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Marriage and Family Life
Cuba
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The State organizes institutions and services that facilitate the ability of working families to carry out their responsibilities. (Art. 64) - Spanish…
El Estado organiza instituciones y servicios que faciliten a las familias trabajadoras el desempeño de sus responsabilidades. (Art. 64)
Marriage and Family Life
Sweden
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The public institutions shall promote the ideals of democracy as guidelines in all sectors of society and protect the private and family lives of the individual.
… (Instrument of Government, Chapter 1, Art. 2) - Swedish…
Det allmänna ska verka för att demokratins idéer blir vägledande inom samhällets alla områden samt värna den enskildes privatliv och familjeliv.
… (Kungörelse (1974:152) om beslutad ny regeringsform, 1 kap, 2§)
Marriage and Family Life
Trinidad and Tobago
- EnglishWhereas the People of Trinidad and Tobago-
(a) have affirmed that the Nation of Trinidad and Tobago is founded upon principles that acknowledge the supremacy of God, faith in fundamental human rights and freedoms, the position of the family in a society of free men and free institutions, the dignity of the human person and the equal and inalienable rights with which all members of the human family are endowed by their Creator;
… (Preamble)
Marriage and Family Life
Morocco
- EnglishThe Consultative Council of the Family and of Childhood [Conseil consultatif de la famille et de l'enfance], created by virtue of Article 31 of this Constitution, has for its mission to assure the following of the situation of the family and of childhood, giving its opinion on the national plans relative to these domains, of animating the public debate on family policy and to assure the attention to [suivi] the realization of national programs, initiated by the various [differents] competent departments, structures and organs [organismes]. (Art. 169)
- Arabicيتولّى المجلس الاستشاري للأسرة والطفولة، المحدث بموجب الفصل 31 من هذا الدستور، مهمّة تأمين تتبّع وضعيّة الأسرة والطّفولة، وإبداء آراء حول المخطّطات الوطنية المتعلّقة بهذه الميادين، وتنشيط النقاش العمومي حول السياسة العمومية في مجال الأسرة، وضمان تتبّع وإنجاز البرامج الوطنية، المقدمة من قبل مختلف القطاعات، والهياكل والهيئات المختصة. (الفصل 169)
Marriage and Family Life
Türkiye
- EnglishNo provision of the Constitution shall be construed or interpreted as rendering unconstitutional the Reform Laws indicated below, which aim to raise Turkish society above the level of contemporary civilization and to safeguard the secular character of the Republic, and whose provisions were in force on the date of the adoption of the Constitution by referendum:
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4. The principle of civil marriage according to which the marriage act shall be concluded in the presence of the competent official, adopted with the Turkish Civil Code No. 743 of February 17, 1926, and Article 110 of the Code,
... (Art. 174) - TurkishAnayasanın hiçbir hükmü, Türk toplumunu çağdaş uygarlık seviyesinin üstüne çıkarma ve Türkiye Cumhuriyetinin lâiklik niteliğini koruma amacını güden, aşağıda gösterilen inkılâp kanunlarının, Anayasanın halkoyu ile kabul edildiği tarihte yürürlükte bulunan hükümlerinin, Anayasaya aykırı olduğu şeklinde anlaşılamaz ve yorumlanamaz:
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4. 17 Şubat 1926 tarihli ve 743 sayılı Türk Kanunu Medenisiyle kabul edilen, evlenme akdinin evlendirme memuru önünde yapılacağına dair medenî nikâh esası ile aynı kanunun 110 uncu maddesi hükmü;
... (Madde 174)
Marriage and Family Life
Ecuador
- EnglishThe stable and monogamous union between two persons without any other marriage ties who have a common-law home, for the lapse of time and under the conditions and circumstances provided for by law, shall enjoy the same rights and obligations of those families bound by formal marriage ties.
Adoption shall only be permitted for different-gender couples. (Art. 68) - SpanishLa unión estable y monogámica entre dos personas libres de vínculo matrimonial que formen un hogar de hecho, por el lapso y bajo las condiciones y circunstancias que señale la ley, generará los mismos derechos y obligaciones que tienen las familias constituidas mediante matrimonio.
La adopción corresponderá sólo a parejas de distinto sexo. (Art. 68)
Marriage and Family Life
Fiji
- English(1) Every person has the right to personal privacy, which includes the right to—
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(c) respect for their private and family life.
… (Sec. 24) - iTaukei(1) Na tamata yadua e tu vua na dodonu kei na galala yadua, qo e okati kina na dodonu ni kena—
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(c) rokovi na nodra bula vakaitaukei kei na gauna vakavuvale.
… (Sec. 24)
Marriage and Family Life
Afghanistan
- EnglishFamily is the fundamental pillar of the society, and shall be protected by the state. The state shall adopt necessary measures to attain the physical and spiritual health of the family, especially of the child and mother, upbringing of children, as well as the elimination of related traditions contrary to the principles of the sacred religion of Islam. (Art. 54)
- Dariخانواده ركن اساسی جامعه را تشكیل می دهد و مورد حمایت دولت قرار دارد. دولت به منظور تأمین سلامت جسمی و روحی خانواده، بالاخص طفل و مادر، تربیت اطفال و برای از بین بردن رسوم مغایر با احكام دین مقدس اسلام تدابیر لاازم اتخاذ می كند. (مادۀ ۵۴)
- Pashtoكورنۍ د ټولنې اساسي ركن دى او د دولت تر پاملرنې لاندې ده. دولت د كورنۍ او په ځانګړې توگه د مور او ماشوم د جسمي او روحي روغتيا د تأمين، د ماشومانو د روزنې او د اسلام د سپېڅلي دين له احكامو سره د مغايرو رسومو د له منځه و ړو لپاره لازم تدبيرونه نيسي. (۵۴ ماده)
Marriage and Family Life
Nigeria
- English(1) The Sharia Court of Appeal shall, in addition to such other jurisdiction as may be conferred upon it by an Act of the National Assembly, exercise such appellate and supervisory jurisdiction in civil proceedings involving questions of Islamic personal law.
(2) For the purpose of subsection (1) of this section, the Sharia Court of Appeal shall be competent to decide –
(a) any question of Islamic personal law regarding a marriage concluded in accordance with that law, including a question relating to the validity or dissolution of such a marriage or a question that depends on such a marriage and relating to family relationship or the guardianship of an infant;
(b) where all the parties to the proceeding are Muslims, any question of Islamic personal law regarding a marriage, including the validity or dissolution of that marriage, or regarding family relationship, a foundling or the guardianship of an infant;
(c) any question of Islamic personal law regarding a wakf, gift, will or succession where the endower, donor, testator or deceased person is a Muslim;
(d) any question of Islamic personal law regarding an infant, prodigal or person of unsound mind who is a Muslim or the maintenance or the guardianship of a Muslim who is physically or mentally infirm; or
(e) where all the parties to the proceedings, being Muslims, have requested the court that hears the case in the first instance to determine that case in accordance with Islamic personal law, any other question. (Sec. 262)
Marriage and Family Life
Andorra
- English1. The civil status of persons and forms of marriage shall be regulated by law. The civil effects of Canon Law marriage shall be recognised.
2. The public authorities shall promote a policy of protection of the family, which is the basic foundation of society.
3. Both spouses have the same rights and duties. All children are equal before the law, regardless of their parentage. (Art. 13) - Catalan1. La llei regularà la condició civil de les persones i les formes de matrimoni. Es reconeixen els efectes civils del matrimoni canònic.
2. Els poders públics promouran una política de protecció de la família, element bàsic de la societat.
3. Els cònjuges tenen els mateixos drets i obligacions. Els fills són iguals davant de la llei, amb independència de la seva filiació. (Art. 13)