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- EnglishThe State has the obligation to assure the protection of marriage and of the family.
Parents have the duty to provide for the support and the education of their children. They are supported in this task by the State.
Children, whether they are born within marriage or outside of marriage, have the right to the same familial and social protection. (Art. 31) - FrenchL’Etat a l’obligation d’assurer la protection du mariage et la famille.
Les parents ont le devoir de pourvoir à l’entretien et à l’éducation de leurs enfants. Ils sont soutenus dans cette tâche par l'Etat.
Les enfants, qu'ils soient nés dans le mariage ou hors mariage, ont droit à la même protection familiale et sociale. (Art. 31)
Public Institutions and Services
- English
The State grants special protection to the process of human reproduction.
The woman will have special protection during pregnancy and will enjoy leave [licencia] with paid remuneration and adequate benefits of social security.
… (Art. 74) - Spanish
El Estado otorga protección especial al proceso de reproducción humana.
La mujer tendrá protección especial durante el embarazo y gozará de licencia con remuneración salarial y prestaciones adecuadas de seguridad social.
… (Art. 74)
Public Institutions and Services
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(2) The State is pledged to establish in Sri Lanka a democratic socialist society, the objectives of which include –
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(c) the realization by all citizens of an adequate standard of living for themselves and their families, including adequate food, clothing and housing, the continuous improvement of living conditions and the full enjoyment of leisure and social and cultural opportunities ;
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(e) the equitable distribution among all citizens of the material resources of the community and the social product, so as best to subserve the common good ;
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(9) The State shall ensure social security and welfare.
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(12) The State shall recognize and protect the family as the basic unit of society.
… (Art. 27) - Sinhala...
(2) මතු දැක්වෙන අරමුණ ද ඇතුළත් ව ප්රජාතාන්තික සමාජවාදී සමාජයක් ශ්රී ලංකාවෙහි ඇති කිරීමට රජය ඇප කැප වී ඇත්තේ ය –
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(ඇ) ප්රමාණවත් ආහාරපාන, ඇඳුම් පැළඳුම් සහ නිවාස පහසුව ද, ජීවන තත්ත්වයෙහි නිරන්තර වර්ධනය ද, විවේකය හා සමාජයීය සහ සංස්කෘතික ඉඩ ප්රස්තා නිසි පරිදි ප්රයෝජනයට ගැනීම ද ඇතුළුව ප්රමාණවත් ජීවන මට්ටමක් සියලු පුරවැසියන් විසින් තමන්ට සහ තම පවුල්වල සාමාජිකයන්ට අත්කර දීම;
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(ඉ) පොදුජන යහපතට ඉවහල්වන පරිදි ප්රජාවගේ භෞතික සම්පත් සහ සමාජ ඵලය සියලු පුරවැසියන් අතර සාධාරණ ලෙස ඛෙදා හැරීම;
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(9) සමාජ සුරක්ෂිතභාවය හා සුබසාධනය ඇති කිරීමට රජය වගබලා ගත යුත්තේ ය.
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(12) පවුල, සමාජයේ මූලික ඒකකය වශයෙන් රජය විසින් පිළිගෙන ආරක්ෂා කළ යුත්තේ ය.
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Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe national government of the Federated States of Micronesia recognizes the right of the people to education, health care, and legal services and shall take every step reasonable and necessary to provide these services. (Art. XIII, Sec. 1)
Public Institutions and Services
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(2) The State and all institutions and agencies of government at every level must endeavour to secure—
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(d) the implementation of measures such as family care that enable women to enjoy a real opportunity to work. (Sec. 24)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishAll the inhabitants of the Republic have the right to a dignifying housing.
The State will establish the conditions to make this right effective, and shall promote plans of housing of social interest, specially those destined to families of scarce resources, through systems of adequate financing. (Art. 100) - SpanishTodos los habitantes de la República tienen derecho a una vivienda digna.
El Estado establecerá las condiciones para hacer efectivo este derecho, y promoverá planes de vivienda de interés social, especialmente las destinadas a familias de escasos recursos, mediante sistemas de financiamiento adecuados. (Art. 100)
Public Institutions and Services
- English… Measures to be taken for children, the elderly, disabled people, widows and orphans of martyrs as well as for the invalid and veterans shall not be considered as violation of the principle of equality. … (Art. 10)
- Turkish… Çocuklar, yaşlılar, özürlüler, harp ve vazife şehitlerinin dul ve yetimleri ile malul ve gaziler için alınacak tedbirler eşitlik ilkesine aykırı sayılmaz. … (Madde 10)
Public Institutions and Services
- English1. The state shall promote and guarantee the measures needed to ensure the universal right to medical and health care, as well as the right to child care and maternity care, care in illness, disability, old age and in situations in which they are unable to work, in accordance with the law.
… (Art. 77) - Portuguese1. O Estado promove e garante as medidas necessárias para assegurar a todos o direito à assistência médica e sanitária, bem como o direito à assistência na infância, na maternidade, na invalidez, na deficiência, na velhice e em qualquer situação de incapacidade para o trabalho, nos termos da lei.
... (Art. 77)
Public Institutions and Services
- English(1) The power to grant any award under any pensions law for the time being in force in Belize (other than an award to which, under that law, the person to whom it is payable is entitled as of right) and, in accordance with any provisions in that behalf contained in any such law, to withhold, reduce in amount or suspend any award payable under any such law, shall vest in the Governor-General.
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(3) In this section, “pensions law” means any law relating to the grant to any person, or to the widow, children, dependents or personal representatives of that person, of an award in respect of the services of that person in a public office, and includes any instrument made under any such law. (Sec. 113)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishIn order to promote the socioeconomic development towards a socially just society, a development plan shall be determined by law, taking into consideration the national and socioeconomic goals of the State. (Art. 40)
- DutchTer bevordering van de sociaal-economische ontwikkeling naar een sociaal-rechtvaardige samenleving wordt bij wet een ontwikkelingsplan vastgesteld, met inachtneming van de nationale en sociaal-economische doelstellingen van de Staat. (Art. 40)