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- EnglishThe Republic provides for the social protection and social security of citizens in accordance with the principle of social justice.The Republic guarantees the right of assistance to citizens who are infirm or unfit for work.
… (Art. 35) - MacedonianРепубликата се грижи за социјалната заштита и социјалната сигурност на граѓаните согласно со начелото на социјална праведност. Републиката им гарантира право на помош на немоќните и на неспособните за работа граѓани.
… (Член 35)
Public Institutions and Services
- English
The workers have the right to conditions of work that assure to them[,] especially:
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7. Social security for integral protection and measures of subsistence in cases of disability, age, occupational risks, illness or maternity, and to their relations in cases of death, in the form and conditions that the law determines. (Art. 82) - Spanish
Los trabajadores tienen derecho a condiciones de trabajo que les aseguren en especial:
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7) Seguridad social para protección integral y medios de subsistencia en casos de invalidez, vejez, riesgos profesionales, enfermedad y maternidad; y a sus familiares en casos de muerte, en la forma y condiciones que determine la ley. (Art. 82)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishAny person who, immediately before the date of the coming into operation of this Constitution, was in receipt of any pension or other retirement benefit out of the public Funds, including the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Fund of the Colony of Cyprus shall on and after the date of the coming into operation of this Constitution, continue to be paid such pension or other retirement benefit out of the public Funds of the Republic under the same terms and conditions as were applicable to such pensions or other retirement benefits immediately before the date of the coming into operation of this Constitution or under terms and conditions made thereafter not less favourable to that person and applicable to his case. (Art. 193)
- GreekΠας όστις αμέσως προ της ημερομηνίας της ενάρξεως της ισχύος του Συντάγματος ελάμβανεν εκ του δημοσίου ταμείου της αποικίας της Κύπρου περιλαμβανομένου του ταμείου συντάξεων χηρών και ορφανών οιανδήποτε σύνταξιν ή έτερον επίδομα λόγω αποχωρήσεως εκ της υπηρεσίας θα εξακολουθή από της ημερομηνίας της ισχύος του Συντάγματος λαμβάνων την σύνταξιν ή το επίδομα λόγω αποχωρήσεως εκ της υπηρεσίας εκ του δημοσίου ταμείου της Δημοκρατίας, υπό τας προϋποθέσεις και τους όρους τους ισχύοντας περί των συντάξεων ή των ετέρων ειρημένων επιδομάτων αμέσως προ της ημερομηνίας ενάρξεως της ισχύος του Συντάγματος ή υπό προϋποθέσεις και όρους θεσπιζομένους μεταγενεστέρως, ουχί όμως ολιγώτερον ευμενείς δια τον δικαιούχον και εφαρμοζομένους εις την περίπτωσιν αυτού. (Αρθρον 193)
- TurkishBu Anayasanın yürürlüğe girdiği tarihten hemen önce, Kıbrıs Kolonisi Dul ve Yetim Maaşları Fonu da dâhil olmak üzere kamu Fonlarından herhangi bir emeklilik maaşı alan veya emeklilikten dolayı diğer bir hakka sahip olan herhangi bir şahsa, bu Anayasanın yürürlüğe girdiği tarihte ve sonra Cumhuriyetin kamu Fonlarından, söz konusu emeklilik maaşı veya emeklilikten dolayı sahip olduğu diğer hakları, söz konusu emeklilik maaşına veya emeklilik dolayısıyla sahip olduğu diğer haklara bu Anayasanın yürürlüğe girdiği tarihten hemen önce uygulanan aynı kayıt ve şartlar altında veya bu tarihten sonra konulan ve kendi durumuna uygulanabilecek ve daha az lehinde olmayacak olan kayıt ve şartlara göre verilmeye devam olunur. (Madde 193)
Public Institutions and Services
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The State, society and families attend to implementing development policies and supporting the progress of women and to protecting the legitimate rights and benefits of women and children. (Art. 29)
- Lao
ລັດ, ສັງຄົມ ແລະ ຄອບຄົວເອົາໃຈໃສ່ປະຕິບັດນະໂຍບາຍພັດທະນາ ແລະ ສົ່ງ ເສີມຄວາມກ້າວໜ້າຂອງແມ່ຍິງ, ປົກປ້ອງສິດ ແລະ ຜົນປະໂຫຍດຂອງແມ່ຍິງ ແລະ ເດັກນ້ອຍ. (ມາດຕາ 29)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe State must take all practical measures, within the limits of the resources available to it, to provide social security and social care to those who are in need. (Sec. 30)
Public Institutions and Services
- English1. Everyone shall be guaranteed social security for old age, in case of illness, disability and loss of the breadwinner, for the bringing up of children and in other cases specified by law.
… (Art. 39) - Russian1. Каждому гарантируется социальное обеспечение по возрасту, в случае болезни, инвалидности, потери кормильца, для воспитания детей и в иных случаях, установленных законом.
… (Статья 39)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishAgrarian reform and rural development are effected in accordance with the following bases:
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9. support to the peasant woman, especially to who is head of [the] family;
… (Art. 115) - SpanishLa reforma agraria y el desarrollo rural se efectuarán de acuerdo con las siguientes bases:
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9. el apoyo a la mujer campesina, en especial a quien sea cabeza de familia;
… (Art. 115)
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- English(1) The functions, duties and powers of the National Dalit Commission shall be as follows:
(a) to conduct study and exploration as to the overall situation of the Dalit community, identify areas of necessary policy, legal and institutional reforms in that field, and make recommendations to the Government of Nepal,
(b) to formulate national policies and programs concerning the interests of the Dalit for the upliftment and development of the Dalit, putting an end to caste-based discrimination, oppression and discrimination, and submit such policies and programs to the Government of Nepal for their implementation,
(c) to monitor as to whether laws concerning the interests of the Dalit, including the special provisions made for the upliftment and interests of the Dalit community have been effectively implemented, and in the event of absence of observance or implementation, to make suggestions to the Government of Nepal for the observance or implementation thereof,
(d) to make suggestions to the Government of Nepal about the preparation of reports to be submitted by Nepal in accordance with the provisions contained in the international treaties or agreements concerning the rights of the Dalit community, to which Nepal is a party,
(e) in order to have the Dalit community included in the mainstream of national development and ensure proportional participation in all organs of the State, to assess, monitor and evaluate the existing policies and programs, and make recommendation to the Government of Nepal for their effective implementation,
(f) if it is necessary to file cases against any persons or bodies on matters of being victims of caste-based discrimination and untouchability or social ill-practices or infringement of or deprivation of enjoyment of the rights of the Dalit, to make recommendations to the concerned bodies to file such cases in courts in accordance with the law.
(2) The National Dalit Commission may so delegate any of its functions, duties and powers to the Chairperson of the Commission, any of its members or any employee of the Government of Nepal as to be exercised and complied with subject to the specified conditions.
(3) Other functions, duties and powers and other relevant matters of the National Dalit Commission shall be as provided for in the Federal law. (Art. 256) - Nepali(१) राष्ट्रिय दलित आयोगको काम, कर्तव्य र अधिकार देहाय बमोजिम हुनेछ :–
(क) दलित समुदायको समग्र स्थितिको अध्ययन तथा अन्वेषण गरी तत्सम्बन्धमा गर्नु पर्ने नीतिगत, कानूनी र संस्थागत सुधारका विषय पहिचान गरी नेपाल सरकारलाई सिफारिस गर्ने,
(ख) जातीय छुवाछूत, उत्पीडन र विभेदको अन्त्य गरी दलित उत्थान र विकासका लागि दलित हितसँग सरोकार राख्ने राष्ट्रिय नीति तथा कार्यक्रमको तर्जुमा गरी कार्यान्वयनका लागि नेपाल सरकार समक्ष पेश गर्ने,
(ग) दलित समुदायको उत्थान तथा हितमा भएका विशेष व्यवस्था लगायत दलित हितसँग सम्वन्धित कानूनको प्रभावकारी रूपमा पालना भए वा नभएको विषयमा अनुगमन गरी पालना वा कार्यान्वयन नभएको भए सोको पालना वा कार्यान्वयनका लागि नेपाल सरकार समक्ष सुझाब दिने,
(घ) दलित समुदायको अधिकारसंग सम्बन्धित नेपाल पक्ष भएको अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय सन्धि वा सम्झौतामा भएको व्यवस्था बमोजिम नेपालले पठाउनु पर्ने प्रतिवेदन तयारीका सम्बन्धमा नेपाल सरकारलाई सुझाव दिने,
(ङ) दलित समुदायलाई राष्ट्रिय विकासको मूल प्रवाहमा समाहित गर्न तथा राज्यका सबै अंगहरूमा समानुपातिक सहभागिता सुनिश्चित गर्न मौजूदा नीति तथा कार्यक्रमकोे समीक्षा, अनुगमन तथा मूल्यांकन गर्ने र सोको प्रभावकारी कार्यान्वयनका लागि नेपाल सरकारलाई सिफारिस गर्ने,
(च) जातीय भेदभाव तथा छूवाछूत वा सामाजिक कुरीतिबाट पीडित भएको वा दलितको हक प्रयोग गर्न नदिएको कुनै व्यक्ति वा संस्था विरुद्ध मुद्दा वञ्चित गरेको विषयमा संस्था विरुद्ध मुद्दा दायर गर्नु पर्ने आवश्यकता देखिएमा कानून बमोजिम दायर गर्नु पर्ने आवश्यकता देखिएमा अदालतमा मुद्दा दायर गर्न सम्बन्धित निकाय समक्ष सिफारिस गर्ने।
(२) राष्ट्रिय दलित आयोगले आफ्नो काम, कर्तव्य र अधिकार मध्ये कुनै काम, कर्तव्य र अधिकार आयोगको अध्यक्ष, कुनै सदस्य वा नेपाल सरकारको कुनै कर्मचारीलाई तोकिएको शर्तको अधीनमा रही प्रयोग तथा पालन गर्ने गरी प्रत्यायोजन गर्न सक्नेछ ।
(३) राष्ट्रिय दलित आयोगको अन्य काम, कर्तव्य, अधिकार तथा तत्सम्बन्धी अन्य व्यवस्था संघीय कानून बमोजिम हुनेछ । (धारा २५६)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe following are essential purposes and functions of the State, in addition to those established in the Constitution and the law:
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2. To guarantee the welfare, development, security and protection, and equal dignity of individuals, nations, peoples, and communities, …
5. To guarantee access of all people to education, health and work.
… (Art. 9) - SpanishSon fines y funciones esenciales del Estado, además de los que establece la Constitución y la ley:
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2. Garantizar el bienestar, el desarrollo, la seguridad y la protección e igual dignidad de las personas, las naciones, los pueblos y las comunidades, ...
5. Garantizar el acceso de las personas a la educación, a la salud y al trabajo.
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Public Institutions and Services
- English(1) The entire wealth of the country in its different forms, irrespective of ownership, shall be subordinated to the general interest.
… (Sec. 128) - Spanish1. Toda la riqueza del país en sus distintas formas y sea cual fuere su titularidad está subordinada al interés general.
… (Art. 128)