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Marriage and Family Life
Honduras
- EnglishParents have a preferential right to choose the type of education they wish to give their children. (Art. 152)
- SpanishLos padres tendrán derecho preferente a escoger el tipo de educación que habrán de darles a sus hijos. (Art. 152)
Marriage and Family Life
Zambia
- English1. Subject to clauses (4), (5) and (7), no law shall make any provision that is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect.
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3. In this Article the expression “discriminatory” means affording different treatment to different persons attributable, wholly or mainly to their respective descriptions by race, tribe, sex, place of origin, marital status, political opinions, colour or creed whereby persons of one such description are subjected to disabilities or restrictions to which persons of another such description are not made subject or are accorded privileges or advantages which are not accorded to persons of another such description.
4. Clause (1) shall not apply to any law so far as that law makes provision-
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c. with respect to adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, devolution of property on death or other matters of personal law;
… (Art. 23)
Marriage and Family Life
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- EnglishEvery person, without distinction of sex, who is not more than 18 years of age, is a minor.
All minors have the right to know the names of their father and of their mother.
They have, equally, the right to enjoy the protection of their family, of society and of the public powers.
… (Art. 41) - FrenchL’enfant mineur est toute personne, sans distinction de sexe, qui n’a pas encore atteint 18 ans révolus.
Tout enfant mineur a le droit de connaître les noms de son père et de sa mère.
Il a également le droit de jouir de la protection de sa famille, de la société et des pouvoirs publics.
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Marriage and Family Life
Mexico
- EnglishNo one will be disturbed [molestado] in their person, family, home, papers or possessions, except by virtue of a written order of the competent authority, that substantiates and motivates the legal cause of the proceeding.
… (Art. 16) - SpanishNadie puede ser molestado en su persona, familia, domicilio, papeles o posesiones, sino en virtud de mandamiento escrito de la autoridad competente, que funde y motive la causa legal del procedimiento.
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Marriage and Family Life
Zimbabwe
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(7) Women employees have a right to fully paid maternity leave for a period of at least three months. (Sec. 65)
Marriage and Family Life
Timor-Leste
- EnglishEvery individual has the right to honour, good name and reputation, protection of his or her public image and privacy of his or her personal and family life. (Sec. 36)
- TetumEma idaidak iha direitu ba onra, ba naran di’ak no ba reputasaun no direitu atu defende an rasik no la fó-sai ninia moris partikulár iha uma-kain laran. (Art. 36)
- PortugueseTodo o indivíduo tem direito à honra, ao bom nome e à reputação, à defesa da sua imagem e à reserva da sua vida privada e familiar. (Art. 36)
Marriage and Family Life
Ukraine
- EnglishMarriage is based on the free consent of a woman and a man. Each of the spouses has equal rights and duties in the marriage and family.
Parents are obliged to support their children until they attain the age of majority. Adult children are obliged to care for their parents who are incapable of work.
The family, childhood, motherhood and fatherhood are under the protection of the State. (Art. 51) - UkrainianШлюб грунтується на вільній згоді жінки і чоловіка. Кожен із подружжя має рівні права і обов'язки у шлюбі та сім'ї.
Батьки зобов'язані утримувати дітей до їх повноліття. Повнолітні діти зобов'язані піклуватися про своїх непрацездатних батьків.
Сім'я, дитинство, материнство і батьківство охороняються державою. (Стаття 51)
Marriage and Family Life
Eswatini
- English(1) Men and women of marriageable age have a right to marry and found a family.
(2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.
(3) The family is the natural and fundamental unit of society and is entitled to protection by the State.
(4) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance by society and the State.
(5) Society and the State have the duty to preserve and sustain the harmonious development, cohesion and respect for the family and family values.
(6) Subject to the availability of resources, the Government shall provide facilities and opportunities necessary to enhance the welfare of the needy and the elderly.
(Sec. 27)
Marriage and Family Life
Panama
- EnglishThe State protects marriage, motherhood and the family. What is relative to civil status shall be determined by law.
... (Art. 56) - SpanishEl Estado protege el matrimonio, la maternidad y la familia. La Ley determinará lo relativo al estado civil.
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Marriage and Family Life
Belize
- English(1) An appeal shall lie from final decisions of the Court of Appeal to the Caribbean Court of Justice as of right in the following cases –
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(b) in proceedings for the dissolution or nullification of marriage;
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