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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe family is the natural base cell of society. Marriage is the legitimate support of it. Family and marriage are placed under the particular protection of the State.
Parents have the natural right and the duty to educate and raise their children. They are supported, in this task, by the State and the public collectivities.
Every child has the right, on the part of their family, of the society and of the State, to the measures of special protection required by their condition as [a] minor. (Art. 30) - KirundiUmuryango ni wo shingiro rya kamere ry’igihugu. Ukwabirana niyo nkingi yawo yemewe n’amategeko. Igihugu gitegerezwa kwitaho bidasanzwe ivyerekeye umuryango no kwabirana.
Abavyeyi basanganywe uburenganzira kama bwo kurera neza abana babo kandi barabitegerezwa. Mu kurangura iryo banga bashigikirwa n’igihugu n’amakomine.
Imiryango, abanyagihugu mbere n’igihugu cose bitegerezwa gukingira bimwe biboneka abana kubera ko bakiri bato. (Ingingo ya 30) - FrenchLa famille est la cellule de base naturelle de la société. Le mariage en est le support légitime. La famille et le mariage sont placés sous la protection particulière de l’Etat.
Les parents ont le droit naturel et le devoir d’éduquer et d’élever leurs enfants. Ils sont soutenus dans cette tâche par l’Etat et les collectivités publiques.
Tout enfant a droit, de la part de sa famille, de la société et de l’Etat, aux mesures de protection spéciale qu’exige sa condition de mineur. (Art. 30)
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;
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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
- 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)
Marriage and Family Life
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Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Constitution, the following matters are of the exclusive competence of the Central Power:
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36. legislation concerning[,] notably;
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h. … the protection of mother and child,
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Sans préjudice des autres dispositions de la présente Constitution, les matières suivantes sont de la compétence exclusive du pouvoir central:
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36. la législation notamment concernant:
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h) … la protection maternelle et infantile,
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Marriage and Family Life
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(2) Women have the same rights as men regarding the custody and guardianship of children, but an Act of Parliament may regulate how those rights are to be exercised.
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishFor the avoidance of doubt, the (common law) status of illegitimacy of persons born out of wedlock is abolished. (Sec. 31)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) Parliament shall enact such laws as are necessary to ensure that—
(a) every child has the right to the same measure of special care, assistance and maintenance as is necessary for its development from its natural parents, except where those parents have effectively surrendered their rights and responsibilities in respect of the child in accordance with law;
(b) every child, whether or not born in wedlock, shall be entitled to reasonable provision out of the estate of its parents;
(c) parents undertake their natural right and obligation of care, maintenance and upbringing of their children in co-operation with such institutions as Parliament may, by law, prescribe in such manner that in all cases the interest of the children are paramount;
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(e) the protection and advancement of the family as the unit of society are safeguarded in promotion of the interest of children.
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(5) For the purposes of this article, “child” means a person below the age of eighteen years. (Art. 28)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe State assures the protection of the family for its free development as well as that of the mother and the child through a legislation and the appropriate social institutions. (Art. 21)
- FrenchL'Etat assure la protection de la famille pour son libre épanouissement ainsi que celle de la mère et de l'enfant par une législation et des institutions sociales appropriées. (Art. 21)
Marriage and Family Life
- English[The following] are of the domain of the law, other than the matters that are expressly devolved on it by other Articles of the Constitution:
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• the statute of the family and the civil estate;
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• نظام الأسرة والحالة المدنية،
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