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Marriage and Family Life
China
- EnglishWomen in the People's Republic of China enjoy equal rights with men in all spheres of life, political, economic, cultural and social, and family life.
… (Art. 48) - Chinese中华人民共和国妇女在政治的、经济的、文化的、社会的和家庭的生活等各方面享有同男子平等的权利。
… (第四十八条)
Marriage and Family Life
Malaysia
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10. Personal law relating to marriage, divorce, guardianship, maintenance, adoption, legitimacy, family law, gifts or succession, testate or intestate.
… (Ninth Schedule, List IIIA—Supplement to Concurrent List for States of Sabah and Sarawak, [Article 95B(1)(b)]) - Malay...
10. Undang-undang diri yang berhubungan dengan perkahwinan, perceraian, penjagaan, nafkah, pengangkatan, kesahtarafan, undang-undang keluarga, alang atau pewarisan, berwasiat atau tidak berwasiat.
… (Jadual Kesembilan, Senarai IIIA—Tambahan kepada Senarai Negeri bagi Negeri Sabah dan Sarawak, [Perkara 95B(1)(a)])
Marriage and Family Life
Poland
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3. Public authorities shall ensure special health care to children, pregnant women, handicapped people and persons of advanced age.
... (Art. 68) - Polish…
3. Władze publiczne są obowiązane do zapewnienia szczególnej opieki zdrowotnej dzieciom, kobietom ciężarnym, osobom niepełnosprawnym i osobom w podeszłym wieku.
... (Art. 68)
Marriage and Family Life
Mongolia
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2. It is a sacred duty for every citizen to ... bring up and educate his/her children, ... (Art. 17) - Mongolian
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2. … үр хүүхдээ өсгөн хүмүүжүүлэх ... нь иргэн бүрийн журамт үүрэг мөн. (Арван долдугаар зүйл)
Marriage and Family Life
Portugal
- English1. Regardless of age, sex, race, citizenship, place of origin, religion and political and ideological convictions, every worker has the right:
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b) That work be organised under conditions of social dignity and in such a way as to provide personal fulfilment and to make it possible to reconcile work and family life;
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2. The state is charged with ensuring the working, remuneratory and rest-related conditions to which workers are entitled, particularly by:
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c) Especially protecting the work done by women during pregnancy and following childbirth, as well as the work done by minors, the disabled and those whose occupations are particularly strenuous or are undertaken in unhealthy, toxic or dangerous conditions;
… (Art. 59) - Portuguese1. Todos os trabalhadores, sem distinção de idade, sexo, raça, cidadania, território de origem, religião, convicções políticas ou ideológicas, têm direito:
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b) A organização do trabalho em condições socialmente dignificantes, de forma a facultar a realização pessoal e a permitir a conciliação da actividade profissional com a vida familiar;
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2. Incumbe ao Estado assegurar as condições de trabalho, retribuição e repouso a que os trabalhadores têm direito, nomeadamente:
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c) A especial protecção do trabalho das mulheres durante a gravidez e após o parto, bem como do trabalho dos menores, dos diminuídos e dos que desempenhem actividades particularmente violentas ou em condições insalubres, tóxicas ou perigosas;
… (Art. 59)
Marriage and Family Life
Eswatini
- EnglishFor the avoidance of doubt, the (common law) status of illegitimacy of persons born out of wedlock is abolished. (Sec. 31)
Marriage and Family Life
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- EnglishI. Every person has the right to an adequate habitat and home that dignifies family and community life.
II. The State, at all levels of the government, is responsible for promoting the development of housing for social benefit, using adequate financing systems, based on principles of solidarity and equity. These plans shall be directed preferentially to families with scarce resources, to disadvantaged groups and to rural areas. (Art. 19) - SpanishI. Toda persona tiene derecho a un hábitat y vivienda adecuada, que dignifiquen la vida familiar y comunitaria.
II. El Estado, en todos sus niveles de gobierno, promoverá planes de vivienda de interés social, mediante sistemas adecuados de financiamiento, basándose en los principios de solidaridad y equidad. Estos planes se destinarán preferentemente a familias de escasos recursos, a grupos menos favorecidos y al área rural. (Art. 19)
Marriage and Family Life
Philippines
- EnglishWithin its territorial jurisdiction and subject to the provisions of this Constitution and national laws, the organic act of autonomous regions shall provide for legislative powers over:
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(4) Personal, family, and property relations;
… (Art. X, Sec. 20) - FilipinoAng batayang batas ng mga rehiyong awtonomus, sa loob ng hurisdiksyong teritoryal nito at sa ilalim ng mga tadhana ng Konstitusyong ito at ng mga batas pambansa, ay dapat magtadhana ng mga kapangyarihang tagapagbatas sa:
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(4) Mga ugnayang personal, pampamilya at pang-ari-arian;
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Marriage and Family Life
Serbia
- EnglishParents shall have the right and duty to support, provide upbringing and education to their children in which they shall be equal.
All or individual rights may be revoked from one or both parents only by the ruling of the court if this is in the best interests of the child, in accordance with the law. (Art. 65) - Serbian CyrillicРодитељи имају право и дужност да издржавају, васпитавају и образују своју децу, и у томе су равноправни.
Сва или поједина права могу једном или обома родитељима бити одузета или ограничена само одлуком суда, ако је то у најбољем интересу детета, у складу са законом. (Члан 65)
Marriage and Family Life
Ghana
- English(1) Parliament shall enact such laws as are necessary to ensure that—
(a) every child has the right to the same measure of special care, assistance and maintenance as is necessary for its development from its natural parents, except where those parents have effectively surrendered their rights and responsibilities in respect of the child in accordance with law;
(b) every child, whether or not born in wedlock, shall be entitled to reasonable provision out of the estate of its parents;
(c) parents undertake their natural right and obligation of care, maintenance and upbringing of their children in co-operation with such institutions as Parliament may, by law, prescribe in such manner that in all cases the interest of the children are paramount;
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(e) the protection and advancement of the family as the unit of society are safeguarded in promotion of the interest of children.
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(5) For the purposes of this article, “child” means a person below the age of eighteen years. (Art. 28)