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Marriage and Family Life
South Sudan
- EnglishEvery person of marriageable age shall have the right to marry a person of the opposite sex and to found a family according to their respective family laws, and no marriage shall be entered into without the free and full consent of the man and woman intending to marry. (Art. 15)
Marriage and Family Life
India
- English(1) The Regional Council for an autonomous region in respect of all areas within such region and the District Council for an autonomous district in respect of all areas within the district except those which are under the authority of Regional Councils, if any, within the district shall have power to make laws with respect to—
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(i) marriage and divorce;
… (Sixth Schedule: Provisions as to the Administration of Tribal Areas in the States of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram, Art. 3) - Hindi(1) किसी स्वायत्त क्षेत्र के लिए क्षेत्रीय परिषद के पास ऐसे क्षेत्र के अंदर और एक स्वायत्त जिले के लिए जिला परिषद के पास उस जिले के अंदर क्षेत्रीय परिषदों के प्राधिकार में आने वाले क्षेत्रों, यदि कोई हों, को छोड़ कर उस जिले के अंदर सभी क्षेत्रों के संबंध में निम्नलिखित के संबंध में कानून बनाने का अधिकार होगा—
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(झ) विवाह और तलाक;
… (छठी अनुसूची: असम, मेघालय, त्रिपुरा और मिजोरम में जनजातीय क्षेत्रों के प्रशासन के संबंध में प्रावधान, अनुच्छेद 3)
Marriage and Family Life
Lithuania
- EnglishThe family shall be the basis of society and the State.
Family, motherhood, fatherhood, and childhood shall be under the protection and care of the State.
Marriage shall be concluded upon the free mutual consent of man and woman.
The State shall register marriages, births, and deaths. The State shall also recognise church registration of marriages.
In the family, the rights of spouses shall be equal.
The right and duty of parents shall be to bring up their children to be honest people and faithful citizens, and to support them until they reach the age of majority.
The duty of children shall be to respect their parents, to take care of them in their old age, and to preserve their heritage. (Art. 38) - LithuanianŠeima yra visuomenės ir valstybės pagrindas.
Valstybė saugo ir globoja šeimą, motinystę, tėvystę ir vaikystę.
Santuoka sudaroma laisvu vyro ir moters sutarimu.
Valstybė registruoja santuoką, gimimą ir mirtį. Valstybė pripažįsta ir bažnytinę santuokos registraciją.
Sutuoktinių teisės šeimoje lygios.
Tėvų teisė ir pareiga - auklėti savo vaikus dorais žmonėmis ir ištikimais piliečiais, iki pilnametystės juos išlaikyti.
Vaikų pareiga - gerbti tėvus, globoti juos senatvėje ir tausoti jų palikimą. (38 straipsnis)
Marriage and Family Life
Central African Republic
- English[The following] are of the domain of the law:
The rules concerning the following matters:
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– … the capacity of persons, the matrimonial regimes, inheritance and gifts;
… (Art. 80) - FrenchSont du domaine de la loi:
Les règles relatives aux matières suivantes:
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- … l’état et la capacité des personnes, les régimes matrimoniaux, les successions et les libéralités;
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Marriage and Family Life
Uganda
- EnglishThe exercise and enjoyment of rights and freedoms is inseparable from the performance of duties and obligations; and, accordingly, it shall be the duty of every citizen-
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d. to promote responsible parenthood;
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Marriage and Family Life
Kyrgyzstan
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2. Respect for the elderly and caring for family and close relatives shall be the obligation of everyone. (Art. 37) - Russian...
2. Уважение к старшим, забота о родных и близких - обязанность каждого. (Статья 37) - Kyrgyz…
2. Улууларды урматтоо, туугандарына жана жакындарына камкордук көрүү - ар бир адамдын милдети. (37-берене)
Marriage and Family Life
Norway
- EnglishEveryone has the right to the respect of their privacy and family life, their home and their communication.
… (Art. 102) - NorwegianEnhver har rett til respekt for sitt privatliv og familieliv, sitt hjem og sin kommunikasjon.
… (§ 102)
Marriage and Family Life
Honduras
- EnglishAll children shall enjoy the benefits of social security and education.
Every child shall have the right to grow and develop in good health, for whom special care shall be given during the prenatal period, as much for the child as for the mother, both being entitled to food, housing, education, recreation, exercise and adequate medical services. (Art. 123) - SpanishTodo niño deberá gozar de los beneficios de la seguridad social y la educación.
Tendrá derecho a crecer y desarrollarse en buena salud, para lo cual deberá proporcionarse, tanto a el como a su madre, cuidados especiales desde el período prenatal, teniendo derecho de disfrutar de alimentación, vivienda, educación, recreo, deportes y servicios médicos adecuados. (Art. 123)
Marriage and Family Life
Equatorial Guinea
- EnglishThe fundamentals of the Equatoguinean society are:
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b) The protection of the family, the basic unit of the Equatoguinean society;
… (Art. 5) - SpanishLos fundamentos de la sociedad ecuatoguineana son:
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b) La protección de la familia, célula básica de la sociedad ecuatoguineana.
… (Art. 5) - FrenchLes fondements de la société équatoguinéenne sont:
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b) La protection de la famille, cellule essentielle de la société équatoguinéenne.
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Marriage and Family Life
Argentina
- EnglishCongress is empowered:
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23.- … To issue a special and integral social security system to protect children from abandonment, since pregnancy up to the end of elementary education, and to protect the mother during pregnancy and the period of lactation.
… (Sec. 75) - SpanishCorresponde al Congreso:
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23. … Dictar un régimen de seguridad social especial e integral en protección del niño en situación de desamparo, desde el embarazo hasta la finalización del período de enseñanza elemental, y de la madre durante el embarazo y el tiempo de lactancia.
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