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Marriage and Family Life
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(2) The functions and powers available to the Bougainville Government in and in relation to Bougainville are the following:-
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(p) family law;
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Marriage and Family Life
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It is the duty of parents to assist, raise and educate their under-age children and it is the duty of children of age to help and assist their parents in old-age, need or sickness. (Art. 229)
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Os pais têm o dever de assistir, criar e educar os filhos menores, e os filhos maiores têm o dever de ajudar e amparar os pais na velhice, carência ou enfermidade. (Art. 229)
Marriage and Family Life
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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)
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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
- English(1) The raising and upbringing of children until they come of legal age shall be a right and obligation of their parents and shall be assisted by the State.
(2) Mothers shall be the object of special protection on the part of the State and shall be guaranteed prenatal and postnatal leave, free obstetric care, alleviated working conditions and other social assistance.
(3) Children born out of wedlock shall enjoy equal rights with those born in wedlock.
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(5) The conditions and procedure for the restriction or suspension of parental rights shall be established by law. (Art. 47) - Bulgarian(1) Отглеждането и възпитанието на децата до пълнолетието им е право и задължение на техните родители и се подпомага от държавата.
(2) Жената майка се ползва от особената закрила на държавата, която й осигурява платен отпуск преди и след раждане, безплатна акушерска помощ, облекчаване на труда и други социални помощи.
(3) Децата, родени извън брака, имат равни права с родените в брака.
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(5) Условията и редът за ограничаване или отнемане на родителските права се определя със закон. (Чл. 47)
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
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The freedoms of each citizen, taken together[,] are exercised with respect for the rights recognized to others by the Constitution, particularly with respect for the right to the honor, to the intimacy and to the protection of the family, and to that of infancy and of youth. (Art. 81)
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يمارس كل شخص جميع الحرّيات في إطار احترام الحقوق المعترَف بها للغير في الـدّستور، لاسـيّام منها احـتـرام الـحـق في الـشّرف، والحياة الخاصّة، وحماية الأسرة والطفولة والشّباب. (المــادة 81)
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L'ensemble des libertés de chaque citoyen s'exerce dans le respect des droits reconnus à autrui par la Constitution, particulièrement dans le respect du droit à l'honneur, à la vie privée, à la protection de la famille et à celle de l'enfance et de la jeunesse. (Art. 81)
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
- EnglishIt is hereby recognised and declared that in Trinidad and Tobago there have existed and shall continue to exist, without discrimination by reason of race, origin, colour, religion or sex, the following fundamental human rights and freedoms, namely–
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(c) the right of the individual to respect for his private and family life;
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(f) the right of a parent or guardian to provide a school of his own choice for the education of his child or ward;
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishStatutes shall determine the rules concerning:
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- … the status and capacity of persons, matrimonial property systems, inheritance and gifts;
… (1958 Constitution, Art. 34) - FrenchLa loi fixe les règles concernant:
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- … l'état et la capacité des personnes, les régimes matrimoniaux, les successions et libéralités;
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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)