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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishIn matters of health, the State is primarily obliged to develop the following activities, integrating the functions of prevention, cure and rehabilitation in the:
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3. Protection of the health of mother, young child and adolescent, guaranteeing health care during the periods of pregnancy, lactation, childhood and adolescence;
… (Art. 110) - SpanishEn materia de salud, corresponde primordialmente al Estado el desarrollo de las siguientes actividades, integrando las funciones de prevención, curación y rehabilitación:
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3. Proteger la salud de la madre, del niño y del adolescente, garantizando una atención integral durante el proceso de gestación, lactancia, crecimiento y desarrollo en la niñez y adolescencia.
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Marriage and Family Life
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4. The State shall take care of human health care and social protection, ensuring the subsistence minimum and decent housing, and protecting the welfare of the family.
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4. სახელმწიფო ზრუნავს ადამიანის ჯანმრთელობისა და სოციალურ დაცვაზე, საარსებო მინიმუმითა და ღირსეული საცხოვრებლით უზრუნველყოფაზე, ოჯახის კეთილდღეობის დაცვაზე.
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Marriage and Family Life
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The Republic shall assist the development of a family and the fulfilment of its duties, with particular consideration for large families, through economic measures and other benefits.
The Republic shall protect mothers, children and the young by adopting necessary measures. (Art. 31) - Italian
La Repubblica agevola con misure economiche e altre provvidenze la formazione della famiglia e l'adempimento dei compiti relativi, con particolare riguardo alle famiglie numerose.
Protegge la maternità, l'infanzia e la gioventù, favorendo gli istituti necessari a tale scopo. (Art. 31)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) Every child has the right—
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(b) to family care or parental care, or to appropriate alternative care when removed from the family environment;
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Marriage and Family Life
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The community and the State especially protect the child, the adolescent, the mother and the older person in [a] situation of abandonment. They also protect the family and promote matrimony. These latter are recognized as natural and fundamental institutions of society.
The form of matrimony and the causes of separation and of dissolution are regulated by the law. (Art. 4) - Spanish
La comunidad y el Estado protegen especialmente al niño, al adolescente, a la madre y al anciano en situación de abandono. También protegen a la familia y promueven el matrimonio. Reconocen a estos últimos como institutos naturales y fundamentales de la sociedad.
La forma del matrimonio y las causas de separación y de disolución son reguladas por la ley. (Art. 4)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishFirst: The State shall guarantee to the individual and the family – especially children and women – social and health security, the basic requirements for living a free and decent life, and shall secure for them suitable income and appropriate housing.
… (Art. 30) - Arabicأولاً :ـ تكفل الدولة للفرد وللأسرة ـ وبخاصة الطفل والمرأة ـ الضمان الاجتماعي والصحي، والمقومات الأساسية للعيش في حياةٍ حرةٍ كريمة، تؤمن لهم الدخل المناسب، والسكن الملائم.
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Marriage and Family Life
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Parents have the obligation to provide education and instruction to their children until the age of sixteen (16) years at least.
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Les parents ont l'obligation de pourvoir à l'éducation et à l'instruction de leurs enfants jusqu'à l'âge de seize (16) ans au moins.
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishEvery individual has the right for respect of private and family life and confidentiality of correspondence. (Art. 22)
- FrenchToute personne a droit au respect de sa vie privée et familiale et au secret de sa correspondance. (Art. 22)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe family is the natural and basic unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State. (National Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy, XIX)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishIt is the duty of the State to indicate the conditions for work, remuneration and rest to which employees are entitled, especially by:
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b. Supplying special protection on the job for women before and after pregnancy, ... (Art. 29) - DutchHet is de plicht van de Staat om de voorwaarden voor werk, beloning en rust, waartoe de werknemers gerechtigd zijn aan te geven, in het bijzonder door:
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b. bijzondere bescherming te verlenen op het werk voor vrouwen tijdens en na de zwangerschap, ... (Art. 29)