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Marriage and Family Life
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11. Health –
11:1 The establishment and maintenance of public hospitals, rural hospitals, maternity homes, dispensaries (other than teaching hospitals and hospitals established for special purposes);
11:2 Public health services, health education, nutrition, family health maternity and child care, food and food sanitation, environmental health;
… (Ninth Schedule, List I, Provincial Council List) - Sinhala...
11. සෞඛ්යය -
11:1 (ශික්ෂණ රෝහල් සහ විශේෂ කාර්යය සඳහා පිහිටුවනු ලබන රෝහල් හැර) මහජන රෝහල්, ග්රාමීය රෝහල්, මාතෘ නිවාස සහ ඛෙහෙත් ශාලා පිහිටුවා පවත්වාගෙන යාම;
11:2 මහජන සෞඛ්ය සේවා, සෞඛ්ය අධ්යාපනය, පෝෂණය, පවුල් සෞඛ්ය ය, මාතෘ දාරක රක්ෂණය, ආහාර සහ ආහාර සෞඛ්යාහරක්ෂණය, පාරිසරික සෞඛ්යය;
… (නව වැනි උපලේඛනය, I වැනි ලැයිස්තුව, පළාත් සභා ලැයිස්තුව)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) The public authorities ensure social, economic and legal protection of the family.
(2) The public authorities likewise ensure full protection of children, who are equal before the law, regardless of their parentage, and of mothers, whatever their marital status. The law shall provide for the possibility of the investigation of paternity.
(3) Parents must provide their children, whether born within or outside wedlock, with assistance of every kind while they are still under age and in other circumstances in which the law so establishes.
… (Sec. 39) - Spanish1. Los poderes públicos aseguran la protección social, económica y jurídica de la familia.
2. Los poderes públicos aseguran, asimismo, la protección integral de los hijos, iguales éstos ante la ley con independencia de su filiación, y de las madres, cualquiera que sea su estado civil. La ley posibilitará la investigación de la paternidad.
3. Los padres deben prestar asistencia de todo orden a los hijos habidos dentro o fuera del matrimonio, durante su minoría de edad y en los demás casos en que legalmente proceda.
… (Art. 39)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe family is the basis of society and shall be entitled to protection by the State. The State shall also protect and encourage marriage. The State shall guarantee the protection of motherhood, childhood and the elderly. … (Art. 5)
- Arabicالأسـرة هي الرّكـن الأسـاسي للمُجتمع، وهي في حمى الدّولـة، وتحمـي الدّولة الزّواج وتُشجع عليه، وتكفل حماية الأمومة والطّفولة والشّيخوخة. ...(المادّة 5)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe State will promote the construction of popular housing and will create the family patrimony of the worker. (Art. 65)
- SpanishEl Estado promoverá la construcción de viviendas populares y creará el patrimonio familiar del trabajador. (Art. 65)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishMotherhood of the working woman is protected. The pregnant woman may not be separated from her public or private employment for this reason. For a minimum of six weeks prior to confinement and eight weeks thereafter, she is entitled to rest with the same remuneration that she was receiving, and her job shall be kept for her, as well as all the rights inherent to her contract. Upon returning to work, the mother may not be dismissed for one year, except in special cases prescribed by law, which shall in addition, regulate the special working conditions of the pregnant woman. (Art. 72)
- SpanishSe protege la maternidad de la mujer trabajadora. La que esté en estado de gravidez no podrá ser separada de su empleo público o particular por esta causa. Durante un mínimo de seis semanas precedentes al parto y las ocho que le siguen, gozará de descanso forzoso retribuido del mismo modo que su trabajo y conservará el empleo y todos los derechos correspondientes a su contrato. AI reincorporarse la madre trabajadora a su empleo no podrá ser despedida por el término de un año, salvo en casos especiales previstos en la Ley, la cual reglamentará además, las condiciones especiales de trabajo de la mujer en estado de preñez. (Art. 72)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishEveryone has the right to demand respect for his/her private and family life. Privacy of private or family life shall not be violated. … (Art. 20)
- TurkishHerkes, özel hayatına ve aile hayatına saygı gösterilmesini isteme hakkına sahiptir. Özel hayatın ve aile hayatının gizliliğine dokunulamaz. … (Madde 20)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe High Court shall, in accordance with section 19 (2), have all such jurisdiction in relation to matrimonial causes and matters as was immediately before the commencement of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 vested in or exercisable by any ecclesiastical court or person in England or Wales in respect of—
a. divorce a mensa et thoro (renamed judicial separation by that Act);
b. nullity of marriage; and
c. any matrimonial cause or matter except marriage licences. (Senior Courts Act 1981, Sec. 26)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe family, founded on the legal ties of marriage, is the basic unit [cellule] of society.
The State works to guarantee, by the law, the protection of the family under the juridical, social and economic plans, in a manner to guarantee its unity, its stability and its preservation.
It assures one equal juridical protection and one equal social and moral consideration to all children, [being the] abstraction made from their familial situation.
Fundamental instruction [enseignement] is a right of the child and an obligation of the family and of the State. A Consultative Council of the Family and of Childhood [Conseil consultatif de la famille et de l'enfance] is created. (Art. 32) - Arabicالأسرة القائمة على علاقة الزواج الشرعي هي الخلية الأساسية للمجتمع.
تعمل الدولة على ضمان الحماية الحقوقية والاجتماعية والاقتصادية للأسرة، بمقتضى القانون، بما يضمن وحدتها واستقرارها والمحافظة عليها.
تسعى الدولة لتوفير الحماية القانونية، والاعتبار الاجتماعي والمعنوي لجميع الأطفال، بكيفية متساوية، بصرف النظر عن وضعيتهم العائلية.
التعليم الأساسي حق للطفل وواجب على الأسرة والدولة. يحدث مجلس استشاري للأسرة والطفولة. (الفصل 32)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishImprisoned persons are recognized the following rights:
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6. Receiving preferential and specialized treatment in the case of pregnant women and breast-feeding women, adolescents, elderly persons, the sick or persons with disabilities.
… (Art. 51) - SpanishSe reconoce a las personas privadas de la libertad los siguientes derechos:
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6. Recibir un tratamiento preferente y especializado en el caso de las mujeres embarazadas y en periodo de lactancia, adolescentes, y las personas adultas mayores, enfermas o con discapacidad.
… (Art. 51)
Marriage and Family Life
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Every person has the right:
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6. That information services, computerized or not, public or private, will not provide information that affects personal and familial privacy.
7. To honor and good reputation, to personal and familial privacy, as well as one's own voice and image.
… (Art. 2) - Spanish
Toda persona tiene derecho:
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6. A que los servicios informáticos, computarizados o no, públicos o privados, no suministren informaciones que afecten la intimidad personal y familiar.
7. Al honor y a la buena reputación, a la intimidad personal y familiar así como a la voz y a la imagen propias.
… (Art. 2)