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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe State and the society protect the family. (Art. 16)
- Arabicالدّولة والمجتمع يحميان الأسرة. (المادّة 16)
- FrenchL’État et la société protègent la famille. (Art. 16)
Marriage and Family Life
- English
The right of the man and the woman, that have the quality of being so naturally, to contract matrimony between them, as well as the juridical equality of the spouses, is recognized.
The civil marriage celebrated before a competent functionary and with the conditions required by the Law alone is valid.
The common law union [unión de hecho] between the persons equally capable of contracting matrimony is recognized. The law will specify the conditions for it to provide the effects of marriage.
Matrimony and the common law union between persons of the same sex is prohibited.
Matrimonies or common law unions between persons of the same sex celebrated or recognized under the laws of other countries will have no validity in Honduras.
The provisions of this Article may only be reformed by a majority of threequarters of the members of the Plenum of the National Congress. The legal provisions created after the validity of this Article that establish the contrary will be null and invalid. (Art. 112) - Spanish
Se reconoce el derecho del hombre y de la mujer, que tengan la calidad de tales naturalmente, a contraer matrimonio entre sí, así como la igualdad jurídica de los cónyuges.
Sólo es válido el matrimonio civil celebrado ante funcionario competente y con las condiciones requeridas por la Ley.
Se reconoce la unión de hecho entre las personas igualmente capaces para contraer matrimonio. La Ley señalará las condiciones para que surta los efectos del matrimonio.
Se prohibe el matrimonio y la unión de hecho entre personas del mismo sexo.
Los matrimonios o uniones de hecho entre personas del mismo sexo celebrados o reconocidos bajo las leyes de otros países no tendrán validez en Honduras.
Lo dispuesto en este Artículo sólo podrá reformarse por una mayoría de tres cuartas partes de los miembros del Pleno del Congreso Nacional. Serán nulas e inválidas las disposiciones legales que se creen con posterioridad a la vigencia del presente Artículo que establezcan lo contrario. (Art. 112)
Marriage and Family Life
- English
1. The family is the foundation of society. The family, fatherhood, motherhood and childhood are protected by society and the State.
2. Respecting and caring for their father and mother is a sacred duty of children.
... (Art. 20) - Russian
1. Семья – основа общества. Семья, отцовство, материнство и детство находятся под охраной общества и государства.
2. Уважение и забота об отце, матери – священный долг детей.
... (Статья 20) - Kyrgyz
1. Үй-бүлө – коомдун негизи. Үй-бүлө, аталык, энелик, балалык коомдун жана мамлекеттин коргоосунда турат.
2. Атаны, энени урматтоо жана камкордук көрүү – балдардын ыйык парзы.
... (20-берене)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishAll persons have the right to an integral education that is of quality, permanent, equal in conditions and opportunities, and without more limitations than those derived from their aptitudes, vocation, and aspirations. Consequently:
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2. The family is responsible for the education of its members and has the right to choose the type of education for its minor children
… (Art. 63) - SpanishToda persona tiene derecho a una educación integral, de calidad, permanente, en igualdad de condiciones y oportunidades, sin más limitaciones que las derivadas de sus aptitudes, vocación y aspiraciones. En consecuencia:
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2) La familia es responsable de la educación de sus integrantes y tiene derecho a escoger el tipo de educación de sus hijos menores;
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe Republic provides particular care and protection for the family. The legal relations in marriage, the family and cohabitation are regulated by law. Parents have the right and duty to provide for the nurturing and education of their children. Children are responsible for the care of their old and infirm parents. The Republic provides particular protection for parentless children and children without parental care. (Art. 40)
- MacedonianРепубликата му обезбедува посебна грижа и заштита на семејството. Правните односи во бракот, семејството и вонбрачната заедница се уредуваат со закон. Родителите имаат право и должност да се грижат за издржување и воспитување на децата. Децата се должни да се грижат за старите и изнемоштени родители. Републиката им обезбедува посебна заштита на децата без родители и децата без родителска грижа. (Член 40)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishParents have the right and duty to raise, educate and protect their children. Descendants have the right and duty to assist and help the ascendants. Both [les uns comme les autres] are supported in this task by the State and the other public collectivities.
… (Art. 23) - FrenchLes parents ont le droit et le devoir d'élever, d'éduquer et de protéger leurs enfants. Les descendants ont le droit et le devoir d'assister et d'aider les ascendants. Les uns comme les autres sont soutenus dans cette tâche par l'État et les autres collectivités publiques.
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishEvery person has the right to dignified and socially useful work. To this effect, the creation of jobs [empleos] and the social organization of work shall be promoted, in accordance with the law.
The Congress of the Union, without contravening the following bases[,] must adopt laws concerning work, which will govern:
A. Among the workers, day laborers, domestic servants, artisans and in a general manner any contract of labor:
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V. Women during pregnancy shall not perform [realizará] work that requires considerable effort and [which] signifies a danger to their health in relation to gestation; they will necessarily [forsozamente] enjoy a leave of absence [descanso] of six weeks prior to the approximate date established for the delivery and [of] six weeks subsequent to it, and they must receive their complete salary and retain [conservar] their job [empleo] and the rights that have been acquired by the work agreement [relación de trabajo]. In the time of nursing [lactancia] they will have two extra ordinary rest periods [descansos] per day, of half an hour each one, for the nursing of their children;
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B. Between the Powers of the Union and their workers:
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XI. Social security [seguridad social] will be organized in accordance with the following minimum bases:
a) It will cover occupational [profesionales] accidents and infirmities; the non-occupational infirmities and maternity; and retirement, disability, old age, and death.
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c) Women during pregnancy shall not perform [realizará] work that requires considerable effort and that signifies a danger to their health in relation to gestation; they will necessarily [forsozamente] enjoy a leave of absence [descanso] of six weeks prior to the approximate date established for the delivery and [of] six weeks subsequent to it, and they must receive their complete salary and retain [conservar] their job [empleo] and the rights that have been acquired by the work agreement [relación de trabajo]. In the time of nursing [lactancia] they will have two extra ordinary rest periods [descansos] per day, of half an hour each one, for the nursing of their children In addition, they will enjoy medical and obstetrical assistance, medicines, aids during lactation, and infant care services.
d) The families of the workers [trabajadores] will have the right to medical assistance and medicines, in those cases and in the proportion that the law determines.
e) Centers for vacations and recuperation, as well as economical stores for [tiendas] the benefit of the workers [trabajadores] and their families, shall be established.
… (Art. 123) - SpanishToda persona tiene derecho al trabajo digno y socialmente útil; al efecto, se promoverán la creación de empleos y la organización social de trabajo, conforme a la ley.
El Congreso de la Unión, sin contravenir a las bases siguientes deberá expedir leyes sobre el trabajo, las cuales regirán:
A. Entre los obreros, jornaleros, empleados domésticos, artesanos y de una manera general, todo contrato de trabajo:
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V. Las mujeres durante el embarazo no realizarán trabajos que exijan un esfuerzo considerable y signifiquen un peligro para su salud en relación con la gestación; gozarán forzosamente de un descanso de seis semanas anteriores a la fecha fijada aproximadamente para el parto y seis semanas posteriores al mismo, debiendo percibir su salario íntegro y conservar su empleo y los derechos que hubieren adquirido por la relación de trabajo. En el período de lactancia tendrán dos descansos extraordinarios por día, de media hora cada uno para alimentar a sus hijos;
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B. Entre los Poderes de la Unión y sus trabajadores:
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XI. La seguridad social se organizará conforme a las siguientes bases mínimas:
a) Cubrirá los accidentes y enfermedades profesionales; las enfermedades no profesionales y maternidad; y la jubilación, la invalidez, vejez y muerte.
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c) Las mujeres durante el embarazo no realizarán trabajos que exijan un esfuerzo considerable y signifiquen un peligro para su salud en relación con la gestación; gozarán forzosamente de un mes de descanso antes de la fecha fijada aproximadamente para el parto y de otros dos después del mismo, debiendo percibir su salario íntegro y conservar su empleo y los derechos que hubieren adquirido por la relación de trabajo. En el período de lactancia tendrán dos descansos extraordinarios por día, de media hora cada uno, para alimentar a sus hijos. Además, disfrutarán de asistencia médica y obstétrica, de medicinas, de ayudas para la lactancia y del servicio de guarderías infantiles.
d) Los familiares de los trabajadores tendrán derecho a asistencia médica y medicinas, en los casos y en la proporción que determine la ley.
e) Se establecerán centros para vacaciones y para recuperación, así como tiendas económicas para beneficio de los trabajadores y sus familiares.
… (Art. 123)
Marriage and Family Life
- English
9. Social Sector
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(i) Maternal and child welfare;
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(l) Welfare of children, youths, women, the disabled, the aged and the homeless;
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(u) Registration of births and deaths.
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11. Judicial Sector
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(d) Civil Laws and procedures including contract, arbitration, actionable wrong, insolvency, trust and trustees, administrator and receiver, family laws, guardians and wards, transfer of property and inheritance;…
… (Schedule One, Union Legislative List [Section 96]) - Burmese
၉။ လူမှုရေးကဏ္ဍ
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(ဈ) မိခင်နှင့်ကလေးစောင့်ရှောက်ရေး၊
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(ဌ) ကလေးသူငယ်များ၊ လူငယ်များ၊ အမျိုးသမီးများ၊ မသန်မစွမ်းသူများ၊ သက်ကြီးရွယ်အိုများ၊ အခြေအနေမဲ့များအား စောင့်ရှောက်ရေး၊
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(ပ) မွေးဖွားခြင်းနှင့် သေဆုံးခြင်းဆိုင်ရာ မှတ်ပုံတင်ရေး။
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၁၁။ တရားစီရင်ရေးကဏ္ဍ
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(ဃ) တရားမဥပဒေများ၊ ကျင့်ထုံးများအပါအဝင်၊ ပဋိညာဉ်၊ အနုညာတ စီရင်ဆုံးဖြတ်ရေး၊ တရားစွဲဆိုပိုင်ခွင့်ရှိသော နစ်နာချက်များ၊ လူမွဲအဖြစ်ခံယူခြင်း၊ ယုံမှတ်အပ်နှံခြင်းနှင့် ယုံမှတ်အပ်နှံထားသဖြင့် စီမံပိုင်ခွင့်ရှိသူများ၊ အမွေထိန်းနှင့်ပစ္စည်းထိန်း၊ မိသားစုဆိုင်ရာဥပဒေများ၊ အုပ်ထိန်းသူများနှင့် အုပ်ထိန်းခံရသူများ၊ ပစ္စည်းလွှဲပြောင်းခြင်း၊ အမွေဆက်ခံရေး၊...
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Marriage and Family Life
- English…
The right to honor, to personal and family intimacy, and to the own image [of the person][,] is guaranteed.
… (Art. 2) - Spanish…
Se garantiza el derecho al honor, a la intimidad personal y familiar y a la propia imagen.
… (Art. 2)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) The public authorities shall respect and protect the intimate, family and private life.
… (Art. 26) - Romanian(1) Autorităţile publice respectă şi ocrotesc viaţa intimă, familială şi privată.
… (Art. 26)