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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
- EnglishNo one’s privacy may be violated, nor shall it be permitted to interfere in the private or family life of any person in his home or correspondence, except by law. (Art. 54)
- Arabicلايجوز إنتهاك خصوصية أي شخص، ولا يجوز التدخل في الحياة الخاصة او الأسرية لأي شخص في مسكنة او في مراسلاتة، إلا وفقاً للقانون. (الماده 55)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) Every person has a right to reasonable privacy in respect of his private and family life, his communications with other persons and his personal papers and effects, except to the extent that the exercise of that right is regulated or restricted by law that complies with Section 38 (general qualifications on qualified rights).
… (Sec. 49)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishParents have, with respect to their children born out of wedlock, the same duties as towards their children born in wedlock. All children are equal according to law, and have the same rights of inheritance in intestate successions. The rights of minors or incapacitated children and of destitute parents in testate successions, shall be recognized by law. (Art. 60)
- SpanishLos padres tienen para con sus hijos habidos fuera del matrimonio los mismos deberes que respecto de los nacidos en él. Todos los hijos son iguales ante la Ley y tienen el mismo derecho hereditario en las sucesiones intestadas. La Ley reconocerá los derechos de los hijos menores o inválidos y de los padres desvalidos en las sucesiones testadas. (Art. 60)
Marriage and Family Life
- English
The family constitutes the basic unit [cellule] of the society. The State assures its protection.
Parental authority is exercised by the father and mother or, failing that, by any other person in accordance with the law. (Art. 31) - French
La famille constitue la cellule de base de la société. L'Etat assure sa protection.
L’autorité parentale est exercée par les père et mère ou, à défaut, par toute autre personne conformément à la loi. (Art. 31)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) Matrimony shall be a free union between a man and a woman. Only a civil marriage shall be legal.
(2) Spouses shall have equal rights and obligations in matrimony and the family.
(3) The form of a marriage, the conditions and procedure for its conclusion and termination, and all private and material relations between the spouses shall be established by law. (Art. 46) - Bulgarian(1) Бракът е доброволен съюз между мъж и жена. Законен е само гражданският брак.
(2) Съпрузите имат равни права и задължения в брака и семейството.
(3) Формата на брака, условията и редът за неговото сключване и прекратяване, личните и имуществените отношения между съпрузите се уреждат със закон. (Чл. 46)
Marriage and Family Life
- English…
(2) The State must adopt reasonable policies and measures, within the limits of the resources available to it, to ensure that children—
(a) enjoy family or parental care, or appropriate care when removed from the family environment;
… (Sec. 19)
Marriage and Family Life
- English
The family benefits from the protection of the State.
The rights of the child are protected by the State and by the family taking into account the superior interest of the child.
The State protects and takes [as a] responsibility abandoned children or [children] without affiliation.
Under penalty of criminal prosecution, parents have the obligation of assuring the education of their children.
Under penalty of criminal prosecution, children have the duty to assure aid and assistance to their parents.
... (Art. 71) - Arabic
تحظى الأسرة بحماية الدولة.
حقوق الطفل محمية من طرف الدولة والأسرة مع مراعاة المصلحة العليا للطفل.
تحمي وتكفل الدولة الأطفال المتخلى عنهم أو مجهولي النسب.
تحت طائلة المتابعات الجزائية، يلزم الأولياء بضمان تربية أبنائهم.
تحت طائلة المتابعات الجزائية، يلزم الأبناء بواجب القيام بالإحسان إلى أوليائهم ومساعدتهم.
... (المــادة 71) - French
La famille bénéficie de la protection de l'Etat.
Les droits de l'enfant sont protégés par l’Etat et par la famille en tenant compte de l’intérêt supérieur de l’enfant.
L'Etat protège et prend en charge les enfants abandonnés ou sans filiation.
Sous peine de poursuites pénales, les parents ont l'obligation d'assurer l'éducation de leurs enfants.
Sous peine de poursuites pénales, les enfants ont le devoir d'assurer aide et assistance à leurs parents.
... (Art. 71)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe State shall promote policies having the purpose of avoiding violence in the family environment and other destructive causes of its solidarity. (Art. 60)
- SpanishEl Estado promoverá políticas que tengan por objeto evitar la violencia en el ámbito familiar y otras causas destructoras de su solidaridad. (Art. 60)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishApart from those cases expressly provided for in other Articles of this Fundamental Law, the following are matters reserved to the law:
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c) … the estate and capacity of persons, the matrimonial regimes and inheritance.
… (Art. 69) - SpanishAparte de los casos expresamente previstos en otros artículos de esta Ley Fundamental, son materias reservadas a la ley las siguientes:
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c) … el estado y la capacidad de las personas, los regimens matrimoniales y las sucesiones.
… (Art. 69) - FrenchOutre les cas expressément prévus dans d'autres articles de cette Loi fondamentale, les matières suivantes relèvent du domaine de la loi:
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c) … l'état et la capacité des personnes, les régimes matrimoniaux et les successions.
… (Art. 69)