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Public Institutions and Services
Türkiye
- 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
Angola
- English1. Unless authorisation is granted to the Executive to do so, the National Assembly shall have relative competence for legislating on the following matters:
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i) The basic elements of the national education, health and social security systems;
… (Art. 165) - Portuguese1. À Assembleia Nacional compete legislar com reserva relativa, salvo autorização concedida ao Executivo, sobre as seguintes matérias:
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i) Bases dos sistemas nacionais de ensino, de saúde e de segurança social;
… (Art. 165)
Public Institutions and Services
Zambia
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2. The Government shall promote the economic empowerment of citizens so that they contribute to sustainable economic growth and social development.
... (Art. 10)
Public Institutions and Services
Paraguay
- EnglishThe use of the mass communication media is of public interest; in consequence, their functioning may not be closed or suspended.
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The law will regulate the publicity to the effect of best protecting the rights of the child, of youth, of the illiterate, of the consumer, and of the woman. (Art. 27) - SpanishEl empleo de los medios de comunicación es de interés público; en consecuencia, no se los podrá clausurar ni suspender su funcionamiento.
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La ley regulará la publicidad a los efectos de la mejor protección de los derechos del niño, del joven, del analfabeto, del consumidor y de la mujer. (Art. 27)
Public Institutions and Services
Yemen
- 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
Cabo Verde
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2. Fathers and mothers shall have the right to protection by the society and by the State as regards the realization of their irreplaceable role in relation to children.
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2. Os pais e as mães têm direito à protecção da sociedade e do Estado na realização da sua insubstituível acção em relação aos filhos.
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Public Institutions and Services
Barbados
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Now, therefore, the people of Barbados
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(d) resolve that the operation of the economic system shall promote the general welfare by the equitable distribution of the material resources of the community, by the human conditions under which all men shall labour and by the undeviating recognition of ability, integrity and merit;
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Public Institutions and Services
Saint Lucia
- English(1) The law to be applied with respect to any pensions benefits that were granted to any person before the commencement of this Constitution shall be the law that was in force at the date on which those benefits were granted or any law in force at a later date that is not less favourable to that person.
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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 judges or officers of the Supreme Court or public officers or for the widows, children, dependants or personal representatives of such persons in respect of such service.
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Public Institutions and Services
Croatia
- EnglishThe state shall ensure the right to assistance for weak, infirm or other persons unable to meet their basic subsistence needs as a result of their unemployment or incapacity for work.
The state shall devote special care to the protection of persons with disabilities and their inclusion in social life.
The state shall devote special care to the protection of Croatian war veterans and disabled Croatian war veterans, as well as the widows, parents and children of fallen Croatian war veterans.
… (Art. 57) - CroatianSlabim, nemoćnima i drugim, zbog nezaposlenosti ili nesposobnosti za rad, nezbrinutim osobama država osigurava pravo na pomoć za podmirenje osnovnih životnih potreba.
Posebnu skrb država posvećuje zaštiti osoba s invaliditetom i njihovu uključivanju u društveni život.
Posebnu skrb država posvećuje zaštiti hrvatskih branitelja, hrvatskih ratnih vojnih invalida, udovica, roditelja i djece poginulih hrvatskih branitelja.
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Public Institutions and Services
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
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The family, the basic unit of the human community, is organized in a manner to assure its unity, its stability and its protection. It is placed under the protection of the public powers.
The care and the education to be given to the children constitute, for the parents, a natural right and a duty which they exercise under the surveillance [and] with the aid of the public powers.
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La famille, cellule de base de la communauté humaine, est organisée de manière à assurer son unité, sa stabilité et sa protection. Elle est placée sous la protection des pouvoirs publics.
Les soins et l’éducation à donner aux enfants constituent, pour les parents, un droit naturel et un devoir qu’ils exercent sous la surveillance et avec l’aide des pouvoirs publics.
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