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Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe State, the public establishments and the territorial collectivities work for the mobilization of all the means available [disponibles] to facilitate the equal access of the citizens to conditions that permit their enjoyment of the right:
• to healthcare;
• to social protection, to medical coverage and to the mutual or organized joint and several liability of the State;
• to a modern, accessible education of quality;
• to education concerning attachment to the Moroccan identity and to the immutable national constants;
• to professional instruction and to physical and artistic education;
• to decent housing;
• to work and to the support of the public powers in matters of searching for employment or of self-employment;
• to access to the public functions according to the merits;
• to the access to water and to a healthy environment;
• to lasting [durable] development. (Art. 31) - Arabicتعمل الدّولة والمؤسّسات العمومية والجماعات الترابية، على تعبئة كل الوسائل المتاحة، لتيسير أسباب استفادة المواطنات والمواطنين، على قدم المساواة، من الحقّ في:
• العناية الصّحية،
• الحماية الاجتماعية والتغطية الصّحية، والتّضامن التعّاضدي أو المنظّم من لدن الدولة،
• الحصول على تعليم عصري، ميسر الولوج وذي جودة،
• تنشئة على التشبث بالهويّة المغربية، والثوابت الوطنية الراسخة،
• التكوين المهني والاستفادة من التّربية البدنية والفنية،
• السّكن اللائق،
• الشّغل والدّعم من طرف السلطات العمومية في البحث عن منصب شغل، أو في التشغيل الذاتي.
• ولوج الوظائف العمومية حسب الاستحقاق،
• الحصول على الماء والعيش في بيئة سليمة
• التنمية المستدامة. (الفصل 31)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishWe the people of Solomon Islands, …
AGREE AND PLEDGE that –
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(b) we shall uphold the principles of equality, social justice and the equitable distribution of incomes;
… (Preamble)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe following rights of persons are recognized and guaranteed:
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2. The right to a decent life that ensures health, food and nutrition, clean water, housing, environmental sanitation, education, work, employment, rest and leisure, sports, clothing, social security and other necessary social services.
… (Art. 66) - SpanishSe reconoce y garantizará a las personas:
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2. El derecho a una vida digna, que asegure la salud, alimentación y nutrición, agua potable, vivienda, saneamiento ambiental, educación, trabajo, empleo, descanso y ocio, cultura física, vestido, seguridad social y otros servicios sociales necesarios.
… (Art. 66)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe State shall protect the widows and orphans of martyrs of war and duty, together with invalid and war veterans, and ensure that they enjoy a decent standard of living.
... (Art. 61) - TurkishDevlet, harp ve vazife şehitlerinin dul ve yetimleriyle, malûl ve gazileri korur ve toplumda kendilerine yaraşır bir hayat seviyesi sağlar.
... (Madde 61)
Public Institutions and Services
- English…
The medias of the State are public services to which access is guaranteed, in an equitable and effective manner to all in the conditions specified by the law.
They have the obligation to favor the democratic debate and to promote the fundamental human rights, the languages and the national sports and cultural products, the national unity, tolerance and solidarity, peace and security, between the different communities, as well as the fight against all forms of discrimination.
… (Art. 158) - French…
Les médias d’État sont des services publics dont l’accès est garanti, de manière équitable et effective à tous dans les conditions définies par la loi.
Ils ont l’obligation de favoriser le débat démocratique et de promouvoir les droits humains fondamentaux, les langues et les produits sportifs et culturels nationaux, l’unité nationale, la tolérance et la solidarité, la paix et la sécurité, entre les différentes communautés, ainsi que la lutte contre toutes formes de discrimination.
… (Art. 158)
Public Institutions and Services
- English
The human person is sacred and inviolable.
The State has the absolute obligation to respect it and to protect it. It guarantees to him a full realization. To this effect, it assures to its citizens the equal access to health, to education, to culture, to information, to vocational training and to employment. (Art. 8) - French
La personne humaine est sacrée et inviolable.
L'Etat a l'obligation absolue de la respecter et de la protéger. Il lui garantit un plein épanouissement. A cet effet, il assure à ses citoyens l'égal accès à la santé, à l'éducation, à la culture, à l’information, à la formation professionnelle et à l'emploi. (Art. 8)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe social security system is public and universal, it cannot be privatized and it shall meet the contingent needs of the population. The protection of contingencies shall be made effective through mandatory universal insurance and its special regimes.
The system shall be guided by the principles of the national system for social inclusion and equity and by those of obligation, adequacy, integration, solidarity, and subsidiarity. (Art. 367) - SpanishEl sistema de seguridad social es público y universal, no podrá privatizarse y atenderá las necesidades contingentes de la población. La protección de las contingencias se hará efectiva a través del seguro universal obligatorio y de sus regímenes especiales.
El sistema se guiará por los principios del sistema nacional de inclusión y equidad social y por los de obligatoriedad, suficiencia, integración, solidaridad y subsidiaridad. (Art. 367)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe state shall guarantee social security for all citizens in cases of illness, disability, unemployment, old age or the loss of support. The state shall especially guarantee this, according to the Law, for the families of those killed in war. (Art. 56)
- Arabicتكفل الدّولة توفير الضمانات الاجتماعية للمواطنين كافةً في حالات المرض أو العجز أو البطالة أو الشيخوخة أو فقدان العائل، كما تكفل ذلك بصفة خاصة لأسر الشهداء وفقاً للقانون. (المادّة 56)
Public Institutions and Services
- English(1) Where any benefits to which this section applies can be withheld, reduced in amount or suspended by any law, those benefits shall not be so withheld, reduced in amount or suspended—
a. in the case of benefits which have been granted in respect of service in the public service of any person who at the time when he ceased to be a public-officer was subject to the jurisdiction of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission or for which any person may be eligible in respect of such service, without the approval of that Commission; or
b. in any other case, without the approval of the Public Service Commission or the appropriate Council, as the case may be.
(2) No benefits to which this section applies that have been granted to or in respect of any person who is or has been a Judge of the High Court, a Justice of Appeal or of the Supreme Court, or a former Judge of the Supreme Court or for which any such person or his widow, children, dependants or personal representatives may be eligible, shall be withheld, reduced in amount or suspended on the ground that that person has been guilty of misconduct or misbehavior unless that person has been removed from judicial office by reason of such misconduct or misbehaviour.
(3) This section applies to any benefits payable under any law providing for the grant of pensions, gratuities or compensation to persons who are or have been public officers in respect of their service in the public service or to the widows, children, dependants or personal representatives of such persons in respect of such service whether on a contributory or non-contributory basis. (Sec. 162)
Public Institutions and Services
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(17) the Nation shall protect and promote the family which is the natural foundation of human society. It shall protect women, the young, the elderly and the disabled;
… (Preamble) - French…
(17) La nation protège et encourage la famille, base naturelle de la société humaine. Elle protège la femme, les jeunes, les personnes âgées et les personnes handicapées;
… (Préambule)