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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishEveryone is equal before the law, with no distinction whatsoever, guaranteeing to Brazilians and foreigners residing in the Country the inviolability of the rights to life, liberty, equality, security and property, on the following terms:
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L. female prisoners shall be assured conditions that allow them to remain with their children during the nursing period;
… (Art. 5) - PortugueseTodos são iguais perante a lei, sem distinção de qualquer natureza, garantindo-se aos brasileiros e aos estrangeiros residentes no País a inviolabilidade do direito à vida, à liberdade, à igualdade, à segurança e à propriedade, nos termos seguintes:
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L - às presidiárias serão asseguradas condições para que possam permanecer com seus filhos durante o período de amamentação;
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Marriage and Family Life
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3. All persons within the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina shall enjoy the human rights and fundamental freedoms referred to in paragraph 2 above; these include:
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f) The right to private and family life, home, and correspondence.
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j) The right to marry and to found a family.
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3. Sva lica na teritoriji Bosne i Hercegovine uživaju ljudska prava i slobode iz stava 2. ovog člana, što uključuje:
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f) Pravo na privatni i porodični život, dom i prepisku.
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j) Pravo na brak i zasnivanje porodice.
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3. Sve osobe na teritoriju Bosne i Hercegovine uživaju ljudska prava i temeljne slobode iz ovog članka, stavak 2 što uključuje:
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f) Pravo na privatni i obiteljski život, dom i dopisivanje.
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j) Pravo na ženidbu i udadbu, te osnivanje obitelji.
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3. Сва лица на територији Босне и Херцеговине уживају људска права и основне слободе из става 2 овог члана, а она обухватају:
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f) ф) Право на приватни и породични живот, дом и преписку.
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ј) Право на брак и заснивање породице.
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Marriage and Family Life
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The Parliament legislates within the domains attributed to it by the Constitution, as well as the following domains:
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2.the general rules concerning personal status and to family law; and notably to marriage, to divorce, to filiation, to capacity and to inheritance;
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يُشرّع البرلمان في الميادين الّتي يخصّصه له الدّستور، وكذلك في المجالات الآتية:
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2. القـواعد العامة المتعلّقة بالأحوال الشّخصيّة والأسرة ، لا سيما منها الزّواج والطّلاق والنسب والأهلية والتّركات،
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Le Parlement légifère dans les domaines que lui attribue la Constitution, ainsi que dans les domaines suivants:
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2)- les règles générales relatives au statut personnel et au droit de la famille ; notamment au mariage, au divorce, à la filiation, à la capacité et aux successions;
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishEducation is [a] responsibility of the society and falls particularly to the family, the Municipality, and the State.
… (Art. 75) - SpanishLa educación es responsabilidad de la sociedad y recae en particular en la familia, en el Municipio y en el Estado.
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Marriage and Family Life
- English1. Whereas every person in Lesotho is entitled, whatever his race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status to fundamental human rights and freedoms, that is to say, to each and all of the following—
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g. the right to respect for private and family life;
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishWomen and men have equal rights and opportunities. Women may not be subjected to any class of discrimination. During pregnancy and after delivery, women shall enjoy the special assistance and protection of the State and shall receive from it food subsidies if they are unemployed or without support [desamparada].
The State shall support in a special way the female head of household. (Art. 43) - SpanishLa mujer y el hombre tienen iguales derechos y oportunidades. La mujer no podrá ser sometida a ninguna clase de discriminación. Durante el embarazo y después del parto gozará de especial asistencia y protección del Estado, y recibirá de éste subsidio alimentario si entonces estuviere desempleada o desamparada.
El Estado apoyará de manera especial a la mujer cabeza de familia. (Art. 43)
Marriage and Family Life
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Parents have the deciding say in the choice of education for their children.
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Laste hariduse valikul on otsustav sõna vanematel.
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishEach Burundian has the duty to preserve the harmonious development of the family and to act [œuvrer] in favor of the cohesion and the respect for that family, to respect at every moment their parents, to nourish them and to assist them in case of necessity. (Art. 66)
- KirundiUmurundi wese ategerezwa gushigikira iterambere ry’umuryango n’ugukora atiziganya kugira ngo uwo muryango ugume ufatanye mu nda kandi ugumane icubahiro. Ategerezwa kwama asonera abamwibarutse, akabaronsa imfugurwa, akabafasha, akabaraba igihe cose bikenewe. (Ingingo ya 66)
- FrenchChaque burundais a le devoir de préserver le développement harmonieux de la famille et d’oeuvrer en faveur de la cohésion et du respect de cette famille, de respecter à tout moment ses parents, de les nourrir et de les assister en cas de nécessité. (Art. 66)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishWHEREAS the Peoples of the Island of Saint Vincent, who are known as Vincentians-
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c. realize that the maintenance of human dignity presupposes safeguarding the rights of privacy of family life, of property and the fostering of the pursuit of just economic rewards for labor;
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Marriage and Family Life
- English1. Women have the right to full and equal protection by the law, and have the right not to be discriminated against on the basis of their gender or marital status which includes the right—
a. to be accorded the same rights as men in civil law, including equal capacity—
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iii. to acquire and retain custody, guardianship and care of children and to have an equal right in the making of decisions that affect their upbringing;
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b. on the dissolution of marriage, howsoever entered into—
i. to a fair disposition of property that is held jointly with a husband; and
ii. to fair maintenance, taking into consideration all the circumstances and, in particular, the means of the former husband and the needs of any children.
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