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Khmer citizens of both sexes shall have the right to enjoy social security and other social benefits as determined by law.
… (Art. 36) - Khmer…
ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរទាំងពីរភេទ មានសិទ្ធិទទួលការធានា រ៉ាប់រងសង្គម និងអត្ថប្រយោជន៍ខាងសង្គមកិច្ចដែលមាន ចែងក្នុងច្បាប់។
… (មាត្រា ៣៦)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe state shall take care of the creation of conditions in which an optimal satisfaction of the basic needs for work, food, health care, education, energy, clothing and communication is obtained. (Art. 24)
- DutchDe Staat draagt zorg voor het scheppen van omstandigheden, waardoor een optimale bevrediging van de basisbehoeften aan het werk, voeding, gezondheid, onderwijs, energie, kleding en communicatie verkregen wordt. (Art. 24)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe State shall provide immediate and adequate care, benefits, and other forms of assistance to war veterans and veterans of military campaigns, their surviving spouses and orphans.
… (Art. XVI, Sec. 7) - FilipinoAng Estado ay dapat maglaan ng kagyat at sapat na pangangalaga, mga benepisyo, at iba pang mga anyo ng tulong sa mga beterano ng digmaan at mga beterano ng mga kampanyang militar, kanilang mga balo at mga naulila.
… (Art. XVI, Seksyon 7)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishI. The State shall regulate the financial system based on criterion of equality of opportunity, solidarity, equitable distribution and redistribution.
… (Art. 330) - SpanishI. El Estado regulará el sistema financiero con criterios de igualdad de oportunidades, solidaridad, distribución y redistribución equitativa.
… (Art. 330)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe Parliament shall, subject to this Constitution, have power to make laws for the peace, order, and good government of the Commonwealth with respect to:
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xxiii. invalid and old-age pensions;
xxiiiA. the provision of maternity allowances, widows' pensions, child endowment, unemployment, pharmaceutical, sickness and hospital benefits, medical and dental services (but not so as to authorize any form of civil conscription), benefits to students and family allowances;
… (Sec. 51)
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(3) Recognising that the most secure democracy is one that assures the basic necessities of life for its people, the State shall endeavour to establish an efficient, dynamic and self-reliant economy whose underlying principles shall include ensuring:
(a) ample and equal economic opportunity for all citizens and a pronounced role for the private sector, and the encouragement of private initiative;
… (Sec. 215)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe State shall undertake or ensure that the basic utility services which are essential for the subsistence of the people be provided in a comprehensive manner in accordance with sustainable development.
In respect of the basic structure or network of basic public utility services of the State which are essential for the people’s subsistence or for security of the State, the State shall not conduct any act which renders the ownership to be under the private sector or the ownership of the State to be less than fifty one percent. ... (Sec. 56) - Thaiรัฐต้องจัดหรือดําเนินการให้มีสาธารณูปโภคขั้นพื้นฐานที่จําเป็นต่อการดํารงชีวิตของประชาชนอย่างทั่วถึงตามหลักการพัฒนาอย่างยั่งยืน
โครงสร้างหรือโครงข่ายขั้นพื้นฐานของกิจการสาธารณูปโภคขั้นพื้นฐานของรัฐอันจําเป็นต่อการดํารงชีวิตของประชาชนหรือเพื่อความมั่นคงของรัฐ รัฐจะกระทําด้วยประการใดให้ตกเป็นกรรมสิทธิ์ของเอกชนหรือทําให้รัฐเป็นเจ้าของน้อยกว่าร้อยละห้าสิบเอ็ดมิได้ ... (มาตรา ๕๖)
Public Institutions and Services
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To the President of the Republic will likewise correspond the exclusive initiative to:
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4. Establish, modify, concede or augment remunerations, retirement payments, pensions, widows’ and orphans’ allowances, earnings [rentas] and any other class of emoluments, loans or benefits to active or retired personnel and to beneficiaries of widows’ and orphans’ allowances, in such case, of the public administration and of the other organs [organismos] and entities specified above, with the exception of the remunerations of the offices indicated in the first paragraph of Article 38bis, as well as establishing the minimum remuneration of the workers of the private sector, obligatorily augmenting their remunerations and other economic benefits or to alter the bases for determining them; all of which without prejudice to that provided in the following Numerals;
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6. Establish or modify the norms concerning social security or those related [incidir] to them, of both the public sector and the private sector.
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Corresponderá, asimismo, al Presidente de la República la iniciativa exclusiva para:
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4º.- Fijar, modificar, conceder o aumentar remuneraciones, jubilaciones, pensiones, montepíos, rentas y cualquiera otra clase de emolumentos, préstamos o beneficios al personal en servicio o en retiro y a los beneficiarios de montepío, en su caso, de la Administración Pública y demás organismos y entidades anteriormente señalados, con excepción de las remuneraciones de los cargos indicados en el inciso primero del artículo 38 bis, como asimismo fijar las remuneraciones mínimas de los trabajadores del sector privado, aumentar obligatoriamente sus remuneraciones y demás beneficios económicos o alterar las bases que sirvan para determinarlos; todo ello sin perjuicio de lo dispuesto en los números si guientes;
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6º.- Establecer o modificar las normas sobre seguridad social o que incidan en ella, tanto del sector público como del sector privado.
… (Art. 65)
Public Institutions and Services
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The public services guarantee equal access and non-discriminatory treatment to all users.
The public services are organized on the basis of the principle of continuity, of constant adaptation and of equitable coverage of the national territory or, the case arising, assuring a minimum service. (Art. 27) - Arabic
تضمن المرافق العمومية لكل مرتفق التساوي في الحصول على الخدمات، وبدون تمييز.
تقوم المرافق العمومية على مبادئ الاستمرارية، والتكيّف المستمر، والتغطية المنصفة للتراب الوطني، وعند الاقتضاء، ضمان حد أدنى من الخدمة. (المادة 27) - French
Les services publics garantissent un égal accès et un traitement non discriminatoire à tout usager.
Les services publics sont organisés sur la base du principe de continuité, d’adaptation constante et d’une couverture équitable du territoire national ou, le cas échéant, assurent un service minimum. (Art. 27)
Public Institutions and Services
- English1. Where under any law any person or authority has a discretion—
a. to decide whether or not any pensions 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 decision to withhold them, reduce them in amount or suspend them.
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5. In this section “pensions benefits” means any pensions, compensation, gratuities or other like allowances for persons in respect of their service as public officers or for the widows, children, dependants or personal representatives of such persons in respect of such service. (Sec. 151)