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Marriage and Family Life
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The family is the fundamental nucleus of society.
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It is the duty of the State to safeguard the national security, to provide protection for the people and the family, to promote the strengthening of the latter, to further the harmonious integration of all the sectors of the Nation and to ensure the right of persons to participate with equality of opportunities in the national life. (Art. 1) - Spanish…
La familia es el núcleo fundamental de la sociedad.
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Es deber del Estado resguardar la seguridad nacional, dar protección a la población y a la familia, propender al fortalecimiento de ésta, promover la integración armónica de todos los sectores de la Nación y asegurar el derecho de las personas a participar con igualdad de oportunidades en la vida nacional. (Art. 1)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishStatutes shall determine the rules concerning:
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- … the status and capacity of persons, matrimonial property systems, inheritance and gifts;
… (1958 Constitution, Art. 34) - FrenchLa loi fixe les règles concernant:
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- … l'état et la capacité des personnes, les régimes matrimoniaux, les successions et libéralités;
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Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) An appeal shall lie from decisions of the Court of Appeal to Her Majesty in Council as of right in the following cases—
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(b) final decisions in proceedings for dissolution or nullity of marriage;
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishNo one may be made the object of arbitrary interference [immixtion] of their private life, their family, their domicile or their correspondence, or to threats to their honor and to their reputation.
… (Art. 43) - KirundiUmuntu wese arafise uburenganzira bwo gutunganya ivyiwe atawumwinjiriye kubera akarenganyo mu rugo rwiwe, mu twiwe n’abiwe no mu makete yanditse canke yandikiwe. Ntawurekuriwe kandi gukurako urupfasoni umuntu n’ukumwandagaza.
… (Ingingo ya 43) - FrenchNul ne peut faire l’objet d’immixtion arbitraire dans sa vie privée, sa famille, son domicile ou sa correspondance, ni d’atteintes à son honneur et à sa réputation.
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishEvery citizen has the right to a fair remuneration for their work assuring them, as well as their family, an existence in conformity with human dignity. (Art. 29)
- FrenchTout citoyen a droit à une juste rémunération de son travail lui assurant, ainsi qu’à sa famille, une existence conforme à la dignité humaine. (Art. 29)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishAll people have the right to start a family. The State recognizes and protects families, regardless of their structure, as the basic cell of society, and works to guarantee that the holistic achievement of their objectives.
They are formed by legal, de facto, or emotional ties, and are based on the equality of rights, duties, and opportunities of its members.
Legal protection of the diverse types of families is regulated by the law. (Art. 81) - SpanishToda persona tiene derecho a fundar una familia. El Estado reconoce y protege a las familias, cualquiera sea su forma de organización, como célula fundamental de la sociedad y crea las condiciones para garantizar que se favorezca integralmente la consecución de sus fines.
Se constituyen por vínculos jurídicos o de hecho, de naturaleza afectiva, y se basan en la igualdad de derechos, deberes y oportunidades de sus integrantes.
La protección jurídica de los diversos tipos de familias es regulada por la ley. (Art. 81)
Marriage and Family Life
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4. The State shall take care of human health care and social protection, ensuring the subsistence minimum and decent housing, and protecting the welfare of the family.
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4. სახელმწიფო ზრუნავს ადამიანის ჯანმრთელობისა და სოციალურ დაცვაზე, საარსებო მინიმუმითა და ღირსეული საცხოვრებლით უზრუნველყოფაზე, ოჯახის კეთილდღეობის დაცვაზე.
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Marriage and Family Life
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The Republic shall assist the development of a family and the fulfilment of its duties, with particular consideration for large families, through economic measures and other benefits.
The Republic shall protect mothers, children and the young by adopting necessary measures. (Art. 31) - Italian
La Repubblica agevola con misure economiche e altre provvidenze la formazione della famiglia e l'adempimento dei compiti relativi, con particolare riguardo alle famiglie numerose.
Protegge la maternità, l'infanzia e la gioventù, favorendo gli istituti necessari a tale scopo. (Art. 31)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishEvery person is entitled to protection of his or her honor, private life, intimacy, self-image, confidentiality and reputation.
The use of electronic information shall be restricted by law in order to guarantee the personal and family intimacy and honor of citizens and the full exercise of their rights. (Art. 60) - SpanishToda persona tiene derecho a la protección de su honor, vida privada, intimidad, propia imagen, confidencialidad y reputación.
La ley limitará el uso de la informática para garantizar el honor y la intimidad personal y familiar de los ciudadanos y ciudadanas y el pleno ejercicio de sus derechos. (Art. 60)
Marriage and Family Life
- English1. The family sector shall play a fundamental role in meeting the basic needs of the people.
2. The State shall support and provide incentives for family sector production, and shall encourage peasants as well as individual workers to organize themselves into more advanced forms of production. (Art. 105) - Portuguese1. Na satisfação das necessidades essenciais da população, ao sector familiar cabe um papel fundamental.
2. O Estado incentiva e apoia a produção do sector familiar e encoraja os camponeses, bem como os trabalhadores individuais, a organizarem-se em formas mais avançadas de produção. (Art. 105)