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Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- EnglishEcuadorians have the following duties and obligations, without detriment to others provided for by the Constitution or by law:
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14. To respect and recognize ethnic, national, social, generational, and gender differences and sexual orientation and identity.
… (Art. 83) - SpanishSon deberes y responsabilidades de las ecuatorianas y los ecuatorianos, sin perjuicio de otros previstos en la Constitución y la ley:
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14. Respetar y reconocer las diferencias étnicas, nacionales, sociales, generacionales, de género, y la orientación e identidad sexual.
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Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
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Marriage is a living union between a woman and a man.
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Brak je životna zajednica žene i muškarca.
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Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- EnglishThe freedom to marry is guaranteed, as well as the right to choose his or her partner. The marriage may only be concluded with the free and full consent of the future spouses.
The marriage between two persons of the same sex is prohibited. (Art. 29) - KirundiUburenganzira bwo kwabirana burubahirizwa, co kimwe no kwitorera uwo mwabirana. Ukwabirana gushoboka iyo abashaka kwabirana bavyiyemereye ata gahato.
Ukwabirana kw’abafise igitsina kimwe kurabujijwe. (Ingingo ya 29) - FrenchLa liberté de se marier est garantie, de même que le droit de choisir son ou sa partenaire. Le mariage ne peut être conclu qu’avec le libre et plein consentement des futurs époux.
Le mariage entre deux personnes de même sexe est interdit. (Art. 29)
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
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Public power shall be exercised with respect for the equal worth of all and the liberty and dignity of the individual.
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The public institutions shall work to promote the opportunity for all to attain participation and equality in society and for the rights of the child to be safeguarded. The public institutions shall combat discrimination of persons on grounds of gender, colour, national or ethnic origin, linguistic or religious affiliation, functional disability, sexual orientation, age or other circumstance affecting the individual.
… (Instrument of Government, Chapter 1, Art. 2) - Swedish
Den offentliga makten ska utövas med respekt för alla människors lika värde och för den enskilda människans frihet och värdighet.
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Det allmänna ska verka för att alla människor ska kunna uppnå delaktighet och jämlikhet i samhället och för att barns rätt tas till vara. Det allmänna ska motverka diskriminering av människor på grund av kön, hudfärg, nationellt eller etniskt ursprung, språklig eller religiös tillhörighet, funktionshinder, sexuell läggning, ålder eller andra omständigheter som gäller den enskilde som person.
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Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
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(3) Persons of the same sex are prohibited from marrying each other. (Sec. 78)
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- English(1) Where an applicant for employment or an employee is qualified for work of any description, it shall be unlawful for an employer, or any person acting or purporting to act on behalf of an employer,—
(a) to refuse or omit to employ the applicant on work of that description which is available; or
(b) to offer or afford the applicant or the employee less favourable terms of employment, conditions of work, superannuation or other fringe benefits, and opportunities for training, promotion, and transfer than are made available to applicants or employees of the same or substantially similar capabilities employed in the same or substantially similar circumstances on work of that description; or
(c) to terminate the employment of the employee, or subject the employee to any detriment, in circumstances in which the employment of other employees employed on work of that description would not be terminated, or in which other employees employed on work of that description would not be subjected to such detriment; or(d) to retire the employee, or to require or cause the employee to retire or resign,— by reason of any of the prohibited grounds of discrimination.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person concerned with procuring employment for other persons or procuring employees for any employer to treat any person seeking employment differently from other persons in the same or substantially similar circumstances by reason of any of the prohibited grounds of discrimination. (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 22)
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- EnglishThe stable and monogamous union between two persons without any other marriage ties who have a common-law home, for the lapse of time and under the conditions and circumstances provided for by law, shall enjoy the same rights and obligations of those families bound by formal marriage ties.
Adoption shall only be permitted for different-gender couples. (Art. 68) - SpanishLa unión estable y monogámica entre dos personas libres de vínculo matrimonial que formen un hogar de hecho, por el lapso y bajo las condiciones y circunstancias que señale la ley, generará los mismos derechos y obligaciones que tienen las familias constituidas mediante matrimonio.
La adopción corresponderá sólo a parejas de distinto sexo. (Art. 68)
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- English(1) The economically, socially or educationally backward women, Dalit, indigenous nationalities, Madhesi, Tharu, Muslims, backward classes, minorities, marginalized communities, persons with disabilities, gender and sexual minorities, farmers, labourers, oppressed or citizens of backward regions and indigent Khas Arya shall have the right to participate in the State bodies on the basis of principle of proportional inclusion.
… (Art. 42) - Nepali(१) सामाजिक रूपले पछाडि परेका महिला, दलित, आदिवासी, आदिवासी जनजाति, मधेशी, थारू, अल्पसंख्यक, अपांगता भएका व्यक्ति, सीमान्तीकृत, मुस्लिम, पिछडा वर्ग, लैंगिक तथा यौनिक अल्पसंख्यक, युवा, किसान, श्रमिक, उत्पीडित वा पिछडिएको क्षेत्रका नागरिक तथा आर्थिकरूपले विपन्न खस आर्यलाई समावेशी सिद्धान्तका आधारमा राज्यको निकायमा सहभागिताको हक हुनेछ ।
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Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
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Marriage as the union of a woman and a man, the family, maternity, paternity and childhood shall be protected by the State.
A woman and a man, on reaching marriageable age, have the right to marry voluntarily and to create a family.
... (Art. 32) - Belarusian
Шлюб як саюз жанчыны і мужчыны, сям’я, мацярынства, бацькоўства і дзяцінства знаходзяцца пад абаронай дзяржавы.
Жанчына і мужчына па дасягненні шлюбнага ўзросту маюць права на добраахвотнай аснове ўступіць у шлюб і стварыць сям’ю.
... (Артыкул 32) - Russian
Брак как союз женщины и мужчины, семья, материнство, отцовство и детство находятся под защитой государства.
Женщина и мужчина по достижении брачного возраста имеют право на добровольной основе вступить в брак и создать семью.
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Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
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All shall be equal before the law, without any distinction based on sex, sexual orientation,6 personal, economic, social, political and religious status.
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Tutti sono uguali davanti alla legge, senza distinzioni di sesso, orientamento sessuale, condizioni personali, economiche, sociali, politiche e religiose.
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