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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishEveryone shall have the right to decide freely on entering or dissolving a marriage.
Marriage shall be entered into based on the free consent of man and woman before the state body.
Contracting, duration or dissolution of marriage shall be based on the equality of man and woman.
Marriage, marital and family relations shall be regulated by the law.
Extramarital community shall be equal with marriage, in accordance with the law. (Art. 62) - Serbian CyrillicСвако има право да слободно одлучи о закључењу и раскидању брака.
Брак се закључује на основу слободно датог пристанка мушкарца и жене пред државним органом.
Закључење, трајање и раскид брака почивају на равноправности мушкарца и жене.
Брак и односи у браку и породици уређују се законом.
Ванбрачна заједница се изједначава са браком, у складу са законом. (Члан 62)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishWhereas every person in Sierra Leone is entitled to the fundamental human rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, has the right, whatever his race, tribe, place of origin, political opinion, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest, to each and all of the following—
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c. respect for private and family life;
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Marriage and Family Life
- 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
- English1. For protection by the family, it shall specifically be the responsibility of the State:
a) To assist families in their mission as custodians of moral values recognized by the community;
b) To promote social and economic independence of family households;
c) To cooperate with parents in the raising of their children;
d) To define and implement, after consulting representative associations for families, a global and integrated family policy.
… (Art. 88) - Portuguese1. Para a protecção da família, incumbe ao Estado, designadamente:
a) Assistir a família na sua missão de guardiã dos valores morais reconhecidos pela comunidade;
b) Promover a independência social e económica dos agregados familiares;
c) Cooperar com os pais na educação dos filhos;
d) Definir e executar, ouvidas as associações representativas das famílias, uma política de família com carácter global e integrado.
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Marriage and Family Life
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The public institutions shall promote the ideals of democracy as guidelines in all sectors of society and protect the private and family lives of the individual.
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Det allmänna ska verka för att demokratins idéer blir vägledande inom samhällets alla områden samt värna den enskildes privatliv och familjeliv.
… (Kungörelse (1974:152) om beslutad ny regeringsform, 1 kap, 2§)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishNo one’s privacy may be violated, nor shall it be permitted to interfere in the private or family life of any person in his home or correspondence, except by law. (Art. 54)
- Arabicلايجوز إنتهاك خصوصية أي شخص، ولا يجوز التدخل في الحياة الخاصة او الأسرية لأي شخص في مسكنة او في مراسلاتة، إلا وفقاً للقانون. (الماده 55)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishAll children have the same rights and duties.
Qualifications concerning the nature of filiation are not recognized. No statement of any kind as to differentiations in births or the marital status of the parents shall be contained in any birth registrations or in any document relating to filiation. (Art. 114) - SpanishTodos los hijos tienen los mismos derechos y deberes.
No se reconocen calificaciones sobre la naturaleza de la filiación. En ningún registro o documento referente a la filiación se consignará declaración alguna diferenciando los nacimientos ni señalando el estado civil de los padres. (Art. 114)
Marriage and Family Life
- 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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Marriage and Family Life
- English
The family constitutes the basic unit [cellule] of the society. The State assures its protection.
Parental authority is exercised by the father and mother or, failing that, by any other person in accordance with the law. (Art. 31) - French
La famille constitue la cellule de base de la société. L'Etat assure sa protection.
L’autorité parentale est exercée par les père et mère ou, à défaut, par toute autre personne conformément à la loi. (Art. 31)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) Every person has the right to personal privacy, which includes the right to—
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(c) respect for their private and family life.
… (Sec. 24) - iTaukei(1) Na tamata yadua e tu vua na dodonu kei na galala yadua, qo e okati kina na dodonu ni kena—
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(c) rokovi na nodra bula vakaitaukei kei na gauna vakavuvale.
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