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Marriage and Family Life
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2. Familial and gender based violence in any of its forms is condemned. The State shall guarantee through the law the adoption of necessary methods to prevent, sanction, and eradicate violence against women;
… (Art. 42) - Spanish…
2) Se condena la violencia intrafamiliar y de género en cualquiera de sus formas. El Estado garantizará mediante ley la adopción de medidas necesarias para prevenir, sancionar y erradicar la violencia contra la mujer;
… (Art. 42)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) The privacy of citizens shall be inviolable. Everyone shall be entitled to protection against any unlawful interference in his private or family affairs and against encroachments on his honour, dignity and reputation.
… (Art. 32) - Bulgarian(1) Личният живот на гражданите е неприкосновен. Всеки има право на защита срещу незаконна намеса в личния и семейния му живот и срещу посегателство върху неговата чест, достойнство и добро име.
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Marriage and Family Life
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3. it is the responsibility of each parent, guardian or caregiver to ensure that the living conditions necessary for the child's development are met.
… (Art. 27) - Russian
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3. Ответственность за обеспечение необходимых для развития ребенка условий жизни возлагается на каждого из родителей, опекунов и попечителей.
... (Статья 27) - Kyrgyz
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3. Баланын өнүгүшү үчүн зарыл болгон жашоо шарттарын камсыз кылуу жоопкерчилиги атасына жана энесине, камкорчуга жана көзөмөлчүгө жүктөлөт.
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Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) Children shall have the right from birth to a name, the right to acquire a nationality and, subject to legislation enacted in the best interests of children, as far as possible the right to know and be cared for by their parents.
… (Art. 15)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishParents have a preferential right to choose the type of education they wish to give their children. (Art. 152)
- SpanishLos padres tendrán derecho preferente a escoger el tipo de educación que habrán de darles a sus hijos. (Art. 152)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe [national health] system shall guarantee, through the institutions that comprise it, the promotion of family and community health, prevention and integral care, on the basis of primary healthcare; it shall articulate various levels of care; and it shall promote complementariness with ancestral and alternative medicines.
… (Art. 360) - SpanishEl sistema garantizará, a través de las instituciones que lo conforman, la promoción de la salud, prevención y atención integral, familiar y comunitaria, con base en la atención primaria de salud; articulará los diferentes niveles de atención; y promoverá la complementariedad con las medicinas ancestrales y alternativas.
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe Nation shall provide the individual and the family with the conditions necessary to their development. (1946 Preamble, Sec. 10)
- FrenchLa Nation assure à l'individu et à la famille les conditions nécessaires à leur développement. (Préambule 1946, Sec. 10)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe freedom to marry is guaranteed, as well as the right to choose his or her partner. Marriage may only be concluded with the free and full consent of the future spouses.
Marriage between two persons of the same sex is prohibited. (Art. 29) - KirundiUburenganzira bwo kwabirana burubahirizwa, co kimwe no kwitorera uwo mwabirana. Ukwabirana gushoboka iyo abashaka kwabirana bavyiyemereye ata gahato.
Ukwabirana kw’abafise igitsina kimwe kurabujijwe. (Ingingo ya 29) - FrenchLa liberté de se marier est garantie, de même que le droit de choisir son ou sa partenaire. Le mariage ne peut être conclu qu’avec le libre et plein consentement des futurs époux.
Le mariage entre deux personnes de même sexe est interdit. (Art. 29)
Marriage and Family Life
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The privacy of a person, his or her family, home or correspondence shall not be subjected to arbitrary interference;
… (Art. 23) - Kinyarwanda
(1) Imibereho bwite y’umuntu, iy’umuryango we, urugo rwe cyangwa ubutumwa yohererezanya n’abandi ntibishobora kuvogerwa mu buryo bunyuranyije n’amategeko;
… (Ingingo ya 23) - French
(1) Nul ne peut faire l’objet d’immixtion arbitraire dans sa vie privée, celle de sa famille, son domicile ou sa correspondance ;
… (Art. 23)
Marriage and Family Life
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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.
No one may deny employment to women for reasons of pregnancy, nor dismiss them during it or the post-natal period; all in accordance with the law. (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.
Nadie podrá negar empleo a las mujeres aduciendo razones de embarazo ni despedirlas durante éste o en el período postnatal; todo de conformidad con la ley. (Art. 74)