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Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) Man and woman have the right to marry with full legal equality.
(2) The law shall make provision for the forms of marriage, the age and capacity for concluding it, the rights and duties of the spouses, the grounds for separation and dissolution, and their effect. (Sec. 32) - Spanish1. El hombre y la mujer tienen derecho a contraer matrimonio con plena igualdad jurídica.
2. La ley regulará las formas de matrimonio, la edad y capacidad para contraerlo, los derechos y deberes de los cónyuges, las causas de separación y disolución y sus efectos. (Art. 32)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe woman has the right of having her own patrimony [,] as [does] her husband. She has the right to the personal management of her assets. (Art. 19)
- FrenchLa femme a le droit d’avoir son patrimoine propre comme le mari. Elle a le droit de gestion personnelle de ses biens. (Art. 19)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe minimum social rights that form the basis of the labor legislation and the activity of the tribunals and [the] authorities [are]:
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k. The protection of the working woman and [the] regulation of the conditions under which she must render her services.
There may not be differences established between married and single women in terms of [the] work. The law will regulate the protection of the maternity rights of the working woman, who may not be required to [conduct any] work that may require an effort that puts her pregnancy in jeopardy [gravidez]. The working mother will enjoy a compulsory rest [period] [descanso forzoso] paid on the basis of one hundred percent of her salary, during the thirty days prior to giving birth and [during] the subsequent forty-five days. During the period of lactation she will have the right to two periods of extraordinary rest, during her workday. The prenatal and postnatal rest periods will be expanded according to her physical conditions, by medical prescription;
… (Art. 102) - SpanishSon derechos sociales mínimos que fundamentan la legislación del trabajo y la actividad de los tribunales y autoridades:
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k. Protección a la mujer trabajadora y regulación de las condiciones en que debe prestar sus servicios.
No deben establecerse diferencias entre casadas y solteras en materia de trabajo. La ley regulará la protección a la maternidad de la mujer trabajadora, a quien no se le debe exigir ningún trabajo que requiera esfuerzo que ponga en peligro su gravidez. La madre trabajadora gozará de un descanso forzoso retribuido con el cinto por ciento de su salario, durante los treinta días que precedan al parto y los cuarenta y cinco días siguientes. En la época de la lactancia tendrá derecho a dos períodos de descanso extraordinarios, dentro de la jornada. Los descansos pre y postnatal serán ampliados según sus condiciones físicas, por prescripción médica;
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Marriage and Family Life
- English… The fundamental rights and freedoms also comprise the duties and responsibilities of the individual to the society, his/her family, and other individuals. (Art. 12)
- Turkish… Temel hak ve hürriyetler, kişinin topluma, ailesine ve diğer kişilere karşı ödev ve sorumluluklarını da ihtiva eder. (Madde 12)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishLaws governing the relations between employers and workers are matters of public policy. All acts, stipulations or agreements that involve the waiver, diminution or restriction or evasion of the following guarantees shall be void:
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11. A woman is entitled to leave before and after childbirth, without loss of employment or wages. During the nursing period she shall be entitled to a rest period each day for nursing her child. The employer may not terminate the employment contract of a pregnant woman, even after childbirth, except for justifiable cause shown before a competent judge, in the cases and conditions indicated by law.
… (Art. 128) - SpanishLas leyes que rigen las relaciones entre patronos y trabajadores son de orden público. Son nulos los actos, estipulaciones o convenciones que impliquen renuncia, disminuyan, restrinjan o tergiversen las siguientes garantías:
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11. La mujer tiene derecho a descanso antes y después del parto, sin pérdida de su trabajo ni de su salario. En el período de lactancia tendrá derecho a un descanso por día para amamantar a sus hijos. El patrono no podrá dar por terminado el contrato de trabajo de la mujer grávida ni después del parto, sin comprobar previamente una causa justa ante juez competente, en los casos y condiciones que señale la Ley.
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishMen and women of marriageable age have the right to marry and to found a family, according to the national laws governing the exercise of this right. (Art. 12 of ECHR, Human Rights Act 1998 Schedule 1)
Marriage and Family Life
- English1. Every child has the right:
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c. to know and be cared for by his or her parents or legal guardian;
… (Art. 17)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe state shall protect mothers and children, and shall sponsor the youth and the young. (Art. 30)
- Arabicتحمي الدولـة الأمومة والطفولــة وترعى النشء والشبـــاب. (المادّة 30)
Marriage and Family Life
- English
Marriage and stable common law unions are protected by the State; they rest on the voluntary agreement of the man and the woman and may be dissolved by the mutual consent or by the will of one of the parties. The law will regulate this matter. (Art. 72)
- Spanish
El matrimonio y la unión de hecho estable están protegidos por el Estado; descansan en el acuerdo voluntario del hombre y la mujer y podrán disolverse por el mutuo consentimiento o por la voluntad de una de las partes. La ley regulará esta materia. (Art. 72)