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Marriage and Family Life
Gambia
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(2) Subject to the provisions of subsection (5), no law shall make any provision which is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect.
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(4) In this section, the expression "discrimination" means affording different treatment to different persons attributable wholly or mainly to their respective descriptions by race, colour, gender, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status 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.
(5) Subsection (2) shall not apply to any law in 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;
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Marriage and Family Life
Slovenia
- 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
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- EnglishI. The following are the areas of prerogative authority of the central level of the State:
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21. Substantive and procedural codification in civil, family, criminal, tax, labor, commercial, mining and electoral matters.
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21. Codificación sustantiva y adjetiva en materia civil, familiar, penal, tributaria, laboral, comercial, minería y electoral.
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Marriage and Family Life
Nicaragua
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The State protects responsible paternity and maternity. The right to investigate paternity and maternity[,] is established. (Art. 78)
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El Estado protege la paternidad y maternidad responsable. Se establece el derecho de investigar la paternidad y la maternidad. (Art. 78)
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
Kenya
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(5) The jurisdiction of a Kadhis’ court shall be limited to the determination of questions of Muslim law relating to personal status, marriage, divorce or inheritance in proceedings in which all the parties profess the Muslim religion and submit to the jurisdiction of the Kadhi’s courts. (Art. 170) - Swahili...
(5) Mamlaka ya Mahakama ya Kadhi yatakuwa na mipaka itakayoishia katika kuamua shauri la sheria ya Kiisilamu inayohusiana na hadhi binafsi, ndoa, talaka au urithi katika kesi ambazo kwazo pande zote ni waumini wa dini ya Kiislamu na wanaitii mamlaka ya mahakama za Kadhi. (Kifungu cha 170)
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
Colombia
- EnglishThe family is the fundamental nucleus of society. It is constituted by natural or juridical ties, through the free decision of a man and woman to contract matrimony or through the responsible will to conform to it.
The State and the society guarantee the complete protection of the family. The law may determine the family patrimony [to be] inalienable and unseizable.
The honor, dignity, and intimacy of the family are inviolable.
Family relations are based on the equality of rights and duties of the couple and on the reciprocal respect among all its members.
Any form of violence in the family is considered destructive of its harmony and unity, and will be sanctioned according to the law.
The children born in matrimony or outside it, adopted or conceived naturally or with scientific assistance, have equal rights and duties.
The law will regulate responsible progeniture.
The couple has the right to decide freely and responsibly the number of their children and must support them and educate them while they are minors or disabled.
The forms of matrimony, the age and capacity to contract it, the duties and rights of the spouses, their separation and the dissolution of the tie are determined by the civil law.
Religious marriages will have civil effects in the terms established by the law.
The civil effects of all marriages may cease by divorce in accordance with the civil law.
Sentences of annulment of religious marriages issued by the authorities of the respective religion, will also have civil effects within the limits established by the law.
The law will determine [that] relative to the civil status of persons and the consequent rights and duties. (Art. 42) - SpanishLa familia es el núcleo fundamental de la sociedad. Se constituye por vínculos naturales o jurídicos, por la decisión libre de un hombre y una mujer de contraer matrimonio o por la voluntad responsable de conformarla.
El Estado y la sociedad garantizan la protección integral de la familia. La ley podrá determinar el patrimonio familiar inalienable e inembargable.
La honra, la dignidad y la intimidad de la familia son inviolables.
Las relaciones familiares se basan en la igualdad de derechos y deberes de la pareja y en el respeto recíproco entre todos sus integrantes.
Cualquier forma de violencia en la familia se considera destructiva de su armonía y unidad, y será sancionada conforme a la ley.
Los hijos habidos en el matrimonio o fuera de él, adoptados o procreados naturalmente o con asistencia científica, tienen iguales derechos y deberes. La ley reglamentará la progenitura responsable.
La pareja tiene derecho a decidir libre y responsablemente el número de sus hijos, y deberá sostenerlos y educarlos mientras sean menores o impedidos.
Las formas del matrimonio, la edad y capacidad para contraerlo, los deberes y derechos de los cónyuges, su separación y la disolución del vínculo, se rigen por la ley civil.
Los matrimonios religiosos tendrán efectos civiles en los términos que establezca la ley.
Los efectos civiles de todo matrimonio cesarán por divorcio con arreglo a la ley civil.
También tendrán efectos civiles las sentencias de nulidad de los matrimonios religiosos dictadas por las autoridades de la respectiva religión, en los términos que establezca la ley.
La ley determinará lo relativo al estado civil de las personas y los consiguientes derechos y deberes. (Art. 42)
Marriage and Family Life
Paraguay
- EnglishThe family is the foundation of society. Its complete [integral] protection will be promoted and guaranteed. It includes the stable union of a man and a woman, the children, and the community formed with anyone of their progenitors and their descendants. (Art. 49)
- SpanishLa familia es el fundamento de la sociedad. Se promoverá y se garantizará su protección integral. Esta incluye a la unión estable del hombre y de la mujer, a los hijos y a la comunidad que se constituya con cualquiera de sus progenitores y sus descendientes. (Art. 49)
Marriage and Family Life
Viet Nam
- English1. Men and women have the right to marry and divorce. Marriage must adhere to the principles of voluntariness, progressiveness, monogamy, equality and mutual respect between husband and wife.
2. The State shall protect marriage and the family, and protect the interests of mothers and children. (Art. 36) - Vietnamese1. Nam, nữ có quyền kết hôn, ly hôn. Hôn nhân theo nguyên tắc tự nguyện, tiến bộ, một vợ một chồng, vợ chồng bình đẳng, tôn trọng lẫn nhau.
2. Nhà nước bảo hộ hôn nhân và gia đình, bảo hộ quyền lợi của người mẹ và trẻ em. (Điều 36)