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- EnglishThe law shall provide that juvenile delinquency shall be dealt with under a special system in which women will be allowed to participate. (Art. 43)
- SpanishLa ley procurará que la delincuencia infantil esté sometida a un régimen especial en que se dará participación a la mujer. (Art. 43)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe People of Guinea determine freely and sovereignly their Institutions and the economic and social organization of the Nation.
They have an an inprescriptible right to its wealth. This must profit in an equitable manner all Guineans.
… (Art. 21) - FrenchLe Peuple de Guinée détermine librement et souverainement ses Institutions et l’organisation économique et sociale de la Nation.
Il a un droit imprescriptible sur ses richesses. Celles-ci doivent profiter de manière équitable à tous les Guinéens.
… (Art. 21)
Public Institutions and Services
- English
The family, as [a] natural element and foundation of society, has the right to the special protection of the State. The mother, the child [masculine] and the child [feminine], senior adult persons and persons with disabilities[,] will equally have right to that protection. (Art. 51)
- Spanish
La familia, como elemento natural y fundamento de la sociedad, tiene derecho a la protección especial del Estado. Igualmente, tendrán derecho a esa protección la madre, el niño y la niña, las personas adultas mayores y las personas con discapacidad. (Art. 51)
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- English(1) The State shall strive to promote the welfare of the people by securing and protecting as effectively as it may a social order in which justice, social, economic and political, shall inform all the institutions of the national life.
(2) The State shall, in particular, strive to minimise the inequalities in income, and endeavour to eliminate inequalities in status, facilities and opportunities, not only amongst individuals but also amongst groups of people residing in different areas or engaged in different vocations. (Art. 38) - Hindi(1) राज्य ऐसी सामाजिक व्यवस्था की, जिसमें सामाजिक, आर्थिक और राजनैतिक न्याय राष्ट्रीय जीवन की सभी संस्थाओं को अनुप्राणित करे, भरसक प्रभावी रूप से स्थापना और संरक्षण करके लोक कल्याण की अभिवृद्धि का प्रयास करेगा।
(2) राज्य, विशिष्टतया, आय की असमानताओं को कम करने का प्रयास करेगा और न केवल व्यक्तियों के बीच बल्कि विभिन्न क्षेत्रों में रहने वाले और विभिन्न व्यवसायों में लगे हुए लोगों के समूहों के बीच भी प्रतिष्ठा, सुविधाओं और अवसरों की असमानता समाप्त करने का प्रयास करेगा। (अनुच्छेद 38)
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- English
(1) The State shall be bound to take actions in order that every person has a decent standard of living that would ensure him/her and his/her family members health protection and welfare including food, clothing, shelter, medical care, as well as necessary social services.
(2) All citizens have the right to be insured in case of: unemployment, disease, disability, widowhood, old age or other situations where, due to causes beyond one’s control, one loses the source or means of obtaining the necessities of life. (Art. 47) - Moldovian
(1) Statul este obligat să ia măsuri pentru ca orice om să aibă un nivel de trai decent, care să-i asigure sănătatea şi bunăstarea, lui şi familiei lui, cuprinzînd hrana, îmbrăcămintea, locuinţa, îngrijirea medicală, precum şi serviciile sociale necesare.
(2) Cetăţenii au dreptul la asigurare în caz de: şomaj, boală, invaliditate, văduvie, bătrîneţe sau în celelalte cazuri de pierdere a mijloacelor de subzistenţă, în urma unor împrejurări independente de voinţa lor. (Art. 47)
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- English…
c. The State guarantees the requisite social security for its citizens in old age, sickness, disability, orphanhood, widowhood or unemployment, and also provides them with social insurance and healthcare services. It strives to safeguard them against ignorance, fear and poverty.
… (Art. 5) - Arabic...
ج - تكفل الدولة تحقيق الضمان الاجتماعي اللازم للمواطنين في حالة الشيخوخة أو المرض أو العجز عن العمل أو اليتم أو الترمّل أو البطالة، كما تؤمّن لهم خدمات التأمين الاجتماعي والرّعاية الصحية، وتعمل على وقايتهم من براثن الجهل والخوف والفاقة.
(المادّة 5) …
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe State assures the protection of the family for its free development as well as that of the mother and the child through a legislation and the appropriate social institutions. (Art. 21)
- FrenchL'Etat assure la protection de la famille pour son libre épanouissement ainsi que celle de la mère et de l'enfant par une législation et des institutions sociales appropriées. (Art. 21)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe State's prime duties are:
1. Guaranteeing without any discrimination whatsoever the true possession of the rights set forth in the Constitution and in international instruments, especially the rights to education, health, food, social security and water for its inhabitants.
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5. Planning national development, eliminating poverty, and promoting sustainable development and the equitable redistribution of resources and wealth to enable access to the good way of living.
… (Art. 3) - SpanishSon deberes primordiales del Estado:
1. Garantizar sin discriminación alguna el efectivo goce de los derechos establecidos en la Constitución y en los instrumentos internacionales, en particular la educación, la salud, la alimentación, la seguridad social y el agua para sus habitantes.
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5. Planificar el desarrollo nacional, erradicar la pobreza, promover el desarrollo sustentable y la redistribución equitativa de los recursos y la riqueza, para acceder al buen vivir.
... (Art. 3)
Public Institutions and Services
- English1. A citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall be guaranteed a minimum wage and pension, and guaranteed social security in old age, in case of disease, disability or loss of the main income-provider and other legal grounds.
… (Art. 28) - Kazak1. Қазақстан Республикасының азаматы жасына келген, науқастанған, мүгедек болған, асыраушысынан айырылған жағдайда және өзге де заңды негiздерде оған ең төменгi жалақы мен зейнетақының мөлшерiнде әлеуметтiк қамсыздандырылуына кепiлдiк берiледi.
… (28-бап)
Public Institutions and Services
- English1. The State, in its social and economic policy, shall take into account the good of the family. Families, finding themselves in difficult material and social circumstances particularly those with many children or a single parent – shall have the right to special assistance from public authorities.
2. A mother, before and after birth, shall have the right to special assistance from public authorities, to the extent specified by statute. (Art. 71) - Polish1. Państwo w swojej polityce społecznej i gospodarczej uwzględnia dobro rodziny. Rodziny znajdujące się w trudnej sytuacji materialnej i społecznej, zwłaszcza wielodzietne i niepełne, mają prawo do szczególnej pomocy ze strony władz publicznych.
2. Matka przed i po urodzeniu dziecka ma prawo do szczególnej pomocy władz publicznych, której zakres określa ustawa. (Art. 71)