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Marriage and Family Life
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3. Public authorities shall ensure special health care to children, pregnant women, handicapped people and persons of advanced age.
... (Art. 68) - Polish…
3. Władze publiczne są obowiązane do zapewnienia szczególnej opieki zdrowotnej dzieciom, kobietom ciężarnym, osobom niepełnosprawnym i osobom w podeszłym wieku.
... (Art. 68)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe [state of] maternity has the protection of the State, which in special form will see to the strict compliance of the rights and obligations that derive from it. (Art. 52)
- SpanishLa maternidad tiene la protección del Estado, el que velará en forma especial por el estricto cumplimiento de los derechos y obligaciones que de ella se deriven. (Art. 52)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishIn matters of health, the State is primarily obliged to develop the following activities, integrating the functions of prevention, cure and rehabilitation in the:
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3. Protection of the health of mother, young child and adolescent, guaranteeing health care during the periods of pregnancy, lactation, childhood and adolescence;
… (Art. 110) - SpanishEn materia de salud, corresponde primordialmente al Estado el desarrollo de las siguientes actividades, integrando las funciones de prevención, curación y rehabilitación:
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3. Proteger la salud de la madre, del niño y del adolescente, garantizando una atención integral durante el proceso de gestación, lactancia, crecimiento y desarrollo en la niñez y adolescencia.
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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
- English(1) Every child has the right—
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(b) to family care or parental care, or to appropriate alternative care when removed from the family environment;
… (Sec. 28)
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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The community and the State especially protect the child, the adolescent, the mother and the older person in [a] situation of abandonment. They also protect the family and promote matrimony. These latter are recognized as natural and fundamental institutions of society.
The form of matrimony and the causes of separation and of dissolution are regulated by the law. (Art. 4) - Spanish
La comunidad y el Estado protegen especialmente al niño, al adolescente, a la madre y al anciano en situación de abandono. También protegen a la familia y promueven el matrimonio. Reconocen a estos últimos como institutos naturales y fundamentales de la sociedad.
La forma del matrimonio y las causas de separación y de disolución son reguladas por la ley. (Art. 4)
Marriage and Family Life
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Parents have the obligation to provide education and instruction to their children until the age of sixteen (16) years at least.
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Les parents ont l'obligation de pourvoir à l'éducation et à l'instruction de leurs enfants jusqu'à l'âge de seize (16) ans au moins.
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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
- EnglishThe family is the natural and basic unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State. (National Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy, XIX)