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Marriage and Family Life
Ecuador
- EnglishThe State shall be responsible for:
1. Drafting public policies that guarantee the promotion, prevention, healing, rehabilitation and provision of integral health care and the fostering of healthy practices in the family, at work, and in the community.
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6. Ensuring sexual and reproductive health actions and services and guaranteeing the integral healthcare and the life of women, especially during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum.
… (Art. 363) - SpanishEl Estado será responsable de:
1. Formular políticas públicas que garanticen la promoción, prevención, curación, rehabilitación y atención integral en salud y fomentar prácticas saludables en los ámbitos familiar, laboral y comunitario.
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6. Asegurar acciones y servicios de salud sexual y de salud reproductiva, y garantizar la salud integral y la vida de las mujeres, en especial durante el embarazo, parto y postparto.
… (Art. 363)
Marriage and Family Life
Poland
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3. Parents shall have the right to ensure their children a moral and religious upbringing and teaching in accordance with their convictions. The provisions of Article 48, para. 1 shall apply as appropriate.
… (Art. 53) - Polish…
3. Rodzice mają prawo do zapewnienia dzieciom wychowania i nauczania moralnego i religijnego zgodnie ze swoimi przekonaniami. Przepis art. 48 ust. 1 stosuje się odpowiednio.
… (Art. 53)
Marriage and Family Life
Paraguay
- EnglishThe law will established the obligatory and complete [integral] system of social security for the dependent workers and their families.
… (Art. 95) - SpanishEl sistema obligatorio e integral de seguridad social para el trabajador dependiente y su familia será establecido por la ley.
… (Art. 95)
Marriage and Family Life
Sao Tome and Principe
- EnglishPersonal identity and the privacy of private and family life shall be inviolable. (Art. 24)
- PortugueseA identidade pessoal e a reserva da intimidade da vida privada e familiar são invioláveis. (Art. 24)
Marriage and Family Life
Nepal
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11. Personal events, births, deaths, marriages and statistics
… (Schedule 9, List of concurrent Powers/Jurisdiction for Federation, Province and Local Level) - Nepali…
(११) व्यक्तिगत घटना, जन्म, मृत्यु, विवाह र तथ्यांक
... (अनुसूची–९, संघ, प्रदेश र स्थानीय तहको अधिकारको साझा सूची)
Marriage and Family Life
Guatemala
- EnglishThe [state of] matrimony may be authorized by the mayors [alcaldes], council members, notaries in exercise [of their function] and [by] religious ministers authorized [facultados] by the corresponding administrative authority. (Art. 49)
- SpanishEl matrimonio podrá ser autorizado por los alcaldes, concejales, notarios en ejercicio y ministros de culto facultados por la autoridad administrativa correspondiente. (Art. 49)
Marriage and Family Life
Russian Federation
- English1. Maternity, childhood and family shall be protected by the State.
2. Care for children and their upbringing shall be the equal right and duty of parents.
3. Able-bodied children over 18 years of age must take care of disabled parents. (Art. 38) - Russian1. Материнство и детство, семья находятся под защитой государства.
2. Забота о детях, их воспитание - равное право и обязанность родителей.
3. Трудоспособные дети, достигшие 18 лет, должны заботиться о нетрудоспособных родителях. (Статья 38)
Marriage and Family Life
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- English(1) An appeal shall lie from decisions of the Court of Appeal to Her Majesty in Council as of right in the following cases –
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b. final decisions in proceedings for dissolutions or nullity of marriage;
… (Sec. 99)
Marriage and Family Life
Somalia
- 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;
... (Qodobka 42aad.)
Marriage and Family Life
Sri Lanka
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(2) The State is pledged to establish in Sri Lanka a democratic socialist society, the objectives of which include –
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(c) the realization by all citizens of an adequate standard of living for themselves and their families, including adequate food, clothing and housing, the continuous improvement of living conditions and the full enjoyment of leisure and social and cultural opportunities;
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(12) The State shall recognize and protect the family as the basic unit of society.
… (Art. 27) - Sinhala...
(2) මතු දැක්වෙන අරමුණ ද ඇතුළත් ව ප්රජාතාන්තික සමාජවාදී සමාජයක් ශ්රී ලංකාවෙහි ඇති කිරීමට රජය ඇප කැප වී ඇත්තේ ය –
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(ඇ) ප්රමාණවත් ආහාරපාන, ඇඳුම් පැළඳුම් සහ නිවාස පහසුව ද, ජීවන තත්ත්වයෙහි නිරන්තර වර්ධනය ද, විවේකය හා සමාජයීය සහ සංස්කෘතික ඉඩ ප්රස්තා නිසි පරිදි ප්රයෝජනයට ගැනීම ද ඇතුළුව ප්රමාණවත් ජීවන මට්ටමක් සියලු පුරවැසියන් විසින් තමන්ට සහ තම පවුල්වල සාමාජිකයන්ට අත්කර දීම;
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(12) පවුල, සමාජයේ මූලික ඒකකය වශයෙන් රජය විසින් පිළිගෙන ආරක්ෂා කළ යුත්තේ ය.
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