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Marriage and Family Life
- English
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Health care for children, pregnant women, mothers on maternity leave, single parents with children under seven years of age and elderly persons shall be provided from public revenues unless it is provided in some other manner in accordance with the law.
… (Art. 68) - Serbian Cyrillic
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Деца, труднице, мајке током породиљског одсуства, самохрани родитељи са децом до седме године и стари остварују здравствену заштиту из јавних прихода, ако је не остварују на други начин, у складу са законом.
… (Члан 68)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishWhereas the People of Trinidad and Tobago-
(a) have affirmed that the Nation of Trinidad and Tobago is founded upon principles that acknowledge the supremacy of God, faith in fundamental human rights and freedoms, the position of the family in a society of free men and free institutions, the dignity of the human person and the equal and inalienable rights with which all members of the human family are endowed by their Creator;
… (Preamble)
Marriage and Family Life
- English1. Subject to subsections (4), (5) and (7), no law shall make any provision that is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect.
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3. In this section, 'discriminatory" means affording different treatment to different persons attributable wholly or mainly to their respective descriptions by race, caste, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex 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 that are not accorded to persons of another such description.
4. Subsection (1) shall not apply to any law so far as that law makes provision
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c. for the application, in the case of persons of any such description as is mentioned in subsection (3) (or of persons connected with such persons), of the law with respect to adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, devolution of property on death or other like matters that is the personal law applicable to persons of that description.
… (Sec. 16)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe State shall guarantee the rights of pregnant and breast-feeding women to:
1. Not be discriminated for their pregnancy in education, social, and labor sectors.
2. Free maternal healthcare services.
3. Priority protection and care of their integral health and life during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum.
4. The facilities needed for their recovery after pregnancy and during breast-feeding. (Art. 43) - SpanishEl Estado garantizará a las mujeres embarazadas y en periodo de lactancia los derechos a:
1. No ser discriminadas por su embarazo en los ámbitos educativo, social y laboral.
2. La gratuidad de los servicios de salud materna.
3. La protección prioritaria y cuidado de su salud integral y de su vida durante el embarazo, parto y posparto.
4. Disponer de las facilidades necesarias para su recuperación después del embarazo y durante el periodo de lactancia. (Art. 43)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe rights of a mother during the period prior to and after giving birth shall be protected and assisted as provided by law. … (Sec. 48)
- Thaiสิทธิของมารดาในช่วงก่อนและหลังการคลอดบุตรย่อมได้รับความคุ้มครองและช่วยเหลือตามที่กฎหมายบัญญัติ … (มาตรา ๔๘)
Marriage and Family Life
- English1 In the fulfillment of its duties, the Confederation shall take account of the needs of families. It may support measures for the protection of families.
2 It may issue regulations on child allowances and operate a federal family allowances compensation fund.
3 It shall establish a maternity insurance scheme. It may also require persons who cannot benefit from that insurance to make contributions.
4 The Confederation may declare participation in a family allowances compensation fund and the maternity insurance scheme to be compulsory, either in general terms or for individual sections of the population, and make its subsidies dependent on appropriate subsidies being made by the Cantons. (Art. 116) - French1 Dans l’accomplissement de ses tâches, la Confédération prend en considération les besoins de la famille. Elle peut soutenir les mesures destinées à protéger la famille.
2 Elle peut légiférer sur les allocations familiales et gérer une caisse fédérale de compensation en matière d’allocations familiales.
3 Elle institue une assurance-maternité. Elle peut également soumettre à l’obligation de cotiser les personnes qui ne peuvent bénéficier des prestations d’assurance.
4 Elle peut déclarer l’affiliation à une caisse de compensation familiale et l’assurance-maternité obligatoires, de manière générale ou pour certaines catégories de personnes, et faire dépendre ses prestations d’une juste contribution des cantons. (Art. 116) - German1 Der Bund berücksichtigt bei der Erfüllung seiner Aufgaben die Bedürfnisse der Familie. Er kann Massnahmen zum Schutz der Familie unterstützen.
2 Er kann Vorschriften über die Familienzulagen erlassen und eine eidgenössische Familienausgleichskasse führen.
3 Er richtet eine Mutterschaftsversicherung ein. Er kann auch Personen zu Beiträgen verpflichten, die nicht in den Genuss der Versicherungsleistungen gelangen können.
4 Der Bund kann den Beitritt zu einer Familienausgleichskasse und die Mutterschaftsversicherung allgemein oder für einzelne Bevölkerungsgruppen obligatorisch erklären und seine Leistungen von angemessenen Leistungen der Kantone abhängig machen. (Art. 116) - Italian1 Nell’adempimento dei suoi compiti la Confederazione prende in considerazione i bisogni della famiglia. Può sostenere provvedimenti a tutela della famiglia.
2 Può emanare prescrizioni sugli assegni familiari e gestire una cassa federale di compensazione familiare.
3 La Confederazione istituisce un’assicurazione per la maternità. Può essere obbligato a versare contributi anche chi non può fruire delle prestazioni assicurative.
4 La Confederazione può dichiarare obbligatoria l’affiliazione a casse di compensazione familiari e all’assicurazione per la maternità, in generale o per singoli gruppi della popolazione, e subordinare le sue prestazioni ad adeguate prestazioni dei Cantoni. (Art. 116)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishFamily is the fundamental pillar of the society, and shall be protected by the state. The state shall adopt necessary measures to attain the physical and spiritual health of the family, especially of the child and mother, upbringing of children, as well as the elimination of related traditions contrary to the principles of the sacred religion of Islam. (Art. 54)
- Dariخانواده ركن اساسی جامعه را تشكیل می دهد و مورد حمایت دولت قرار دارد. دولت به منظور تأمین سلامت جسمی و روحی خانواده، بالاخص طفل و مادر، تربیت اطفال و برای از بین بردن رسوم مغایر با احكام دین مقدس اسلام تدابیر لاازم اتخاذ می كند. (مادۀ ۵۴)
- Pashtoكورنۍ د ټولنې اساسي ركن دى او د دولت تر پاملرنې لاندې ده. دولت د كورنۍ او په ځانګړې توگه د مور او ماشوم د جسمي او روحي روغتيا د تأمين، د ماشومانو د روزنې او د اسلام د سپېڅلي دين له احكامو سره د مغايرو رسومو د له منځه و ړو لپاره لازم تدبيرونه نيسي. (۵۴ ماده)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe Law determines the fundamental principles:
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- of the protection of the family;
… (Art. 100) - FrenchLa loi détermine les principes fondamentaux :
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- de la protection de la famille ;
... (Art. 100)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe law will regulate the personal and patrimonial relations of the spouses among themselves, and between themselves and their children, establishing the rights and reciprocal duties over equitable bases; and will create the necessary institutions to guarantee its applicability. Likewise it will regulate the family relations resulting from the stable union of a man and a woman. (Art. 33)
- SpanishLa ley regulará las relaciones personales y patrimoniales de los cónyuges entre sí y entre ellos y sus hijos, estableciendo los derechos y deberes recíprocos sobre bases equitativas; y creará las instituciones necesarias para garantizar su aplicabilidad. Regulará asimismo las relaciones familiars resultantes de la unión estable de un varón y una mujer. (Art. 33)
Marriage and Family Life
- English
Everyone shall have the right to inviolability of private life, personal and family secrets, protection of honor and dignity.
… (Art. 31) - Uzbek
Har bir inson shaxsiy hayotining daxlsizligi, shaxsiy va oilaviy sirga ega bo‘lish, o‘z sha’ni va qadr-qimmatini himoya qilish huquqiga ega.
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