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Marriage and Family Life
Ethiopia
- English1. Men and women, without any distinction as to race, nation, nationality or religion, who have attained marriageable age as defined by law, have the right to marry and found a family. They have equal rights while entering into, during marriage and at the time of divorce. Laws shall be enacted to ensure the protection of rights and interests of children at the time of divorce.
2. Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.
3. The family is the natural and fundamental unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.
4. In accordance with provisions to be specified by law, a law giving recognition to marriage concluded under systems of religious or customary laws may be enacted.
5. This Constitution shall not preclude the adjudication of disputes relating to personal and family laws in accordance with religious or customary laws, with the consent of the parties to the dispute. Particulars shall be determined by law. (Art. 34) - Amharic1. በሕግ ከተወሰነው የጋብቻ ዕድሜ የደረሱ ወንዶችና ሴቶች በዘር፣ በብሔር፣በብሔረሰብ ወይም በሃይማኖት ልዩነት ሳይደረግባቸው የማግባትና ቤተሰብ የመመስረት መብት አላቸው፡፡ በጋብቻ አፈጻጸም፣ በጋብቻው ዘመንና በፍቺ ጊዜ እኩል መብት አላቸው፡፡ በፍቺም ጊዜ የልጆችን መብትና ጥቅም እንዲከበር የሚያደርጉ ድንጋጌዎች ይደነገጋሉ፡፡
2. ጋብቻ በተጋቢዎች ነጻና ሙሉ ፈቃድ ላይ ብቻ ይመሰረታል፡፡
3. ቤተሰብ የኅብረተሰብ የተፈጥሮ መሰረታዊ መነሻ ነው፡፡ ከኅብረተሰብና ከመንግሥት ጥበቃ የማግኘት መብት አለው፡፡
4. በሕግ በተለይ በሚዘረዘረው መሰረት በሃይማኖት፣ በባሕል የሕግ ሥርዓቶች ላይ ተመስርትው ለሚፈጸሙ ጋብቻዎች እውቅና የሚሰጥ ሕግ ሊወጣ ይችላል፡፡
5. ይህ ሕገ መንግሥት የግል እና የቤተሰብ ሕግን በተመለከተ በተከራካሪዎች ፈቃድ በሃይማኖቶች ወይም በባሕሎች ሕጐች መሰረት መዳኘትን አይከለክልም፡፡ ዝርዝሩ በሕግ ይወሰናል፡፡ (አንቀጽ 34)
Marriage and Family Life
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- EnglishEvery person is entitled to protection of his or her honor, private life, intimacy, self-image, confidentiality and reputation.
The use of electronic information shall be restricted by law in order to guarantee the personal and family intimacy and honor of citizens and the full exercise of their rights. (Art. 60) - SpanishToda persona tiene derecho a la protección de su honor, vida privada, intimidad, propia imagen, confidencialidad y reputación.
La ley limitará el uso de la informática para garantizar el honor y la intimidad personal y familiar de los ciudadanos y ciudadanas y el pleno ejercicio de sus derechos. (Art. 60)
Marriage and Family Life
Romania
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(2) Citizens have the right to pensions, paid maternity leave, medical care in public health centres, unemployment benefits, and other forms of public or private social securities, as stipulated by the law. Citizens have the right to social assistance, according to the law. (Art. 47) - Romanian…
(2) Cetăţenii au dreptul la pensie, la concediu de maternitate plătit, la asistenţă medicală în unităţile sanitare de stat, la ajutor de şomaj şi la alte forme de asigurări sociale publice sau private, prevăzute de lege. Cetăţenii au dreptul şi la măsuri de asistenţă socială, potrivit legii. (Art. 47)
Marriage and Family Life
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
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III. Every child and adolescent, without regard to origin, has equal rights and duties with respect to his or her parents. Discrimination among offspring on the part of parents shall be punished by law.
IV. Every child and adolescent has the right to identity and filial relationship with respect to his or her parents. When the parents are not known, the conventional surname chosen by the person responsible for his or her care will be used.
… (Art. 59) - Spanish...
III. Todas las niñas, niños y adolescentes, sin distinción de su origen, tienen iguales derechos y deberes respecto a sus progenitores. La discriminación entre hijos por parte de los progenitores será sancionada por la ley.
IV. Toda niña, niño y adolescente tiene derecho a la identidad y la filiación respecto a sus progenitores. Cuando no se conozcan los progenitores, utilizarán el apellido convencional elegido por la persona responsable de su cuidado.
... (Art. 59)
Marriage and Family Life
Qatar
- EnglishThe sanctity of human privacy shall be inviolable, and therefore interference into privacy of a person, family affairs, home of residence, correspondence, or any other act of interference that may demean or defame a person may not be allowed save as limited by the provisions of the law stipulated therein (Art. 37)
- Arabicلخصوصية الإنسان حرمتها، فلا يجوز تعرض أي شخص، لأي تدخّل في خصوصياته أو شؤون أسرته أو مسكنه أو مراسلاته أو أيّة تدخلات تمسّ شرفه أو سمعته، إلّا وفقاً لأحكام القانون وبالكيفية المنصوص عليها فيه. (المادّة 37)
Marriage and Family Life
Guinea-Bissau
- English1. The State recognizes the formation of the family and assures its protection.
2. Children are equal before the law, independently of the civil status of the parents.
3. Spouses have equal rights and duties in terms of civil and political capacities, as well as the maintenance and education of the children. (Art. 26) - Portuguese1 - O Estado reconhece a constituição da família e assegura a sua protecção.
2 - Os filhos são iguais perante a lei, independentemente do estado civil dos progenitores.
3 - Os cônjuges têm iguais direitos e deveres quanto à capacidade civil e política e à manutenção e educação dos filhos. (Art. 26)
Marriage and Family Life
Azerbaijan
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II. Everybody has the right to keep their family life secret or private. Except in cases specified by law, interference with a person's private or family life is prohibited. Everyone has a right to protection against unlawful interference with his or her private or family life.
… (Art. 32) - Azerbaijani…
II. Hər kəsin şəxsi və ailə həyatının sirrini saxlamaq hüququ vardır. Qanunla nəzərdə tutulan hallardan başqa, şəxsi və ailə həyatına müdaxilə etmək qadağandır. Hər kəsin şəxsi və ailə həyatına qanunsuz müdaxilədən müdafiə hüququ vardır.
… (Maddə 32)
Marriage and Family Life
Slovenia
- EnglishMarriage is based on the equality of spouses. Marriages shall be solemnised before an empowered state authority.
Marriage and the legal relations within it and the family, as well as those within an extramarital union, shall be regulated by law.
The state shall protect the family, motherhood, fatherhood, children and young people and shall create the necessary conditions for such protection. (Art. 53) - SloveneZakonska zveza temelji na enakopravnosti zakoncev. Sklene se pred pristojnim državnim organom.
Zakonsko zvezo in pravna razmerja v njej, v družini in v zunajzakonski skupnosti ureja zakon.
Država varuje družino, materinstvo, očetovstvo, otroke in mladino ter ustvarja za to varstvo potrebne razmere. (53. Člen)
Marriage and Family Life
Brazil
- EnglishParents have a duty to assist, raise and educate their minor children, and children of age have a duty to help and support their parents in old age, need or sickness. (Art. 229)
- PortugueseOs pais têm o dever de assistir, criar e educar os filhos menores, e os filhos maiores têm o dever de ajudar e amparar os pais na velhice, carência ou enfermidade. (Art. 229)