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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishEvery person has the right to privacy, which includes the right not to have—
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(c) information relating to their family or private affairs unnecessarily required or revealed;
… (Art. 31) - SwahiliKila mtu ana haki ya faragha, ambayo ni pamoja na haki ya kutokuwa na—
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(c) habari zinazohusiana na familia zao au mambo yao binafsi yanayotakiwa au kufichuliwa isivyo lazima;
… (Kifungu cha 31)
Marriage and Family Life
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The family is the fundamental nucleus of society.
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It is the duty of the State to safeguard the national security, to provide protection for the people and the family, to promote the strengthening of the latter, to further the harmonious integration of all the sectors of the Nation and to ensure the right of persons to participate with equality of opportunities in the national life. (Art. 1) - Spanish…
La familia es el núcleo fundamental de la sociedad.
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Es deber del Estado resguardar la seguridad nacional, dar protección a la población y a la familia, propender al fortalecimiento de ésta, promover la integración armónica de todos los sectores de la Nación y asegurar el derecho de las personas a participar con igualdad de oportunidades en la vida nacional. (Art. 1)
Marriage and Family Life
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– Family is the cornerstone of society, and its pillars are religion, morals, and patriotism. The state shall endeavour to maintain its cohesion, stability, and the consolidation of its values. The state shall guarantee equality between women and men, and shall be committed to providing care for children,
... (Art. 15) - Arabic
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– الأسرة أساس المجتمع، قوامها الدين والأخلاق والوطنية، وتعمل الدولة على تماسكها واستقرارها وترسيخ قيمها، وتكفل الدولة تحقيق المساواة بين المرأة والرجل، وتلتزم برعاية الطفل،
... (المادّة ١٥)
Marriage and Family Life
- English1. The following shall be within the joint jurisdiction of the Russian Federation and constituent entities of the Russian Federation:
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g) coordination of healthcare issues, ... social protection, including social security;
g1) protection of the family, maternity, fatherhood and childhood; protection of marriage as a union of a male and a female; creation of conditions for decent upbringing of children in a family, and for fulfilling by children of legal age of their obligation to take care of parents;
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j. … family,
… (Art. 72) - Russian1. В совместном ведении Российской Федерации и субъектов Российской Федерации находятся:
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ж) координация вопросов здравоохранения, … социальная защита, включая социальное обеспечение;
ж1) защита семьи, материнства, отцовства и детства; защита института брака как союза мужчины и женщины; создание условий для достойного воспитания детей в семье, а также для осуществления совершеннолетними детьми обязанности заботиться о родителях;
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к) … семейное,
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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
- EnglishEvery citizen has the right to a fair remuneration for their work assuring them, as well as their family, an existence in conformity with human dignity. (Art. 29)
- FrenchTout citoyen a droit à une juste rémunération de son travail lui assurant, ainsi qu’à sa famille, une existence conforme à la dignité humaine. (Art. 29)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishAll people have the right to start a family. The State recognizes and protects families, regardless of their structure, as the basic cell of society, and works to guarantee that the holistic achievement of their objectives.
They are formed by legal, de facto, or emotional ties, and are based on the equality of rights, duties, and opportunities of its members.
Legal protection of the diverse types of families is regulated by the law. (Art. 81) - SpanishToda persona tiene derecho a fundar una familia. El Estado reconoce y protege a las familias, cualquiera sea su forma de organización, como célula fundamental de la sociedad y crea las condiciones para garantizar que se favorezca integralmente la consecución de sus fines.
Se constituyen por vínculos jurídicos o de hecho, de naturaleza afectiva, y se basan en la igualdad de derechos, deberes y oportunidades de sus integrantes.
La protección jurídica de los diversos tipos de familias es regulada por la ley. (Art. 81)
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;
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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.
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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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