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Marriage and Family Life
Bulgaria
- EnglishThe family, motherhood and children shall enjoy the protection of the State and society. (Art. 14)
- BulgarianСемейството, майчинството и децата са под закрила на държавата и обществото. (Чл. 14)
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
Nigeria
- English(1) An appeal shall lie from decisions of the Federal High Court or a High Court to the Court of Appeal as of right in the following cases –
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(f) decisions made or given by the Federal High Court or a High Court –
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(iv) in the case of a decree nisi in a matrimonial cause or a decision in an admiralty action determining liability,
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(2) Nothing in this section shall confer any of appeal –
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(b) from an order absolute for the dissolution or nullity of marriage in favour of any party who, having had time and opportunity to appeal from the decree nisi on which the order was founded, has not appealed from that decree nisi;
… (Sec. 241)
Marriage and Family Life
Saint Lucia
- EnglishWhereas every person in Saint Lucia is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms, that is to say, the right, whatever his or her race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest, to each and all of the following, namely—
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(c) protection for his or her family life, his or her personal privacy, the privacy of his or her home and other property and from deprivation of property without compensation,
… (Sec. 1)
Marriage and Family Life
El Salvador
- EnglishThe working woman will have the right to remunerated leave before and after childbirth, and to the conservation of her employment.
The laws will regulate the obligation of the employers to install and maintain rooms for infants [salas cunas] and day care places [lugares de custodia] for the children of the workers. (Art. 42) - SpanishLa mujer trabajadora tendrá derecho a un descanso remunerado antes y después del parto, y a la conservación del empleo.
Las leyes regularán la obligación de los patronos de instalar y mantener salas cunas y lugares de custodia para los niños de los trabajadores. (Art. 42)
Marriage and Family Life
Finland
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Everyone shall be guaranteed by an Act the right to basic subsistence in the event of unemployment, illness, and disability and during old age as well as at the birth of a child or the loss of a provider.
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Moreover, the public authorities shall support families and others responsible for providing for children so that they have the ability to ensure the wellbeing and personal development of the children.
… (Sec. 19) - Finnish…
Lailla taataan jokaiselle oikeus perustoimeentulon turvaan työttömyyden, sairauden, työkyvyttömyyden ja vanhuuden aikana sekä lapsen syntymän ja huoltajan menetyksen perusteella.
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Julkisen vallan on myös tuettava perheen ja muiden lapsen huolenpidosta vastaavien mahdollisuuksia turvata lapsen hyvinvointi ja yksilöllinen kasvu.
… (19 §) - Swedish…
Genom lag skall var och en garanteras rätt att få sin grundläggande försörjning tryggad vid arbetslöshet, sjukdom, arbetsoförmåga och under ålderdomen samt vid barnafödsel och förlust av en försörjare.
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Det allmänna skall också stödja familjerna och andra som svarar för omsorgen om barn så att de har möjligheter att trygga barnens välfärd och individuella uppväxt.
… (19 §)
Marriage and Family Life
Burundi
- English[The following] are of the domain of the law:
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2° The status of persons and of assets:
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- matrimonial regimes, inheritance and gifts;
… (Art. 164) - KirundiIbitegerezwa kuringanizwa n’amabwirizwa ni ibi :
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2° Ivyerekeye amabwirizwa agenga abantu n’ivyabo:
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– ivyerekeye amatungo y’ababiranye ingene aganzwa, gutorana n’ukugabira amatungo;
… (Ingingo ya 164) - FrenchSont du domaine de la loi :
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2° Le statut des personnes et des biens :
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- régimes matrimoniaux, successions et libéralités ;
… (Art. 164)
Marriage and Family Life
Senegal
- English… Every citizen has the duty to subscribe to civil status those acts that concern them and those that are relative to their family under the conditions determined by the law. (Art. 25-3)
- French… Tout citoyen a le devoir d’inscrire à l’état civil les actes le concernant et ceux qui sont relatifs à sa famille dans les conditions déterminées par la loi. (Art. 25-3)
Marriage and Family Life
Uruguay
- English… Every parent or guardian has the right to select the teachers or institutions he desires for the education of his children or wards. (Art. 68)
- Spanish… Todo padre o tutor tiene derecho a elegir, para la enseñanza de sus hijos o pupilos, los maestros e instituciones que desee. (Art. 68)
Marriage and Family Life
Guyana
- English(1) Subject to the provisions of this article -
(a) no law shall make any provision that is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect; and
(b) no person shall be treated in a discriminatory manner by any person acting by virtue of any written law or in the performance of the functions of any public office or any public authority.
(2) In this article the expression ‘discriminatory’ means affording different treatment to different persons attributable wholly or mainly to their or their parents’ or guardians’ respective descriptions by race, place of origin, political opinion, colour, creed, age, disability, marital status, sex, gender, language, birth, social class, pregnancy, religion, conscience, belief or culture whereby persons of one such description are subjected to disabilities or restrictions to which other persons of the same or another such description are not made subject or are accorded privileges or advantages which are not afforded to persons of another such description.(3) Paragraph (1)(a) shall not apply to any law so far as that law makes provision -
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(b) with respect to adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, devolution of property on death or other matters of personal law;
… (Art. 149)