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Public Institutions and Services
Cabo Verde
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2. The family should be protected by the society and by the State so as to permit the creation of conditions for the compliance with its social function and for the personal realization of its members.
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4. The State and social institutions must create conditions that will ensure the unity and stability of the family. (Art. 87) - Portuguese...
2. A família deverá ser protegida pela sociedade e pelo Estado de modo a permitir a criação das condições para o cumprimento da sua função social e para a realização pessoal dos seus membros.
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4. O Estado e as instituições sociais devem criar as condições que assegurem a unidade e a estabilidade da família. (Art. 87)
Public Institutions and Services
Armenia
- EnglishFamily, being the natural and fundamental cell of society and the basis for the preservation and reproduction of the population, as well as motherhood and childhood shall be under special protection and aegis of the state. (Art. 16)
- ArmenianԸնտանիքը, որպես հասարակության բնական և հիմնական բջիջ, բնակչության պահպանման և վերարտադրման հիմք, ինչպես նաև մայրությունը և մանկությունը պետության հատուկ պաշտպանության և հովանավորության ներքո են: (Հոդված 16)
Public Institutions and Services
Kenya
- English1. Every person has the right-
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e. to social security; ...
3. The State shall provide appropriate social security to persons who are unable to support themselves and their dependants. (Art. 43) - Swahili1. Kila mtu ana haki-
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e. ya ulinzi wa kijamii; ...
3. Serikali itatoa ulinzi stahiki wa kijamii kwa watu ambao hawawezi kujihudumia na kuwahudumia tegemezi wao. (Kifungu cha 43)
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Bulgaria
- EnglishThe family, motherhood and children shall enjoy the protection of the State and society. (Art. 14)
- BulgarianСемейството, майчинството и децата са под закрила на държавата и обществото. (Чл. 14)
Public Institutions and Services
Cuba
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The State encourages the holistic development of women and their full social participation. It ensures the exercise of their sexual and reproductive rights, protects them from gender-based violence in all of its forms and in all spaces, and creates the institutional and legal mechanisms to do so. (Art. 43) - Spanish…
El Estado propicia el desarrollo integral de las mujeres y su plena participación social. Asegura el ejercicio de sus derechos sexuales y reproductivos, las protege de la violencia de género en cualquiera de sus manifestaciones y espacios, y crea los mecanismos institucionales y legales para ello. (Art. 43)
Public Institutions and Services
Côte d’Ivoire
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The family constitutes the basic unit [cellule] of the society. The State assures its protection.
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La famille constitue la cellule de base de la société. L'Etat assure sa protection.
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Cambodia
- EnglishThe health of the people shall be guaranteed. The State shall give full consideration to disease prevention and medical cares. Poor people shall receive free medical consultations in public hospitals, infirmaries and maternities.
The State shall establish infirmaries and maternities in rural areas. (Art. 72) - Khmerសុខភាពរបស់ប្រជារាស្ត្រត្រូវបានធានា ។ រដ្ឋយកចិត្តទុកដាក់ដល់ការការពារជំងឺ និងព្យាបាលជំងឺ ។ ប្រជារាស្ត្រ ក្រីក្រត្រូវបានទទួលការពិនិត្យរោគដោយឥតបង់ថ្លៃនៅតាមមន្ទីរពេទ្យ គិលានដ្ឋាន និងមន្ទីរសម្ភពសាធារណៈ។
រដ្ឋរៀបចំឱ្យមានគិលានដ្ឋាន និងមន្ទីរសម្ភពដល់ជនបទ។ (មាត្រា ៧២)
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China
- EnglishThe State Council exercises the following functions and powers:
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(7) To direct and administer the work concerning education, science, culture, public health, physical culture and family planning;
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(七)领导和管理教育、科学、文化、卫生、体育和计划生育工作;
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Public Institutions and Services
Morocco
- EnglishThe family, founded on the legal ties of marriage, is the basic unit [cellule] of society.
The State works to guarantee, by the law, the protection of the family under the juridical, social and economic plans, in a manner to guarantee its unity, its stability and its preservation.
It assures one equal juridical protection and one equal social and moral consideration to all children, [being the] abstraction made from their familial situation.
Fundamental instruction [enseignement] is a right of the child and an obligation of the family and of the State.
A Consultative Council of the Family and of Childhood [Conseil consultatif de la famille et de l'enfance] is created. (Art. 32) - Arabicالأسرة القائمة على علاقة الزواج الشرعي هي الخلية الأساسية للمجتمع.
تعمل الدولة على ضمان الحماية الحقوقية والاجتماعية والاقتصادية للأسرة، بمقتضى القانون، بما يضمن وحدتها واستقرارها والمحافظة عليها.
تسعى الدولة لتوفير الحماية القانونية، والاعتبار الاجتماعي والمعنوي لجميع الأطفال، بكيفية متساوية، بصرف النظر عن وضعيتهم العائلية.
التعليم الأساسي حق للطفل وواجب على الأسرة والدولة.
يحدث مجلس استشاري للأسرة والطفولة. (الفصل 32)
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Hungary
- EnglishThe State shall strive to use the latest technical solutions and the achievements of science to make its operation efficient, raise the standard of public services, improve the transparency of public affairs and promote equal opportunity. (Freedom and Responsibility, Article XXVI)
- HungarianAz állam - a működésének hatékonysága, a közszolgáltatások színvonalának emelése, a közügyek jobb átláthatósága és az esélyegyenlőség előmozdítása érdekében - törekszik az új műszaki megoldásoknak és a tudomány eredményeinek az alkalmazására. (Szabadság és Felelősség, XXVI. cikk)