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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe government must ensure the rights of women in all respects, in conformity with Islamic criteria, and accomplish the following goals:
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2. the protection of mothers, particularly during pregnancy and childbearing, and the protection of children without guardians;
3. establishing competent courts to protect and preserve the foundation and survival of the family;
4. the provision of special insurance for widows, and aged women and women without support;
5. the awarding of guardianship of children to worthy mothers, in order to protect the interests of the children, in the absence of a legal guardian. (Art. 21) - Persianدولت موظف است حقوق زن را در تمام جهات با رعایت موازین اسلامی تضمین نماید و امور زیر را انجام دهد:
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2- حمایت مادران، بهخصوص در دوران بارداری و حضانت فرزند، و حمایت از کودکان بیسرپرست.
3- ایجاد دادگاه صالح برای حفظ کیان و بقای خانواده.
4- ایجاد بیمه خاص بیوگان و زنان سالخورده و بیسرپرست.
5- اعطای قیمومت فرزندان به مادران شایسته در جهت غبطه آنها در صورت نبودن ولی شرعی. (اصل 21)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe State recognises the right of children and young persons to special protection in view of their immaturity and vulnerability and to ensure effective exercise of this right the State undertakes−
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(d) to ensure, save in exceptional and judicially recognized circumstances, that a child of young age is not separated from his parents. (Art. 31)
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
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(9) The parents have prior right to choose the appropriate field of education for their children. (Art. 35) - Moldovian
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(9) Dreptul prioritar de a alege sfera de instruire a copiilor revine părinţilor. (Art. 35)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe State protects the family, which is the foundation of society. (Art. 259)
- FrenchL'Etat protège la Famille base fondamentale de la Société. (Art. 259)
Marriage and Family Life
- English1. The family shall be the fundamental element and the foundation of the whole society.
2. Fatherhood and motherhood shall be eminent social values.
3. Everyone shall have the right to form a family.
4. Parents shall have the right and duty to orient and raise children in conformance with their fundamental options, having in view the integral development of the personality of children and adolescents and respecting their legally recognized rights.
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6. Parents must render assistance to minor or incapacitated children.
7. Children who have reached the age of majority must render moral and material assistance to their parents who find themselves in a situation of vulnerability, particularly, by reason of age, illness or economic need.
8. The society and the public authorities shall protect the family and shall promote the creation of conditions that shall ensure the stability of family households and shall permit the fulfillment of their social function and its mission of guardian of moral values recognized by the community, as well as the personal realization of their members.
9. The law shall punish domestic violence and shall protect the rights of all members of a family. (Art. 82) - Portuguese1. A família é o elemento fundamental e a célula base de toda a sociedade.
2. A paternidade e maternidade são valores sociais eminentes.
3. Todos têm o direito de constituir família.
4. Os pais têm o direito e o dever de orientar e educar os filhos em conformidade com as suas opções fundamentais, tendo em vista o desenvolvimento integral da personalidade das crianças e adolescentes e respeitando os direitos a estes legalmente reconhecidos.
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6. Os pais devem prestar assistência aos filhos menores ou incapacitados.
7. Os filhos maiores devem prestar assistência moral e material aos pais que se encontrem em situação de vulnerabilidade, designadamente por motivo de idade, doença ou carência económica.
8. A sociedade e os poderes públicos protegem a família e promovem a criação de condições que assegurem a estabilidade dos agregados familiares e permitam o cumprimento da sua função social e da sua missão de guardiã de valores morais reconhecidos pela comunidade, bem como a realização pessoal dos seus membros.
9. A lei pune a violência doméstica e protege os direitos de todos os membros da família. (Art. 82)
Marriage and Family Life
- English
Citizens of both women and men enjoy equal rights in the political, economic, cultural and social fields and in family affairs. (Art. 37)
- Lao
ພົນລະເມືອງລາວຍິງຊາຍ ມີສິດເທົ່າທຽມກັນ ໃນດ້ານການເມືອງ, ເສດຖະກິດ, ວັດທະນະທໍາ-ສັງຄົມ ແລະຄອບຄົວ. (ມາດຕາ 37)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe National and state governments shall have legislative and executive competences on any of the matters listed below:
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23. Mother, Childcare and protection; … (Schedule (C). Concurrent Powers)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishI. Everybody has the right to marriage upon reaching the age specified by law.
II. Marriage is contracted on the basis of voluntary consent. No one shall be forced to marry.
III. Family and marriage are under the protection of the State. Mothers, fathers and children shall be protected by law. The State renders assistance to large families.
IV. The rights of husband and wife are equal. The care and raising of children is the right and obligation of both parents.
V. Children have the obligation to take care of their parents. Able-bodied children upon reaching the age of 18 have the duty to support their invalid parents. (Art. 34) - AzerbaijaniI. Hər kəsin qanunla nəzərdə tutulmuş yaşa çatdıqda ailə qurmaq hüququ vardır.
II. Nikah könüllü razılıq əsasında bağlanılır. Heç kəs zorla evləndirilə (ərə verilə) bilməz.
III. Nikah və ailə dövlətin himayəsindədir. Analıq, atalıq, uşaqlıq qanunla mühafizə edilir. Dövlət çoxuşaqlı ailələrə yardım göstərir.
IV. Ər ilə arvadın hüquqları bərabərdir. Uşaqlara qayğı göstərmək, onları tərbiyə etmək valideynlərin həm hüququ, həm də borcudur.
V. Valideynlərə hörmət etmək, onların qayğısına qalmaq uşaqların borcudur. 18 yaşına çatmış əmək qabiliyyətli uşaqlar əmək qabiliyyəti olmayan valideynlərini saxlamağa borcludurlar. (Maddə 34)
Marriage and Family Life
- English1. Men and women shall have equal rights in family, political, social and economic life in the Republic of Poland.
… (Art. 33) - Polish1. Kobieta i mężczyzna w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej mają równe prawa w życiu rodzinnym, politycznym, społecznym i gospodarczym.
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