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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe domicile, the domain, the private and family life, the secrecy of correspondence and of communications are inviolable.
... (Art. 6) - FrenchLe domicile, le domaine, la vie privée et familiale, le secret de la correspondance et des communications sont inviolables.
… (Art. 6)
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;
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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
- 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;
... (Madde 174)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishA family Code must be drawn up to ensure protection and respect for the rights of the family and to define procedures of the search for affiliation. Courts and other Government agencies charged with the protection of these rights must be accessible free of charge at the level of the smallest territorial division. (Art. 262)
- FrenchUn Code de la Famille doit être élaboré en vue d'assurer la protection et le respect des droits de la Famille et de définir les formes de la recherche de la paternité. Les Tribunaux et autres Organismes de l'Etat chargés de la protection de ces droits doivent être accessibles gratuitement au niveau de la plus petite Collectivité Territoriale. (Art. 262)
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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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.
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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 Law determines the fundamental principles:
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- of the protection of the family;
… (Art. 100) - FrenchLa loi détermine les principes fondamentaux :
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- de la protection de la famille ;
... (Art. 100)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe law will regulate the personal and patrimonial relations of the spouses among themselves, and between themselves and their children, establishing the rights and reciprocal duties over equitable bases; and will create the necessary institutions to guarantee its applicability. Likewise it will regulate the family relations resulting from the stable union of a man and a woman. (Art. 33)
- SpanishLa ley regulará las relaciones personales y patrimoniales de los cónyuges entre sí y entre ellos y sus hijos, estableciendo los derechos y deberes recíprocos sobre bases equitativas; y creará las instituciones necesarias para garantizar su aplicabilidad. Regulará asimismo las relaciones familiars resultantes de la unión estable de un varón y una mujer. (Art. 33)
Marriage and Family Life
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Marriage as the union of a woman and a man, the family, maternity, paternity and childhood shall be protected by the State.
A woman and a man, on reaching marriageable age, have the right to marry voluntarily and to create a family. Spouses have equal rights in marriage and family.
Parents or persons in loco parentis have the right and the duty to bring up their children, care for their health, development and education, prepare them for socially useful work, instil in them a culture of respect for the law and for the historical and national traditions of Belarus. ... Children are obliged to take care of and assist their parents and persons in loco parentis.
The state provides support for families with children, orphans and children left without parental care.
The state ensures the priority of raising children within the family. Children may be separated from their family against the will of their parents and other persons in loco parentis only based on a court order if the parents or other persons in loco parentis fail to fulfil their obligations.
… (Art. 32) - Belarusian
Шлюб як саюз жанчыны і мужчыны, сям’я, мацярынства, бацькоўства і дзяцінства знаходзяцца пад абаронай дзяржавы.
Жанчына і мужчына па дасягненні шлюбнага ўзросту маюць права на добраахвотнай аснове ўступіць у шлюб і стварыць сям’ю. Сужэнцы маюць роўныя правы ў шлюбе і сям’і.
Бацькі або асобы, якія іх замяняюць, маюць права і абавязаны выхоўваць дзяцей, клапаціцца аб іх здароўі, развіцці і навучанні, рыхтаваць да грамадска карыснай працы, прывіваць культуру і павагу да законаў, гістарычных і нацыянальных традыцый Беларусі. ... Дзеці абавязаны клапаціцца пра бацькоў, а таксама пра асоб, якія іх замяняюць, і аказваць ім дапамогу.
Дзяржава аказвае падтрымку сем’ям з дзецьмі, дзецям-сіротам і дзецям, якія засталіся без апекавання бацькоў.
Дзяржава забяспечвае прыярытэт выхавання дзяцей у сям’і. Дзеці могуць быць аддзелены ад сваёй сям’і супраць волі бацькоў і іншых асоб, якія іх замяняюць, толькі на падставе рашэння суда, калі бацькі або іншыя асобы, якія іх замяняюць, не выконваюць сваіх абавязкаў.
... (Артыкул 32) - Russian
Брак как союз женщины и мужчины, семья, материнство, отцовство и детство находятся под защитой государства.
Женщина и мужчина по достижении брачного возраста имеют право на добровольной основе вступить в брак и создать семью. Супруги имеют равные права в браке и семье.
Родители или лица, их заменяющие, имеют право и обязаны воспитывать детей, заботиться об их здоровье, развитии и обучении, готовить к общественно полезному труду, прививать культуру и уважение к законам, историческим и национальным традициям Беларуси. ... Дети обязаны заботиться о родителях, а также о лицах, их заменяющих, и оказывать им помощь.
Государство оказывает поддержку семьям с детьми, детям-сиротам и детям, оставшимся без попечения родителей.
Государство обеспечивает приоритет воспитания детей в семье. Дети могут быть отделены от своей семьи против воли родителей и других лиц, их заменяющих, только на основании решения суда, если родители или другие лица, их заменяющие, не выполняют своих обязанностей.
… (Статья 32)