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Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) Children shall have the right from birth to a name, the right to acquire a nationality and, subject to legislation enacted in the best interest of children, to know and be cared for by their parents.
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Marriage and Family Life
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... The [female] and [male] citizens and the family are protagonist elements in the making of decisions, planning and administration [gestión] of the public affairs of the State. (Art. 6)
- Spanish
... Las ciudadanas y ciudadanos y la familia son elementos protagónicos en la toma de decisiones, planificación y gestión de los asuntos públicos del Estado. (Art. 6)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishI. Every individual, or collective, that believes he or she to be unjustly or illegally impeded from knowing, objecting to, or achieving the elimination or correction of information registered by any physical electronic, magnetic or computerized form, in public or private files or data banks, or that might affect his or her fundamental right to intimacy and personal or family privacy, or his or her own image, honor and reputation, shall file a complaint of Action for Protection of Privacy.
… (Art. 130) - SpanishI. Toda persona individual o colectiva que crea estar indebida o ilegalmente impedida de conocer, objetar u obtener la eliminación o rectificación de los datos registrados por cualquier medio físico, electrónico, magnético o informático, en archivos o bancos de datos públicos o privados, o que afecten a su derecho fundamental a la intimidad y privacidad personal o familiar, o a su propia imagen, honra y reputación, podrá interponer la Acción de Protección de Privacidad.
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Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) Every person shall have the right to establish a family and to procreate based upon lawful marriage.
… (Art. 28B) - Indonesian(1) Setiap orang berhak membentuk keluarga dan melanjutkan keturunan melalui perkawinan yang sah.
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Marriage and Family Life
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(4) Every person has the right to found a family.
Every person has the right to respect for their family life.
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Each child has the right to the protection, measures and care necessary for his well-being and development.
… (Art. 15)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishParliament shall—
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(c) enact legislation—
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(iii) to regulate the recognition and protection of matrimonial property and in particular the matrimonial home during and on the termination of marriage;
… (Art. 68) - SwahiliBunge-
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(c) litatunga sheria-
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(iii) ili kudhibiti utambuzi na ulinzi wa mali ya wana ndoa na hususani nyumba ya wanandoa wakati na siku ya kuvunjika kwa ndoa;
… (Kifungu cha 68)
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
- EnglishAll persons have the right to their personal and family privacy and to their good name, and the State must respect them and have them respected.
… (Art. 15) - SpanishTodas las personas tienen derecho a su intimidad personal y familiar y a su buen nombre, y el Estado debe respetarlos y hacerlos respetar.
… (Art. 15)
Marriage and Family Life
- English1. Marriage and family life shall be entered into and sustained on the basis of individual dignity and equality of the sexes, and the State shall guarantee the foregoing.
2. The State shall endeavor to protect motherhood.
… (Art. 36) - Korean①혼인과 가족생활은 개인의 존엄과 양성의 평등을 기초로 성립되고 유지되어야 하며, 국가는 이를 보장한다.
②국가는 모성의 보호를 위하여 노력하여야 한다.
… (제36조)
Marriage and Family Life
- English
The temporary replacement of a member of the States General during pregnancy and maternity leave or during illness shall be regulated by Act of Parliament. (Art. 57a)
- Dutch
De wet regelt de tijdelijke vervanging van een lid van de Staten-Generaal wegens zwangerschap en bevalling, alsmede wegens ziekte. (Art. 57a)