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Public Institutions and Services
Ecuador
- EnglishTo protect the rights of persons who are members of a family:
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4. The State shall protect mothers, fathers and those who are the heads of family, in the exercise of their obligations and shall pay special attention to families who have broken up for whatever reason.
… (Art. 69) - SpanishPara proteger los derechos de las personas integrantes de la familia:
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4. El Estado protegerá a las madres, a los padres y a quienes sean jefas y jefes de familia, en el ejercicio de sus obligaciones, y prestará especial atención a las familias disgregadas por cualquier causa.
… (Art. 69)
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.
… (Art. 40) - French…
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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