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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe State recognizes the right of persons to freely and responsibly decide the number and the frequency of the birth of their children, as well as to receive, in coordination with the pertinent organs[,] education, scientific orientation, and adequate services in the matter.
Special plans of reproductive health and maternal-child health [care] for people of scarce resources will be established. (Art. 61) - SpanishEl Estado reconoce el derecho de las personas a decidir libre y responsablemente el número y la frecuencia del nacimiento de sus hijos, así como a recibir, en coordinación con los organismos pertinentes educación, orientación científica y servicios adecuados, en la materia.
Se establecerán planes especiales de salud reproductiva y salud materno infantil para la población de escasos recursos. (Art. 61)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) The raising and upbringing of children until they come of legal age shall be a right and obligation of their parents and shall be assisted by the State.
(2) Mothers shall be the object of special protection on the part of the State and shall be guaranteed prenatal and postnatal leave, free obstetric care, alleviated working conditions and other social assistance.
(3) Children born out of wedlock shall enjoy equal rights with those born in wedlock.
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(5) The conditions and procedure for the restriction or suspension of parental rights shall be established by law. (Art. 47) - Bulgarian(1) Отглеждането и възпитанието на децата до пълнолетието им е право и задължение на техните родители и се подпомага от държавата.
(2) Жената майка се ползва от особената закрила на държавата, която й осигурява платен отпуск преди и след раждане, безплатна акушерска помощ, облекчаване на труда и други социални помощи.
(3) Децата, родени извън брака, имат равни права с родените в брака.
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(5) Условията и редът за ограничаване или отнемане на родителските права се определя със закон. (Чл. 47)
Marriage and Family Life
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The freedoms of each citizen, taken together[,] are exercised with respect for the rights recognized to others by the Constitution, particularly with respect for the right to the honor, to the intimacy and to the protection of the family, and to that of infancy and of youth. (Art. 81)
- Arabic
يمارس كل شخص جميع الحرّيات في إطار احترام الحقوق المعترَف بها للغير في الـدّستور، لاسـيّام منها احـتـرام الـحـق في الـشّرف، والحياة الخاصّة، وحماية الأسرة والطفولة والشّباب. (المــادة 81)
- French
L'ensemble des libertés de chaque citoyen s'exerce dans le respect des droits reconnus à autrui par la Constitution, particulièrement dans le respect du droit à l'honneur, à la vie privée, à la protection de la famille et à celle de l'enfance et de la jeunesse. (Art. 81)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) The Sharia Court of Appeal of a State shall, in addition to such other jurisdiction as may be conferred upon it by the law of the State, exercise such appellate and supervisory jurisdiction in civil proceedings involving questions of Islamic personal Law which the court is competent to decide in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2) of this section.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section, the sharia Court of Appeal shall be competent to decide –
(a) any question of Islamic personal Law regarding a marriage concluded in accordance with that Law, including a question relating to the validity or dissolution of such a marriage or a question that depends on such a marriage and relating to family relationship or the guardianship of an infant;
(b) where all the parties to the proceedings are muslims, any question of Islamic personal Law regarding a marriage, including the validity or dissolution of that marriage, or regarding family relationship, a founding or the guarding of an infant;
(c) any question of Islamic personal Law regarding a wakf, gift, will or succession where the endower, donor, testator or deceased person is a muslim;
(d) any question of Islamic personal Law regarding an infant, prodigal or person of unsound mind who is a muslim or the maintenance or the guardianship of a muslim who is physically or mentally infirm; or
(e) where all the parties to the proceedings, being muslims, have requested the court that hears the case in the first instance to determine that case in accordance with Islamic personal law, any other question. (Sec. 277)
Marriage and Family Life
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The parents will have the preferential right to choose the education of their children. (Art. 55) - Spanish…
Los padres tendrán derecho preferente a escoger la educación de sus hijos. (Art. 55)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) An appeal shall lie from decisions of the Court of Appeal to Her Majesty in Council as of right in the following cases—
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(b) final decisions in proceedings for dissolution or nullity of marriage;
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishStatutes shall determine the rules concerning:
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- … the status and capacity of persons, matrimonial property systems, inheritance and gifts;
… (1958 Constitution, Art. 34) - FrenchLa loi fixe les règles concernant:
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- … l'état et la capacité des personnes, les régimes matrimoniaux, les successions et libéralités;
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishNo one may be made the object of arbitrary interference [immixtion] of their private life, their family, their domicile or their correspondence, or to threats to their honor and to their reputation.
… (Art. 43) - KirundiUmuntu wese arafise uburenganzira bwo gutunganya ivyiwe atawumwinjiriye kubera akarenganyo mu rugo rwiwe, mu twiwe n’abiwe no mu makete yanditse canke yandikiwe. Ntawurekuriwe kandi gukurako urupfasoni umuntu n’ukumwandagaza.
… (Ingingo ya 43) - FrenchNul ne peut faire l’objet d’immixtion arbitraire dans sa vie privée, sa famille, son domicile ou sa correspondance, ni d’atteintes à son honneur et à sa réputation.
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe State recognises the unique status and natural maternal functions of women in society and undertakes as a result to take appropriate measures to ensure that a working mother is afforded special protection with regard to paid leave and her conditions at work during such reasonable period as provided by law before and after childbirth. (Art. 30)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishEvery person is entitled to protection of his or her honor, private life, intimacy, self-image, confidentiality and reputation.
The use of electronic information shall be restricted by law in order to guarantee the personal and family intimacy and honor of citizens and the full exercise of their rights. (Art. 60) - SpanishToda persona tiene derecho a la protección de su honor, vida privada, intimidad, propia imagen, confidencialidad y reputación.
La ley limitará el uso de la informática para garantizar el honor y la intimidad personal y familiar de los ciudadanos y ciudadanas y el pleno ejercicio de sus derechos. (Art. 60)