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Public Institutions and Services
Guatemala
- EnglishThe State will protect the physical, mental, and moral health of the minors of age and of the elderly. It will guarantee to them their right to food, health, education, and security and social prevision. (Art. 51)
- SpanishEl Estado protegerá la salud física, mental y moral de los menores de edad y de los ancianos. Les garantizará su derecho a la alimentación, salud, educación y seguridad y previsión social. (Art. 51)
Public Institutions and Services
Lithuania
- EnglishThe State shall take care of families raising and bringing up children at home, and shall render them support according to the procedure established by law.
… (Art. 39) - LithuanianValstybė globoja šeimas, auginančias ir auklėjančias vaikus namuose, įstatymo nustatyta tvarka teikia joms paramą.
... (39 straipsnis)
Public Institutions and Services
South Sudan
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4. The National Government shall endeavour to build institutional, human, social and economic capacity, develop infrastructure and social services and raise the standard of public services to attain the Millennium Development Goals.
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6. National wealth and other resources shall be allocated in a manner that will enable each level of government to discharge its legal and constitutional responsibilities and duties and ensure that the quality of life and dignity of all the people are promoted without discrimination on grounds of gender, religion, political affiliation, ethnicity, language or locality.
… (Art. 169)
Public Institutions and Services
Jamaica
- English1. Subject to the provisions of section 134 of this Constitution, the law applicable to the grant and payment to any officer, or to his widow, children, dependants or personal representatives, of any pension, compensations, gratuity or other like allowance (in this section and in sections 133 and 134 of this Constitution referred to as an “award”) in respect of the service of that officer in a public office shall be that in force on the relevant day or any later law not less favourable to the person concerned.
… (Sec. 132)
Public Institutions and Services
Iraq
- EnglishFirst:
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B. The State shall guarantee the protection of motherhood, childhood and old age, shall care for children and youth, and shall provide them with the appropriate conditions to develop their talents and abilities.
… (Art. 29) - Arabicأولاً:
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ب ـ تكفل الدولة حماية الأمومة والطفولة والشيخوخة، وترعى النّشئ والشباب، وتوفر لهم الظروف المناسبة لتنمية ملكاتهم وقدراتهم.
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Public Institutions and Services
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of
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The State shall afford special protection to mothers and children by providing maternity leave, reduced working hours for mothers with several children, a wide network of maternity hospitals, crèches and kindergartens, and other measures.
… (Art. 77) - Korean…
국가는 산전산후휴가의 보장, 여러 어린이를 가진 어머니를 위한 로동시간의 단축, 산원, 탁아소와 유치원망의 확장 그밖의 시책을 통하여 어머니와 어린이를 특별히 보호한다.
... (제77조)
Public Institutions and Services
Portugal
- English1. As a fundamental element in society, the family has the right to protection by society and the state and to the effective implementation of all the conditions needed to enable family members to achieve personal fulfilment.
2. In order to protect the family, the state is particularly charged with:
a) Promoting the social and economic independence of households;
b) Promoting the creation of, and guaranteeing access to, a national network of crèches and other social facilities designed to support the family, together with a policy for the elderly;
c) Cooperating with parents in relation to their children's education;
d) With respect for individual freedom, guaranteeing the right to family planning by promoting the information and access to the methods and means required therefore, and organising the legal and technical arrangements that make it possible to exercise motherhood and fatherhood with awareness;
e) Regulating assisted procreation in such a way as to safeguard the dignity of the human person;
f) Regulating taxes and social benefits in harmony with family costs;
g) After first consulting the associations that represent the family, defining and implementing a global and integrated family policy;
h) By concerting the various sectoral policies, promoting the reconciliation of work and family life. (Art. 67) - Portuguese1. A família, como elemento fundamental da sociedade, tem direito à protecção da sociedade e do Estado e à efectivação de todas as condições que permitam a realização pessoal dos seus membros.
2. Incumbe, designadamente, ao Estado para protecção da família:
a) Promover a independência social e económica dos agregados familiares;
b) Promover a criação e garantir o acesso a uma rede nacional de creches e de outros equipamentos sociais de apoio à família, bem como uma política de terceira idade;
c) Cooperar com os pais na educação dos filhos;
d) Garantir, no respeito da liberdade individual, o direito ao planeamento familiar, promovendo a informação e o acesso aos métodos e aos meios que o assegurem, e organizar as estruturas jurídicas e técnicas que permitam o exercício de uma maternidade e paternidade conscientes;
e) Regulamentar a procriação assistida, em termos que salvaguardem a dignidade da pessoa humana;
f) Regular os impostos e os benefícios sociais, de harmonia com os encargos familiares;
g) Definir, ouvidas as associações representativas das famílias, e executar uma política de família com carácter global e integrado;
h) Promover, através da concertação das várias políticas sectoriais, a conciliação da actividade profissional com a vida familiar (Art. 67)
Public Institutions and Services
Zimbabwe
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(2) The principles of good governance, which bind the State and all institutions and agencies of government at every level, include—
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(i) recognition of the rights of—
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(iii) women, the elderly, youths and children;
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(j) the equitable sharing of national resources, including land;
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Public Institutions and Services
Paraguay
- 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
Maldives
- English(a) Members of the security services shall treat all persons and groups equally without any discrimination, and with humanity and dignity in accordance with the decorous principles of Islam.
… (Art. 246) - Dhivehi(ހ) ސަލާމަތީ ހިދުމަތްތަކުގައި ހިމެނޭ މީހުން އަމަލުކުރާންވާނީ ފަރުދުންގެ މެދުގައްޔާއި ޖަމާޢަތްތަކިގެ މެދުގައި ތަފާތުކުރުމެއްނެތި، ހަމަހަމަކަމާއެކު، އިސްލާމީ ރިވެތި އަހްލާޤާއި އިންސާނީ ޝަރަފާއި މީހުންގެ ޤަދަރަށް ހުރުމަތްތެރިކޮށް ހިތައިގެންނެވެ.
... (ޤާނޫނުއަސާސީގެ 246 ވަނަ މާއްދާ)