may object to the registration or challenge it subsequently on the ground that the declaration is contrary to the facts. (Art. 58) - SpanishLa unión de hecho entre personas de distinto sexo legalmente capacitadas para contraer matrimonio, mantenida durante cinco años consecutivos en condiciones de singularidad y estabilidad, surtirá todos los efectos del matrimonio civil. Para este fin, bastará que las partes interesadas soliciten conjuntamente al Registro Civil la inscripción del matrimonio de hecho. Cuando no se haya efectuado esa solicitud, el matrimonio podrá comprobarse, para los efectos de la reclamación de sus derechos, por uno de los cónyuges u otro interesado, mediante los trámites que determine la Ley. Podrán, no obstante, oponerse a que se haga la inscripción o impugnarla después de hecha, el Ministerio Público en interés de la moral y de la Ley, o los terceros que aleguen derechos susceptibles de ser afectados por la inscripción, si la declaración fuere contraria a la realidad de los hechos. (Art. 58)
Marriage and Family Life
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Citizens of both women and men enjoy equal rights in the political, economic, cultural and social fields and in family affairs. (Art. 37)
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ພົນລະເມືອງລາວຍິງຊາຍ ມີສິດເທົ່າທຽມກັນ ໃນດ້ານການເມືອງ, ເສດຖະກິດ, ວັດທະນະທໍາ-ສັງຄົມ ແລະຄອບຄົວ. (ມາດຕາ 37)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishMarriage and family are under the protection of the law.
All the children born within marriage or outside the marriage have[,] concerning their parents[,] the same rights and duties.
They enjoy the same protection in terms of the law.
Parents have concerning their children born within the marriage or outside of marriage[,] the same obligations and the same duties. (Art. 38) - FrenchLe mariage et la famille sont sous la protection de la loi.
Tous les enfants nés dans le mariage ou hors mariage ont à l‘égard de leurs parents les mêmes droits et devoirs.
Ils jouissent de la même protection aux termes de la loi.
Les parents ont à l’égard de leurs enfants nés dans le mariage ou hors mariage les mêmes obligations et les mêmes devoirs. (Art. 38)
Marriage and Family Life
- English1. Men and women shall have equal rights in family, political, social and economic life in the Republic of Poland.
… (Art. 33) - Polish1. Kobieta i mężczyzna w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej mają równe prawa w życiu rodzinnym, politycznym, społecznym i gospodarczym.
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishWE, THE PEOPLE OF ZAMBIA:
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RESOLVE to ensure that our values relating to family, morality, patriotism and justice are maintained and all functions of the State are performed in our common interest; … (Preamble)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishResponsible maternity and paternity will be protected by the State, which will promote the creation of [the] necessary institutions to these ends. (Art. 55)
- SpanishLa maternidad y la paternidad responsables serán protegidas por el Estado, el cual fomentará la creación de instituciones necesarias para dichos fines. (Art. 55)
Marriage and Family Life
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(5) No child shall be subjected to child marriage,
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(५) कुनै पनि बालबालिकालाई बाल विवाह, … गराउन पाइने छैन ।
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