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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe State shall protect families as a natural association in society, and as the fundamental space for the overall development of persons. Family relationships are based on equality of rights and duties, solidarity, common effort, mutual understanding and reciprocal respect among family members. The State guarantees protection to the mother, father or other person acting as head of a household. Children and adolescents have the right to live, be raised and develop in the bosom of their original family. When this is impossible or contrary to their best interests, they shall have the right to a substitute family, in accordance with law.
Adoption has effects similar to those of parenthood, and is established in all cases for the benefit of the adoptee, in accordance with law. International adoption shall be subordinated to domestic adoption. (Art. 75) - SpanishEl Estado protegerá a las familias como asociación natural de la sociedad y como el espacio fundamental para el desarrollo integral de las personas. Las relaciones familiares se basan en la igualdad de derechos y deberes, la solidaridad, el esfuerzo común, la comprensión mutua y el respeto recíproco entre sus integrantes. El Estado garantizará protección a la madre, al padre o a quienes ejerzan la jefatura de la familia.
Los niños, niñas y adolescentes tienen derecho a vivir, ser criados o criadas y a desarrollarse en el seno de su familia de origen. Cuando ello sea imposible o contrario a su interés superior, tendrán derecho a una familia sustituta, de conformidad con la ley.
La adopción tiene efectos similares a la filiación y se establece siempre en beneficio del adoptado o la adoptada, de conformidad con la ley. La adopción internacional es subsidiaria de la nacional. (Art. 75)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishParents have the natural right and the duty to raise their children. They are sustained in this effort, by the State and the public collectivities. … (Art. 20)
- FrenchLes parents ont le droit naturel et le devoir d'élever leurs enfants. Ils sont soutenus, dans cette tâche, par l'Etat et les collectivités publiques. ... (Art. 20)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe State guarantees the equality and equitable treatment of men and women in the exercise of the right to work. The state recognizes work at home as an economic activity that creates added value and produces social welfare and wealth. Housewives are entitled to Social Security in accordance with law. (Art. 88)
- SpanishEl Estado garantizará la igualdad y equidad de hombres y mujeres en el ejercicio del derecho al trabajo. El Estado reconocerá el trabajo del hogar como actividad económica que crea valor agregado y produce riqueza y bienestar social. Las amas de casa tienen derecho a la seguridad social de conformidad con la ley. (Art. 88)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) The State recognises that the family is the natural and fundamental element of society and the right of everyone to form a family and undertakes to promote the legal, economic and social protection of the family.
(2) The right contained in clause (1) may be subject to such restrictions as may be prescribed by law and necessary in a democratic society including the prevention of marriage between persons of the same sex or persons within certain family degrees. (Art. 32)
Marriage and Family Life
- 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)
Marriage and Family Life
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The State shall pursue the following policies:
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(j) Policies relating to Social Justice and Inclusion:
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(4) to evaluate economically the work and contribution such as maintenance of children and care of families,
… (Art. 51) - Nepali
राज्यलेदेिायका नीमििरू अिलम्बन गनेछः–
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(ञ) सामाजजक न्त्याय र समािेशीकरण सम्बन्त्धी नीमिः
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(४) बालबच्चाको पालन पोषण, परिवारको हेरचाह जस्ता काम र योगदानलाई आर्थिक रूपमा मूल्यांकन गरिने,
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Marriage and Family Life
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2. In the Russian Federation the labour and health of people shall be protected, a guaranteed minimum wage shall be established, State support shall be provided for the family, maternity, fatherhood and childhood, to the disabled and to elderly citizens, the system of social services shall be developed and State pensions, allowances and other social security guarantees shall be established. (Art. 7) - Russian…
2. В Российской Федерации охраняются труд и здоровье людей, устанавливается гарантированный минимальный размер оплаты труда, обеспечивается государственная поддержка семьи, материнства, отцовства и детства, инвалидов и пожилых граждан, развивается система социальных служб, устанавливаются государственные пенсии, пособия и иные гарантии социальной защиты. (Статья 7)
Marriage and Family Life
- English1. The family shall be the fundamental element and the base of the whole society.
2. The family should be protected by the society and by the State so as to permit the creation of conditions for the compliance with its social function and for the personal realization of its members.
3. Everyone shall have the right to form a family.
4. The State and social institutions must create conditions that will ensure the unity and stability of the family. (Art. 87) - Portuguese1. A família é o elemento fundamental e a base de toda a sociedade.
2. A família deverá ser protegida pela sociedade e pelo Estado de modo a permitir a criação das condições para o cumprimento da sua função social e para a realização pessoal dos seus membros.
3. Todos têm o direito de constituir família.
4. O Estado e as instituições sociais devem criar as condições que assegurem a unidade e a estabilidade da família. (Art. 87)
Marriage and Family Life
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19. The State shall endeavour to promote those conditions that are conducive to co-operation in community life and the integrity of the extended family structure.
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༡༩) རྒྱལ་ཁམས་ཀྱིས་ མི་སྡེ་འཚོ་བའི་མཉམ་འབྲེལ་དང་ ཉེ་ཚན་འདུ་ཤེས་ཀྱི་རྟེན་གཞི་གཅིག་སྒྲིལ་ ལུ་ཕན་སླབས་ཆེ་བའི་ ཆ་རྐྱེན་ཚུ་ ཡར་དྲག་གཏང་ནི་ལུ་བརྩོན་ཤུགས་བསྐྱེད་དགོ།
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Marriage and Family Life
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(5) The state shall provide free healthcare for motherhood, childhood and pregnant women. (Art. 48) - Arabic5.توفر الدولة الرعاية الصحية المجانية للأُمومة و الطفولة وللحوامل (الماده 49).