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Marriage and Family Life
- English1. Men and women, without any distinction as to race, nation, nationality or religion, who have attained marriageable age as defined by law, have the right to marry and found a family. They have equal rights while entering into, during marriage and at the time of divorce. Laws shall be enacted to ensure the protection of rights and interests of children at the time of divorce.
2. Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.
3. The family is the natural and fundamental unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.
4. In accordance with provisions to be specified by law, a law giving recognition to marriage concluded under systems of religious or customary laws may be enacted.
5. This Constitution shall not preclude the adjudication of disputes relating to personal and family laws in accordance with religious or customary laws, with the consent of the parties to the dispute. Particulars shall be determined by law. (Art. 34) - Amharic1. በሕግ ከተወሰነው የጋብቻ ዕድሜ የደረሱ ወንዶችና ሴቶች በዘር፣ በብሔር፣በብሔረሰብ ወይም በሃይማኖት ልዩነት ሳይደረግባቸው የማግባትና ቤተሰብ የመመስረት መብት አላቸው፡፡ በጋብቻ አፈጻጸም፣ በጋብቻው ዘመንና በፍቺ ጊዜ እኩል መብት አላቸው፡፡ በፍቺም ጊዜ የልጆችን መብትና ጥቅም እንዲከበር የሚያደርጉ ድንጋጌዎች ይደነገጋሉ፡፡
2. ጋብቻ በተጋቢዎች ነጻና ሙሉ ፈቃድ ላይ ብቻ ይመሰረታል፡፡
3. ቤተሰብ የኅብረተሰብ የተፈጥሮ መሰረታዊ መነሻ ነው፡፡ ከኅብረተሰብና ከመንግሥት ጥበቃ የማግኘት መብት አለው፡፡
4. በሕግ በተለይ በሚዘረዘረው መሰረት በሃይማኖት፣ በባሕል የሕግ ሥርዓቶች ላይ ተመስርትው ለሚፈጸሙ ጋብቻዎች እውቅና የሚሰጥ ሕግ ሊወጣ ይችላል፡፡
5. ይህ ሕገ መንግሥት የግል እና የቤተሰብ ሕግን በተመለከተ በተከራካሪዎች ፈቃድ በሃይማኖቶች ወይም በባሕሎች ሕጐች መሰረት መዳኘትን አይከለክልም፡፡ ዝርዝሩ በሕግ ይወሰናል፡፡ (አንቀጽ 34)
Marriage and Family Life
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III. Every child and adolescent, without regard to origin, has equal rights and duties with respect to his or her parents. Discrimination among offspring on the part of parents shall be punished by law.
IV. Every child and adolescent has the right to identity and filial relationship with respect to his or her parents. When the parents are not known, the conventional surname chosen by the person responsible for his or her care will be used.
… (Art. 59) - Spanish...
III. Todas las niñas, niños y adolescentes, sin distinción de su origen, tienen iguales derechos y deberes respecto a sus progenitores. La discriminación entre hijos por parte de los progenitores será sancionada por la ley.
IV. Toda niña, niño y adolescente tiene derecho a la identidad y la filiación respecto a sus progenitores. Cuando no se conozcan los progenitores, utilizarán el apellido convencional elegido por la persona responsable de su cuidado.
... (Art. 59)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe State should strengthen the family unit which is an important basic element of society, provide an appropriate accommodation, promote and develop the enhancement of health in order to enable people to have good health and strong mind, as well as promote and develop excellence in sports and to maximise the benefit for the people. ...
The State should provide assistance to children, youth, women, the elderly, persons with disabilities, indigent persons and underprivileged persons to be able to have a quality living, and shall protect such persons from violence or unfair treatment, as well as provide treatment, rehabilitation and remedies to such injured persons. ... (Sec. 71) - Thaiรัฐพึงเสริมสร้างความเข้มแข็งของครอบครัวอันเป็นองค์ประกอบพื้นฐานที่สําคัญของสังคม จัดให้ประชาชนมีที่อยู่อาศัยอย่างเหมาะสม ส่งเสริมและพัฒนาการสร้างเสริมสุขภาพเพื่อให้ ประชาชนมีสุขภาพที่แข็งแรงและมีจิตใจเข้มแข็ง ตลอดจนส่งเสริมและพัฒนาการกีฬาให้ก้าวไปสู่ความเป็นเลิศและเกิดประโยชน์สูงสุดแก่ประชาชน ...
รัฐพึงให้ความช่วยเหลือเด็ก เยาวชน สตรี ผู้สูงอายุ คนพิการ ผู้ยากไร้ และผู้ด้อยโอกาส ให้สามารถดํารงชีวิตได้อย่างมีคุณภาพ และคุ้มครองป้องกันมิให้บุคคลดังกล่าวถูกใช้ความรุนแรงหรือปฏิบัติอย่างไม่เป็นธรรม ตลอดจนให้การบําบัด ฟื้นฟูและเยียวยาผู้ถูกกระทําการดังกล่าว ... (มาตรา ๗๑)
Marriage and Family Life
- English… Equality of the rights of women and men is ensured:
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by creating conditions that allow women to combine work and motherhood; by legal protection, material and moral support of motherhood and childhood, including the provision of paid leave and other privileges to pregnant women and mothers. (Art. 24) - Ukrainian… Рівність прав жінки і чоловіка забезпечується:
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створенням умов, які дають жінкам можливість поєднувати працю з материнством; правовим захистом, матеріальною і моральною підтримкою материнства і дитинства, включаючи надання оплачуваних відпусток та інших пільг вагітним жінкам і матерям. (Стаття 24)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe family is the foundation of society. Its complete [integral] protection will be promoted and guaranteed. It includes the stable union of a man and a woman, the children, and the community formed with anyone of their progenitors and their descendants. (Art. 49)
- SpanishLa familia es el fundamento de la sociedad. Se promoverá y se garantizará su protección integral. Esta incluye a la unión estable del hombre y de la mujer, a los hijos y a la comunidad que se constituya con cualquiera de sus progenitores y sus descendientes. (Art. 49)
Marriage and Family Life
- English1. The State recognizes the formation of the family and assures its protection.
2. Children are equal before the law, independently of the civil status of the parents.
3. Spouses have equal rights and duties in terms of civil and political capacities, as well as the maintenance and education of the children. (Art. 26) - Portuguese1 - O Estado reconhece a constituição da família e assegura a sua protecção.
2 - Os filhos são iguais perante a lei, independentemente do estado civil dos progenitores.
3 - Os cônjuges têm iguais direitos e deveres quanto à capacidade civil e política e à manutenção e educação dos filhos. (Art. 26)
Marriage and Family Life
- English
It is the duty of parents to assist, raise and educate their under-age children and it is the duty of children of age to help and assist their parents in old-age, need or sickness. (Art. 229)
- Portuguese
Os pais têm o dever de assistir, criar e educar os filhos menores, e os filhos maiores têm o dever de ajudar e amparar os pais na velhice, carência ou enfermidade. (Art. 229)
Marriage and Family Life
- English
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The State shall create conditions for the development of pre-school education and upbringing.
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Pre-school education and upbringing … shall be under state supervision.
… (Art. 50) - Uzbek
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Davlat maktabgacha ta’lim va tarbiyani rivojlantirish uchun shart-sharoitlar yaratadi.
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Maktabgacha ta’lim va tarbiya, ... davlat nazoratidadir.
... (50-modda)
Marriage and Family Life
- English
(1) Anything done or omitted which would otherwise constitute a breach of any of the provisions of this Part9 shall not constitute such a breach if—
(a) it is done or omitted in good faith for the purpose of assisting or advancing persons or groups of persons, being in each case persons against whom discrimination is unlawful by virtue of this Part; and
(b) those persons or groups need or may reasonably be supposed to need assistance or advancement in order to achieve an equal place with other members of the community.
(2) Nothing in this Part—
(a) limits the power of the Crown to establish or arrange work or training schemes or employment assistance measures, eligibility for which may, in whole or in part, be determined by a person’s age, employment status, or family status; or
(b) makes it unlawful for any person to recruit or refer any other person who is of a particular age or of a particular employment status or of a particular family status for any work or training scheme or employment assistance measure that is established or arranged by the Crown, the eligibility for which may, in whole or in part, be determined by a person’s age, employment status, or family status. (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 73)
Marriage and Family Life
- English
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)
- Spanish
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)