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Marriage and Family Life
- English
… The parents have the duty to educate their children and the right to choose their centers of education and to participate in the educational process. (Art. 13)
- Spanish
… Los padres de familia tienen el deber de educar a sus hijos y el derecho de escoger los centros de educación y de participar en el proceso educativo. (Art. 13)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe State should strengthen the family unit which is an important basic element of society, provide an appropriate accommodation, promote and develop the enhancement of health in order to enable people to have good health and strong mind, as well as promote and develop excellence in sports and to maximise the benefit for the people. ...
The State should provide assistance to children, youth, women, the elderly, persons with disabilities, indigent persons and underprivileged persons to be able to have a quality living, and shall protect such persons from violence or unfair treatment, as well as provide treatment, rehabilitation and remedies to such injured persons. ... (Sec. 71) - Thaiรัฐพึงเสริมสร้างความเข้มแข็งของครอบครัวอันเป็นองค์ประกอบพื้นฐานที่สําคัญของสังคม จัดให้ประชาชนมีที่อยู่อาศัยอย่างเหมาะสม ส่งเสริมและพัฒนาการสร้างเสริมสุขภาพเพื่อให้ ประชาชนมีสุขภาพที่แข็งแรงและมีจิตใจเข้มแข็ง ตลอดจนส่งเสริมและพัฒนาการกีฬาให้ก้าวไปสู่ความเป็นเลิศและเกิดประโยชน์สูงสุดแก่ประชาชน ...
รัฐพึงให้ความช่วยเหลือเด็ก เยาวชน สตรี ผู้สูงอายุ คนพิการ ผู้ยากไร้ และผู้ด้อยโอกาส ให้สามารถดํารงชีวิตได้อย่างมีคุณภาพ และคุ้มครองป้องกันมิให้บุคคลดังกล่าวถูกใช้ความรุนแรงหรือปฏิบัติอย่างไม่เป็นธรรม ตลอดจนให้การบําบัด ฟื้นฟูและเยียวยาผู้ถูกกระทําการดังกล่าว ... (มาตรา ๗๑)
Marriage and Family Life
- English… Equality of the rights of women and men is ensured:
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by creating conditions that allow women to combine work and motherhood; by legal protection, material and moral support of motherhood and childhood, including the provision of paid leave and other privileges to pregnant women and mothers. (Art. 24) - Ukrainian… Рівність прав жінки і чоловіка забезпечується:
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створенням умов, які дають жінкам можливість поєднувати працю з материнством; правовим захистом, матеріальною і моральною підтримкою материнства і дитинства, включаючи надання оплачуваних відпусток та інших пільг вагітним жінкам і матерям. (Стаття 24)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe family, natural and fundamental element of the society, is protected by the State.
All individuals have the right to found a family and to transmit by inheritance their personal assets. (Art. 20) - FrenchLa famille, élément naturel et fondamental de la société, est protégée par l'Etat.
Tout individu a le droit de fonder une famille et de transmettre en héritage ses biens personnels. (Art. 20)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishWomen and men have equal rights and responsibilities in the economic, political, cultural, occupational, social, and familial domains, as well as in any other domain. The State guarantees that both will be offered the same opportunities and possibilities.
… (Art. 43) - SpanishLa mujer y el hombre tienen iguales derechos y responsabilidades en lo económico, político, cultural, laboral, social, familiar y en cualquier otro ámbito. El Estado garantiza que se ofrezcan a ambos las mismas oportunidades y posibilidades.
… (Art. 43)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) An appeal shall lie from decisions of the Court of Appeal to the Judicial Committee as of right in the following cases:
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(b) final decisions in proceedings for dissolution or nullity of marriage;
… (Sec. 109)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishParents shall be obliged to support and care for their children until the latter are of age. … (Art. 64)
- UzbekOta-onalar o‘z farzandlarini voyaga yetgunlariga qadar boqish va tarbiyalashga majburdirlar. ... (64-modda)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) Anything done or omitted which would otherwise constitute a breach of any of the provisions of this Part17 shall not constitute such a breach if—
(a) it is done or omitted in good faith for the purpose of assisting or advancing persons or groups of persons, being in each case persons against whom discrimination is unlawful by virtue of this Part; and
(b) those persons or groups need or may reasonably be supposed to need assistance or advancement in order to achieve an equal place with other members of the community.
(2) Nothing in this Part—
(a) limits the power of the Crown to establish or arrange work or training schemes or employment assistance measures, eligibility for which may, in whole or in part, be determined by a person’s age, employment status, or family status; or
(b) makes it unlawful for any person to recruit or refer any other person who is of a particular age or of a particular employment status or of a particular family status for any work or training scheme or employment assistance measure that is established or arranged by the Crown, the eligibility for which may, in whole or in part, be determined by a person’s age, employment status, or family status. (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 73)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe public powers enact [élaborent] and implement the policies designed [destinées] for persons and for categories of specific needs. To this effect, it sees notably:
• to respond to [traiter] and provide for the vulnerability of certain categories of women and of mothers, of children, and of elderly persons;
… (Art. 34) - Arabicتقوم السّلطات العمومية بوضع وتفعيل سياسات موجّهة إلى الأشخاص والفئات من ذوي الاحتياجات الخصوصية ولهذا الغرض، تسهر خصوصاً على ما يلي:
• معالجة الأوضاع الهشّة لفئات من النّساء والأمّهات، وللأطفال والأشخاص المسنّين ،
… (الفصل 34)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe following rights of persons are recognized and guaranteed:
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20. The right to personal and family intimacy.
… (Art. 66) - SpanishSe reconoce y garantizará a las personas:
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20. El derecho a la intimidad personal y familiar.
… (Art. 66)