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Marriage and Family Life
Saudi Arabia
- EnglishThe State shall take great pains to strengthen the bonds which hold the family together and to preserve its Arab and Islamic values. Likewise it is keen on taking good care of all family members and creating proper conditions to help them cultivate their skill and capabilities. (Basic Law, Art. 10)
- Arabicﺘﺤﺭﺹ ﺍﻟﺩﻭﻟﺔ ﻋﻠﻰ ﺘﻭﺜﻴﻕ ﺃﻭﺍﺼﺭ ﺍﻷﺴﺭﺓ ﻭﺍﻟﺤﻔﺎﻅ ﻋﻠﻰ ﻗﻴﻤﻬﺎ ﺍﻟﻌﺭﺒﻴﺔ ﻭﺍﻹﺴـﻼﻤﻴﺔ ﻭﺭﻋﺎﻴـﺔ ﺠﻤﻴﻊ ﺃﻓﺭﺍﺩﻫﺎ ﻭﺘﻭﻓﻴﺭ ﺍﻟﻅﺭﻭﻑ ﺍﻟﻤﻨﺎﺴﺒﺔ ﻟﺘﻨﻤﻴﺔ ﻤﻠﻜﺎﺘﻬﻡ ﻭﻗﺩﺭﺍﺘﻬﻡ. (النظام الأساسي، المادة 10)
Marriage and Family Life
Timor-Leste
- EnglishEveryone has the right to a house, both for himself or herself and for his or her family, of adequate size that meets satisfactory standards of hygiene and comfort and preserves personal intimacy and family privacy. (Sec. 58)
- TetumEma hotu iha direitu ba nia an, nia família atu iha uma ida ho nia dimensaun no kondisaun di’ak, moos no konfortu atu bele iha intimidade ba ema idaidak no privasidade familiár. (Art. 58)
- PortugueseTodos têm direito, para si e para a sua família, a uma habitação de dimensão adequada, em condições de higiene e conforto e que preserve a intimidade pessoal e a privacidade familiar. (Art. 58)
Marriage and Family Life
Viet Nam
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3. The State and society shall create an environment for building prosperous, progressive and happy Vietnamese families, and developing Vietnamese people with good health, cultural qualities, patriotism, a spirit of solidarity, a sense of mastery and civic responsibility. (Art. 60) - Vietnamese…
3. Nhà nước, xã hội tạo môi trường xây dựng gia đình Việt Nam ấm no, tiến bộ, hạnh phúc; xây dựng con người Việt Nam có sức khỏe, văn hóa, giàu lòng yêu nước, có tinh thần đoàn kết, ý thức làm chủ, trách nhiệm công dân. (Điều 60)
Marriage and Family Life
Armenia
- EnglishThe main objectives of state policy in the economic, social, and cultural spheres shall be:
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5. To promote the birth rate and the having of many children;
… (Art. 86) - ArmenianՏնտեսական, սոցիալական և մշակութային ոլորտներում պետության քաղաքականության հիմնական նպատակներն են`
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5) ծնելիության և բազմազավակության խթանումը.
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Marriage and Family Life
Cyprus
- EnglishFor the purposes of this Constitution—
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(7) (a) a married woman shall belong to the Community to which her husband belongs;
(b) A male or female child under the age of twenty-one who is not married shall belong to the Community to which his or her father belongs, or, if the father is unknown and he or she has not been adopted, to the Community to which his or her mother belongs. (Art. 2) - GreekΔια τους σκοπούς του παρόντος Συντάγματος:
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7. (α) Η ύπανδρος γυνή ανήκει εις την κοινότητα του συζύγου αυτής.
(β) Το άρρεν ή θήλυ άγαμον τέκνον το μη συμπληρώσαν το εικοστόν πρώτον έτος της ηλικίας του ανήκει εις την κοινότητα του πατρός αυτού, επί δε αγνώστου πατρός και εφ’ όσον δεν έχει υιοθετηθή, εις την κοινότητα, εις ην ανήκει η μήτηρ αυτού. (Αρθρον 2) - TurkishBu Anayasa çerçevesinde:
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(7) (a) evli bir kadın, kocasının mensup olduğu Cemaate mensup olur;
(b) yirmi bir yaşından küçük ve evli olmayan bir erkek veya kız çocuğu, babasının mensup olduğu veya, babası bilinmediği ve evlatlık da edinilmediği takdirde, annesinin mensup olduğu Cemaate mensup olur. (Madde 2)
Marriage and Family Life
Iran, Islamic Republic of
- EnglishIt is the right of every Iranian individual and family to possess housing commensurate with his needs. The government must provide basis for the implementation of this article, according priority to those whose need is greatest, in particular the rural population and the workers. (Art. 31)
- Persianداشتن مسکن متناسب با نیاز، حق هر فرد و خانواده ایرانی است. دولت موظف است با رعایت اولویت برای آنها که نیازمندترند بهخصوص روستانشینان و کارگران زمینه اجرای این اصل را فراهم کند. (اصل 31)
Marriage and Family Life
Maldives
- English(a) Every person of marriageable age as determined by law has the right to marry, and to establish a family as specified in law. The family, being the natural and fundamental unit of society, is entitled to special protection by society and the State.
(b) Children must be afforded special protection as specified in law in the event of a marital breakdown of the parents. (Art. 34) - Dhivehi(ހ) ޤާނޫނުގައި ކައިވެނިކުރެވޭ ޢުމުރުކަމުގައި ކަނޑައެޅިފައިވާ ޢުމުރުގެ ކޮންމެ މީހަކަށްމެ، ޤާނޫނުގައި ކަނޑައަޅައިފައިވާ ގޮތުގެމަތިން ކައިވެނިކުރުމާއި، ޢާއިލާ ޤާއިމްކުރުމުގެ ހައްޤު ލިބިގެންވެއެވެ. އަދި ޢާއިލާއަކީ މުޖްތަމަޢުގެ ތަބީޢީ އަދި އަސާސީ ބިންގާކަމަށް ވީހިނދު، ކޮންމެ ޢާއިލާއަކަށްމެ މުޖްތަމަޢާއި ދައުލަތުގެ ޙާއްސަ ރައްކާތެރިކަމެއް ލިބެންވާނެއެވެ.
(ށ) ކައިވެންޏެއް ރޫޅިއްޖެ ޙާލަތެއްގައި ދަރީން ތިބިނަމަ، އެ ދަރީނަށް ޤާނޫނުގައިވާ ގޮތުގެމަތީން ހާއްސަ ރައްކާތެރިކަން ލިބިދޭންވާނެއެވެ. (ޤާނޫނުއަސާސީގެ 34 ވަނަ މާއްދާ)
Marriage and Family Life
Pakistan
- EnglishThe State shall--
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(e) make provision for securing just and humane conditions of work, ensuring that children and women are not employed in vocations unsuited to their age or sex, and for maternity benefits for women in employment;
… (Art. 37) - Urduمملکت--
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(ہ) منصفانہ اور نرم شرائط کار، اس امر کی ضمانت دیتے ہوئے کہ بچوں اور عورتوں سےایسے پیشوں میں کام نہ لیا جائے گا جو ان کی عمر یا جنس کے لئے نا مناسب ہوں، مقرر کرنے کے لئے، اور ملازم عورتوں کے لئے ذچگی سے متعلق مراعات دینے کے لئے، احکام وضع کرے گی؛
... (آرٹیکل ۳۷)
Marriage and Family Life
Syrian Arab Republic
- English1. The family shall be the nucleus of society and the law shall maintain its existence and strengthen its ties;
2. The state shall protect and encourage marriage, and shall work on removing material and social obstacles that hinder it. The state shall also protect maternity and childhood, take care of young children and youth and provide the suitable conditions for the development of their talents. (Art. 20) - Arabic1الأسرة ھي نواة المجتمع ويحافظ القانون على كيانھا ويقوي أواصرھ ا
2تحمي الدولة الزواج وتشجع عليه، وتعمل على إزالة العقبات المادية والإجتماعية التي تعوقه، وتحمي الأمومة والطفولة، وترعى النشء والشباب، وتوفر لھم الظروف المناسبة لتنمية ملكاتھ م. (المادّة 20)
Marriage and Family Life
Türkiye
- EnglishNo provision of the Constitution shall be construed or interpreted as rendering unconstitutional the Reform Laws indicated below, which aim to raise Turkish society above the level of contemporary civilization and to safeguard the secular character of the Republic, and whose provisions were in force on the date of the adoption of the Constitution by referendum:
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4. The principle of civil marriage according to which the marriage act shall be concluded in the presence of the competent official, adopted with the Turkish Civil Code No. 743 of February 17, 1926, and Article 110 of the Code,
... (Art. 174) - TurkishAnayasanın hiçbir hükmü, Türk toplumunu çağdaş uygarlık seviyesinin üstüne çıkarma ve Türkiye Cumhuriyetinin lâiklik niteliğini koruma amacını güden, aşağıda gösterilen inkılâp kanunlarının, Anayasanın halkoyu ile kabul edildiği tarihte yürürlükte bulunan hükümlerinin, Anayasaya aykırı olduğu şeklinde anlaşılamaz ve yorumlanamaz:
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4. 17 Şubat 1926 tarihli ve 743 sayılı Türk Kanunu Medenisiyle kabul edilen, evlenme akdinin evlendirme memuru önünde yapılacağına dair medenî nikâh esası ile aynı kanunun 110 uncu maddesi hükmü;
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