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- English(1) Where any benefits to which this section applies can be withheld, reduced in amount or suspended by any law, those benefits shall not be so withheld, reduced in amount or suspended—
a. in the case of benefits which have been granted in respect of service in the public service of any person who at the time when he ceased to be a public-officer was subject to the jurisdiction of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission or for which any person may be eligible in respect of such service, without the approval of that Commission; or
b. in any other case, without the approval of the Public Service Commission or the appropriate Council, as the case may be.
(2) No benefits to which this section applies that have been granted to or in respect of any person who is or has been a Judge of the High Court, a Justice of Appeal or of the Supreme Court, or a former Judge of the Supreme Court or for which any such person or his widow, children, dependants or personal representatives may be eligible, shall be withheld, reduced in amount or suspended on the ground that that person has been guilty of misconduct or misbehavior unless that person has been removed from judicial office by reason of such misconduct or misbehaviour.
(3) This section applies to any benefits payable under any law providing for the grant of pensions, gratuities or compensation to persons who are or have been public officers in respect of their service in the public service or to the widows, children, dependants or personal representatives of such persons in respect of such service whether on a contributory or non-contributory basis. (Sec. 162)
Public Institutions and Services
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The family is the basic unit of society. The State has the duty to protect it.
… (Art. 23) - French
La famille est la cellule de base de la société. L’Etat lui doit protection.
… (Art. 23)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishEvery citizen has the right to free medical attention and also to social care in case of old age and disability. (Art. 24)
Public Institutions and Services
- English(1) Everyone has the right to have access to -
(a) health care services, including reproductive health care;
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(c) social security, including, if they are unable to support themselves and their dependants, appropriate social assistance.
(2) The state must take reasonable legislative and other measures, within its available resources, to achieve the progressive realisation of each of these rights.
… (Sec. 27)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe following shall be the fundamental tasks of the State:
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e) To promote the well-being and quality of life of the Cabo Verdean people, especially the neediest, and to remove, in a progressive fashion, economic, social, cultural and political obstacles that hinder true equality of opportunity among citizens, especially factors of discrimination against women in the family and in the society;
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j) To create, progressively, the necessary conditions for the transformation and modernization of economic and social structures, so as to render expedient the economic, social and cultural rights of citizens;
… (Art. 7) - PortugueseSão tarefas fundamentais do Estado:
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e) Promover o bem estar e a qualidade de vida do povo cabo-verdiano, designadamente dos mais carenciados, e remover progressivamente os obstáculos de natureza económica, social, cultural e política que impedem a real igualdade de oportunidades entre os cidadãos, especialmente os factores de discriminação da mulher na família e na sociedade;
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j) Criar, progressivamente, as condições necessárias para a transformação e modernização das estruturas económicas e sociais por forma a tornar efectivos os direitos económicos, sociais e culturais dos cidadãos;
… (Art. 7)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishIt must also protect all families regardless of whether they are constituted within the bonds of marriage. It must endeavor to aid and assist mothers, children and the aged. (Art. 260)
- FrenchIl doit une égale protection à toutes les Familles qu'elles soient constituées ou non dans les liens du mariage. Il doit procurer aide et assistance à la maternité, à l'enfance et à la vieillesse. (Art. 260)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishEveryone shall, in accordance with law, have the right to social security in cases of maternity, having many children, illness, disability, workplace accidents, need of care, loss of breadwinner, old age, unemployment, loss of employment, and in other cases. (Art. 83)
- ArmenianՅուրաքանչյուր ոք, օրենքին համապատասխան, ունի մայրության, բազմազավակության, հիվանդության, հաշմանդամության, աշխատավայրում դժբախտ պատահարների, խնամքի կարիք ունենալու, կերակրողին կորցնելու, ծերության, գործազրկության, աշխատանքը կորցնելու և այլ դեպքերում սոցիալական ապահովության իրավունք: (Հոդված 83)
Public Institutions and Services
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Citizens of the Republic of Belarus shall be guaranteed the right to social security on the basis of age, in the event of illness, disability, loss of capacity to work, loss of a breadwinner and in other cases provided for by law.
… (Art. 47) - Belarusian
Грамадзянам Рэспублікі Беларусь гарантуецца права на сацыяльнае забеспячэнне па ўзросце, у выпадку хваробы, інваліднасці, страты працаздольнасці, страты карміцеля і ў іншых выпадках, прадугледжаных законам.
… (Артыкул 47) - Russian
Гражданам Республики Беларусь гарантируется право на социальное обеспечение по возрасту, в случае болезни, инвалидности, утраты трудоспособности, потери кормильца и в других случаях, предусмотренных законом.
… (Статья 47)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe law establishes the rules concerning:
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– the right … of social institutions;
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– the economic regime;
… (Art. 84) - FrenchLa loi fixe les règles concernant :
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- le droit ... des institutions sociales ;
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- le régime économique ;
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Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe State has the obligation to assist the family in its mission as guardian of the morality and of the values compatible with the republican order.
The rights of the mother and of the child are guaranteed. (Art. 37) - FrenchL’Etat a l’obligation d’assister la famille dans sa mission de gardienne de la morale et des valeurs compatibles avec l’ordre républicain.
Les droits de la mère et de l’enfant sont garantis. (Art. 37)