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Marriage and Family Life
Lesotho
- English1. Every person shall be entitled to respect for his private and family life and his home.
… (Sec. 11)
Marriage and Family Life
Colombia
- EnglishThe Congress will enact [expedir] the statute of labor. The corresponding law shall take into account at least the following minimal fundamental principles:
… special protection of women, motherhood, and the minor-age worker.
… (Art. 53) - SpanishEl Congreso expedirá el estatuto del trabajo. La ley correspondiente tendrá en cuenta por lo menos los siguientes principios mínimos fundamentales:
… protección especial a la mujer, a la maternidad y al trabajador menor de edad.
… (Art. 53)
Marriage and Family Life
Croatia
- EnglishThe right of employees and their family members to social security and social insurance shall be regulated by law and collective agreements.
Rights related to childbirth, maternity and child care shall be regulated by law. (Art. 56) - CroatianPravo zaposlenih i članova njihovih obitelji na socijalnu sigurnost i socijalno osiguranje ureduje se zakonom i kolektivnim ugovorom.
Prava u svezi s porođajem, materinstvom i njegom djece uređuju se zakonom. (Članak 56)
Marriage and Family Life
Uruguay
- EnglishThe family is the basis of our society. The State shall safeguard its moral and material stability so that children may be properly reared within that society. (Art. 40)
- SpanishLa familia es la base de nuestra sociedad. El Estado velará por su estabilidad moral y material, para la mejor formación de los hijos dentro de la sociedad. (Art. 40)
Marriage and Family Life
Angola
- English…
3. Everyone shall have duties with regard to the family, society, the state and other legally recognised institutions
… (Art. 22) - Portuguese…
3. Todos têm deveres para com a família, a sociedade e o Estado e outras instituições legalmente reconhecidas
… (Art. 22)
Marriage and Family Life
Mali
- 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
Dominican Republic
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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
Hungary
- English…
(5) Hungary shall protect, by means of separate measures, families, children, women, the elderly and those living with disabilities. (Freedom and Responsibility, Art. XV) - Hungarian…
(5) Magyarország külön intézkedésekkel védi a családokat, a gyermekeket, a nőket, az időseket és a fogyatékkal élőket. (Szabadság és Felelősség, XV. cikk)
Marriage and Family Life
Azerbaijan
- EnglishI. The family as the foundation of society is under special protection of the State.
II. Taking care of children and their upbringing is the obligation of the parents. The State sees to it that this obligation is fulfilled.
… (Art. 17) - AzerbaijaniI. Cəmiyyətin əsas özəyi kimi ailə dövlətin xüsusi himayəsindədir.
II. Uşaqların qayğısına qalmaq və onları tərbiyə etmək valideynlərin borcudur. Bu borcun yerinə yetirilməsinə dövlət nəzarət edir.
... (Maddə 17)
Marriage and Family Life
Niger
- EnglishThe Law determines the fundamental principles:
…
- of the protection of the family;
… (Art. 100) - FrenchLa loi détermine les principes fondamentaux :
...
- de la protection de la famille ;
... (Art. 100)