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Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) In Islam, justice requires a balance of rights and duties.
(2) The exercise of equality, freedoms, and other rights is inseparable from duties. Accordingly, it is the duty of each citizen:
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(c) To promote responsible parenthood;
… (Art. 42) - Somali(1) Sida Diinta Islaamku qabto, caddaaladda waxay ku jirtaa isu-dheellitirnaanta xuquuqda iyo waajibaadka.
(2) Ku-dhaqanka sinnaanta, xorriyaadka iyo xuquuqda lagama sooci karo waajibaadka. Sidaas darteed, muwaaddin kasta waxaa waajib ku ah in uu:
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(c) horumariyo mas’uuliyadda waalidnimo;
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Marriage and Family Life
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(1) Every woman shall have equal lineage right without gender-based discrimination.
(2) Every woman shall have the right to safe motherhood and reproductive health.
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(6) The husband and wife shall have the equal right to property and family affairs. (Art. 38) - Nepali
(१) प्रत्येक महिलालाई लैंगिक भेदभाव विना समान वंशीय हक हुनेछ ।
(२) प्रत्येक महिलालाई सुरक्षित मातृत्व र प्रजनन स्वास्थ्य सम्बन्धी हक हुनेछ ।
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(६) सम्पत्ति तथा पारिवारिक मामिलामा दम्पतीको समान हक हुनेछ । (धारा ३८)
Marriage and Family Life
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(2) Citizens have the right to pensions, paid maternity leave, medical care in public health centres, unemployment benefits, and other forms of public or private social securities, as stipulated by the law. Citizens have the right to social assistance, according to the law. (Art. 47) - Romanian…
(2) Cetăţenii au dreptul la pensie, la concediu de maternitate plătit, la asistenţă medicală în unităţile sanitare de stat, la ajutor de şomaj şi la alte forme de asigurări sociale publice sau private, prevăzute de lege. Cetăţenii au dreptul şi la măsuri de asistenţă socială, potrivit legii. (Art. 47)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) Bills shall be passed by Parliament.
(2) The following shall be reserved to the legislative power:
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b. The status of persons and property ownership system:
1. … status of person, matrimonial system, succession and gifts;
… (Art. 26) - French(1) la loi est votée par le Parlement.
(2) Sont du domaine de la loi:
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b- Le statut des personnes et le régime de biens:
1. … l’état et la capacité des personnes, les régimes matrimoniaux, les successions et libéralités;
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Marriage and Family Life
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The family is the basic unit of society. To protect it is the responsibility of the State. (Art. 12)
- Arabic
الأسرة هي الخليّة الأساسيّة للمجتمع وعلى الدّولة حمايتها. (الفصل 12)
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La famille est la cellule de base de la société. Il incombe à l’État de la protéger. (Art. 12)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe right to honor, to personal privacy, to a family, and to one's dignity is guaranteed. (Art. 76)
- SpanishSe garantiza el derecho al honor, a la intimidad personal, familiar y a la propia imagen. (Art. 76)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe sanctity of human privacy shall be inviolable, and therefore interference into privacy of a person, family affairs, home of residence, correspondence, or any other act of interference that may demean or defame a person may not be allowed save as limited by the provisions of the law stipulated therein (Art. 37)
- Arabicلخصوصية الإنسان حرمتها، فلا يجوز تعرض أي شخص، لأي تدخّل في خصوصياته أو شؤون أسرته أو مسكنه أو مراسلاته أو أيّة تدخلات تمسّ شرفه أو سمعته، إلّا وفقاً لأحكام القانون وبالكيفية المنصوص عليها فيه. (المادّة 37)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishMarriage is based on the equality of spouses. Marriages shall be solemnised before an empowered state authority.
Marriage and the legal relations within it and the family, as well as those within an extramarital union, shall be regulated by law.
The state shall protect the family, motherhood, fatherhood, children and young people and shall create the necessary conditions for such protection. (Art. 53) - SloveneZakonska zveza temelji na enakopravnosti zakoncev. Sklene se pred pristojnim državnim organom.
Zakonsko zvezo in pravna razmerja v njej, v družini in v zunajzakonski skupnosti ureja zakon.
Država varuje družino, materinstvo, očetovstvo, otroke in mladino ter ustvarja za to varstvo potrebne razmere. (53. Člen)
Marriage and Family Life
- 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
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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)