SEARCH DATABASE
The Global Gender Equality Constitutional Database is a repository of gender equality related provisions in 194 constitutions from around the world. The Database was updated in partnership with the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and with support from the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) and the Government of Japan. Experience its wealth and depth of information by starting your search now.
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishResponsible maternity and paternity will be protected by the State, which will promote the creation of [the] necessary institutions to these ends. (Art. 55)
- SpanishLa maternidad y la paternidad responsables serán protegidas por el Estado, el cual fomentará la creación de instituciones necesarias para dichos fines. (Art. 55)
Public Institutions and Services
- English
(1) The power to grant any award under any pensions law for the time being in force in Barbados (other than an award to which, under that law, the person to whom it is payable is entitled as of right) and, in accordance with any provisions in that behalf contained in any such law, to withhold, reduce in amount or suspend any award payable under any such law is hereby vested in the President.
…
(7) In this section “pensions law” means any law relating to the grant to any person or to the widow, children, dependants or personal representatives of that person, of an award of any pension, compensation, gratuity or other like allowance in respect of the service of that person in a public office. (Sec. 104)
Public Institutions and Services
- English(1) Where under any law any person or authority has a discretion-
a. to decide whether or not any pension benefits shall be granted; or
b. to withhold, reduce in amount or suspend any such benefits that have been granted, those benefits shall be granted and may not be withheld, reduced in amount or suspended unless the Public Service Commission concurs in the refusal to grant the benefits or, as the case may be, in the decisions to withhold them, reduce them in amount or suspend them.
…
(5) In this section "pensions benefits" means any pensions, compensation, gratuities or other like allowances for persons in respect of their service as judge or officer of the Supreme Court or public officers or for the widows, children, dependants or personal representatives of such persons in respect of such service. (Sec. 89)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishWhereas the People of Trinidad and Tobago—
…
(b) respect the principles of social justice and therefore believe that the operation of the economic system should result in the material resources of the community being so distributed as to subserve the common good, that there should be adequate means of livelihood for all, that labour should not be exploited or forced by economic necessity to operate in inhumane conditions but that there should be opportunity for advancement on the basis of recognition of merit, ability and integrity;
... (Preamble)
Public Institutions and Services
- English
The following are rights of urban and rural workers, among others that aim to improve their social conditions:
…
XII – family allowance paid to each dependent of low-income workers, under the terms of the law;
…
XXV – free assistance for children and dependents of up to five years of age, in day-care centres and pre-school facilities;
… (Art. 7) - Portuguese
São direitos dos trabalhadores urbanos e rurais, além de outros que visem à melhoria de sua condição social:
...
XII - salário-família pago em razão do dependente do trabalhador de baixa renda nos termos da lei;
...
XXV - assistência gratuita aos filhos e dependentes desde o nascimento até 5 (cinco) anos de idade em creches e pré-escolas;
... (Art. 7)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe administrative function is at the service of the general interests and is developed on the foundation of the principles of equality, morality, efficiency, economy, swiftness, impartiality, and publicity through the decentralization, the delegation, and the deconcentration of functions.
The administrative authorities must coordinate their actions for the appropriate fulfillment of the objectives of the State. The public administration, in all its orders, shall have an internal control that shall be exercised within the terms that the law specifies. (Art. 209) - SpanishLa función administrativa está al servicio de los intereses generales y se desarrolla con fundamento en los principios de igualdad, moralidad, eficacia, economía, celeridad, imparcialidad y publicidad, mediante la descentralización, la delegación y la desconcentración de funciones.
Las autoridades administrativas deben coordinar sus actuaciones para el adecuado cumplimiento de los fines del Estado. La administración pública, en todos sus órdenes, tendrá un control interno que se ejercerá en los términos que señale la ley. (Art. 209)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe Public Administration is subject in its conduct to the principles of efficiency, hierarchy, objectivity, equality, transparency, economy, publicity, and coordination, with full submission to the juridical set of laws of the State.
… (Art. 138) - SpanishLa Administración Pública está sujeta en su actuación a los principios de eficacia, jerarquía, objetividad, igualdad, transparencia, economía, publicidad y coordinación, con sometimiento pleno al ordenamiento jurídico del Estado.
… (Art. 138)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe central State shall have exclusive jurisdiction over:
…
6. Policies on … health, social security and housing.
… (Art. 261)6 - SpanishEl Estado central tendrá competencias exclusivas sobre:
…
6. Las políticas de … salud, seguridad social, vivienda.
… (Art. 261)
Public Institutions and Services
- English…
The law will determine the duties of the State and will create the institutions for the protection of the maternity and the infancy. (Art. 34) - Spanish…
La ley determinará los deberes del Estado y creará las instituciones para la protección de la maternidad y de la infancia. (Art. 34)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishIt must also protect all families regardless of whether they are constituted within the bonds of marriage. It must endeavor to aid and assist mothers, children and the aged. (Art. 260)
- FrenchIl doit une égale protection à toutes les Familles qu'elles soient constituées ou non dans les liens du mariage. Il doit procurer aide et assistance à la maternité, à l'enfance et à la vieillesse. (Art. 260)