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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe family is the foundation of society. Its complete [integral] protection will be promoted and guaranteed. It includes the stable union of a man and a woman, the children, and the community formed with anyone of their progenitors and their descendants. (Art. 49)
- SpanishLa familia es el fundamento de la sociedad. Se promoverá y se garantizará su protección integral. Esta incluye a la unión estable del hombre y de la mujer, a los hijos y a la comunidad que se constituya con cualquiera de sus progenitores y sus descendientes. (Art. 49)
Marriage and Family Life
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The State shall create conditions for the development of pre-school education and upbringing.
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Pre-school education and upbringing … shall be under state supervision.
… (Art. 50) - Uzbek
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Davlat maktabgacha ta’lim va tarbiyani rivojlantirish uchun shart-sharoitlar yaratadi.
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Maktabgacha ta’lim va tarbiya, ... davlat nazoratidadir.
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe family is the basis of society and the fundamental space for the integral development of people. It is formed by natural or legal ties, by the free decision of a man and a woman to enter into marriage or by the responsible willingness to conform to it.
1. All persons have the right to form a family, in whose formation and development the woman and man enjoy equal rights and duties and owe one another mutual understanding and reciprocal respect.
2. The State shall guarantee the protection of the family. The good of the family in unalienable and unattachable, in accordance with the law.
3. The State shall promote and protect the organization of the family on the basis of the institution of marriage between a man and a woman. The law shall establish the requirements to enter into it, the formalities of its celebration, its personal and patrimonial effects, the causes of separation or dissolution, and the regime of the property, rights, and duties between the spouses.
4. Religious marriages shall have civil effects in terms established by law, without prejudice to that dictated in international treaties.
5. The singular and stable union between a man and a woman, free from matrimonial impediment, that form a real home, creates rights and duties in their personal and patrimonial relationships, in accordance with the law.
6. Maternity, whether the social condition or the civil state of the woman, shall enjoy the protection of the public powers and causes the right to official assistance in the case of need.
7. All persons have the right to have their personality, their own first name, and the surnames of their father and mother recognized, and to know the identities of the same.
8. All persons have the right from their birth to be inscribed without payment in the civil register or in the book of foreigners and to obtain the public documents that prove their identity, in accordance with the law.
9. All sons and daughters are equal under the law, have equal rights and duties, and shall enjoy the same opportunities for social, spiritual, and physical development. All mentions of the nature of parentage are prohibited in the civil registers and in all identity documents.
10. The State promotes responsible paternity and maternity. The father and the mother, even after separation and divorce, have the shared and non-renounceable duty to feed, raise, train, educate, support, and provide safety and assistance to their sons and daughters. The law shall establish the necessary and appropriate methods to guarantee the effect of these obligations.
11. The State recognizes work at home as an economic activity that creates aggregate value and produces social richness and well-being, therefore it shall be incorporated into the formulation and execution of public and social policies.
12. The State shall guarantee, through the law, safe and effective policies for adoption.
… (Art. 55) - SpanishLa familia es el fundamento de la sociedad y el espacio básico para el desarrollo integral de las personas. Se constituye por vínculos naturales o jurídicos, por la decisión libre de un hombre y una mujer de contraer matrimonio o por la voluntad responsable de conformarla.
1) Toda persona tiene derecho a constituir una familia, en cuya formación y desarrollo la mujer y el hombre gozan de iguales derechos y deberes y se deben comprensión mutua y respeto recíproco;
2) El Estado garantizará la protección de la familia. El bien de familia es inalienable e inembargable, de conformidad con la ley;
3) El Estado promoverá y protegerá la organización de la familia sobre la base de la institución del matrimonio entre un hombre y una mujer. La ley establecerá los requisitos para contraerlo, las formalidades para su celebración, sus efectos personales y patrimoniales, las causas de separación o de disolución, el régimen de bienes y los derechos y deberes entre los cónyuges;
4) Los matrimonios religiosos tendrán efectos civiles en los términos que establezca la ley, sin perjuicio de lo dispuesto en los tratados internacionales;
5) La unión singular y estable entre un hombre y una mujer, libres de impedimento matrimonial, que forman un hogar de hecho, genera derechos y deberes en sus relaciones personales y patrimoniales, de conformidad con la ley;
6) La maternidad, sea cual fuere la condición social o el estado civil de la mujer, gozará de la protección de los poderes públicos y genera derecho a la asistencia oficial en caso de desamparo;
7) Toda persona tiene derecho al reconocimiento de su personalidad, a un nombre propio, al apellido del padre y de la madre y a conocer la identidad de los mismos;
8) Todas las personas tienen derecho desde su nacimiento a ser inscritas gratuitamente en el registro civil o en el libro de extranjería y a obtener los documentos públicos que comprueben su identidad, de conformidad con la ley;
9) Todos los hijos son iguales ante la ley, tienen iguales derechos y deberes y disfrutarán de las mismas oportunidades de desarrollo social, espiritual y físico. Se prohíbe toda mención sobre la naturaleza de la filiación en los registros civiles y en todo documento de identidad;
10) El Estado promueve la paternidad y maternidad responsables. El padre y la madre, aun después de la separación y el divorcio, tienen el deber compartido e irrenunciable de alimentar, criar, formar, educar, mantener, dar seguridad y asistir a sus hijos e hijas. La ley establecerá las medidas necesarias y adecuadas para garantizar la efectividad de estas obligaciones;
11) El Estado reconoce el trabajo del hogar como actividad económica que crea valor agregado y produce riqueza y bienestar social, por lo que se incorporará en la formulación y ejecución de las políticas públicas y sociales;
12) El Estado garantizará, mediante ley, políticas seguras y efectivas para la adopción;
… (Art. 55)
Marriage and Family Life
- English
(1) Anything done or omitted which would otherwise constitute a breach of any of the provisions of this Part9 shall not constitute such a breach if—
(a) it is done or omitted in good faith for the purpose of assisting or advancing persons or groups of persons, being in each case persons against whom discrimination is unlawful by virtue of this Part; and
(b) those persons or groups need or may reasonably be supposed to need assistance or advancement in order to achieve an equal place with other members of the community.
(2) Nothing in this Part—
(a) limits the power of the Crown to establish or arrange work or training schemes or employment assistance measures, eligibility for which may, in whole or in part, be determined by a person’s age, employment status, or family status; or
(b) makes it unlawful for any person to recruit or refer any other person who is of a particular age or of a particular employment status or of a particular family status for any work or training scheme or employment assistance measure that is established or arranged by the Crown, the eligibility for which may, in whole or in part, be determined by a person’s age, employment status, or family status. (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 73)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishMarriage and family constitute the natural and moral base of the human community. They are placed under the protection of the State.
The State and public collectivities have the duty to see to the physical, mental and moral health of the family, particularly of the mother and of the child. (Art. 21) - FrenchLe mariage et la famille constituent la base naturelle et morale de la communauté humaine. Ils sont placés sous la protection de l’État.
L’État et les collectivités publiques ont le devoir de veiller à la santé physique, mentale et morale de la famille, particulièrement de la mère et de l’enfant. (Art. 21)
Marriage and Family Life
- English
Everyone has the right to the protection of his health, that of the family environment [medio familiar] and that of the community, as well as the duty to contribute to its promotion [promoción] and defense. … (Art. 7)
- Spanish
Todos tienen derecho a la protección de su salud, la del medio familiar y la de la comunidad así como el deber de contribuir a su promoción y defensa. … (Art. 7)
Marriage and Family Life
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House of Representatives:
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2) considers draft laws on … marriage, family, children, motherhood, fatherhood, parenthood, education,
… (Art. 97) - Belarusian
Палата прадстаўнікоў:
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2) разглядае праекты законаў, у тым ліку … аб шлюбе, сям’і, дзяцінстве, мацярынстве, бацькоўстве, выхаванні, адукацыі
… (Артыкул 97) - Russian
Палата представителей:
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2) рассматривает проекты законов, в том числе … о браке, семье, детстве, материнстве, отцовстве, воспитании, образовании
… (Статья 97)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishMandatory universal insurance shall cover the contingencies of illness, maternity, paternity, labor hazards, termination of employment, unemployment, old age, invalidity, disability, death and those provide for by the law. Health services for the contingencies of illness and maternity shall be provided through the public integral health network.
… (Art. 369) - SpanishEl seguro universal obligatorio cubrirá las contingencias de enfermedad, maternidad, paternidad, riesgos de trabajo, cesantía, desempleo, vejez, invalidez, discapacidad, muerte y aquellas que defina la ley. Las prestaciones de salud de las contingencias de enfermedad y maternidad se brindarán a través de la red pública integral de salud.
… (Art. 369)
Marriage and Family Life
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(1) The Legislature may, by law, define, regulate, protect, safeguard, support, foster and promote the institution of marriage.
(2) Subject to any written law, the Government and any public authority may, in the exercise of their executive authority, protect, safeguard, support, foster and promote the institution of marriage.
(3) Nothing in Part 42 invalidates a law enacted before, on or after the date of commencement of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment No. 3) Act 2022 by reason that the law —
(a) defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman; or
(b) is based on such a definition of marriage.
(4) Nothing in Part 4 invalidates an exercise of executive authority before, on or after the date of commencement of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment No. 3) Act 2022 by reason that the exercise is based on a definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman. (Art. 156)
Marriage and Family Life
- English1. Everyone shall have the right to form a family and to enter into matrimony in full equality.
2. The law shall regulate the requirements and effects of marriage and of its dissolution, by death or divorce, independently of the form of its celebration.
3. Spouses shall have equal rights and duties with respect to civil and political responsibility and to the maintenance and raising of their children.
4. Children born out of wedlock may not, for that reason, be the object of any discrimination.
5. Parents shall have the right and duty to raise and maintain their children. (Art. 26) - Portuguese1. Todos têm o direito de constituir família e de contrair casamento em condições de plena igualdade.
2. A lei regula os requisitos e os efeitos do casamento e da dissolução, por morte ou divórcio, independentemente da forma de celebração.
3. Os cônjuges têm iguais direitos e deveres quanto à capacidade civil e política e à manutenção e educação dos filhos.
4. Os filhos nascidos fora do casamento não podem, por esse motivo, ser objecto de qualquer discriminação.
5. Os pais têm o direito e o dever de educação e manutenção dos filhos. (Art. 26)