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- EnglishTurkmenistan is a state ensuring social security of each person. (Art. 5)
- RussianТуркменистан является государством, гарантирующим социальную защищённость каждого человека. (Статья 5)
- TurkmenTürkmenistan her bir adamyň durmuş taýdan goraglylygyny kepillendirýän döwletdir. (5-nji madda)
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The State protects the family, particularly the mother and the child. It assists persons having [porteuses] handicaps as well as the elderly. (Art. 26) - French
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... L'Etat protège la famille, particulièrement la mère et l'enfant. Il porte assistance aux personnes porteuses de handicap ainsi qu’aux personnes âgées. (Art. 26)
Public Institutions and Services
- English1. The State shall guarantee to every citizen, through the social security system, the right to protection in illness, disability, old age, widowhood, orphanhood and in other cases provided for by the law.
… (Art. 44) - Portuguese1. O Estado garante a todo o cidadão, através do sistema de segurança social, o direito a protecção na doença, invalidez, velhice, viuvez, orfandade e noutros casos previstos na lei.
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The law will determine the duties of the State and will create the institutions for the protection of the maternity and the infancy. (Art. 34) - Spanish…
La ley determinará los deberes del Estado y creará las instituciones para la protección de la maternidad y de la infancia. (Art. 34)
Public Institutions and Services
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1. Everyone has the right to social insurance in old age or when he/she is unable to work, according to a system established by law.
2. Everyone, who remains jobless for reasons independent of his/her volition and has no other means of support, has the right to assistance under the conditions provided by law. (Art. 52) - Albanian
1. Kushdo ka të drejtën e sigurimeve shoqërore në pleqëri ose kur është i paaftë për punë, sipas një sistemi të caktuar me ligj.
2. Kushdo, kur mbetet pa punë për shkaqe të pavarura nga vullneti i tij dhe kur nuk ka mjete të tjera jetese, ka të drejtën e ndihmës në kushtet e parashikuara me ligj. (Neni 52)
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The State and the other public collectivities have, collectively [ensemble], the duty to see to the physical and moral health of the family and to encourage it socially by the appropriate institutions.
The protection of the woman and of the child against violence and insecurity, exploitation and moral, intellectual and physical neglect[,] is an obligation of the State and the other public collectivities. This protection is assured by the appropriate measures and institutions of the State and of the other public collectivities.
Parents have the natural right and the primordial duty to raise and educate their hildren so as to develop in them [a] good physical, intellectual and moral aptitude. They are supported in this task by the State and the other public collectivities.
Children born outside of marriage have the same rights to public assistance as legitimate children.
... (Art. 7) - French...
L’Etat et les autres collectivités publiques ont, ensemble, le devoir de veiller à la santé physique et morale de la famille et de l’encourager socialement par des institutions appropriées.
La protection de la femme et de l’enfant contre la violence, l’insécurité, l’exploitation et l’abandon moral, intellectuel et physique est une obligation pour l’Etat et d les autres collectivités publiques. Cette protection est assurée par des mesures et des institutions appropriées de l’Etat et des autres collectivités publiques.
Les parents ont le droit naturel et le devoir primordial d’élever et d’éduquer leurs enfants afin de développer en eux de bonnes aptitudes physiques, intellectuelles et morales. Ils sont soutenus dans cette tâche par l’Etat et les autres collectivités publiques.
Les enfants nés hors mariage ont les mêmes droits à l’assistance publique que les enfants légitimes.
... (Art. 7)
Public Institutions and Services
- English(1) Everyone has the right to have access to -
(a) health care services, including reproductive health care;
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(c) social security, including, if they are unable to support themselves and their dependants, appropriate social assistance.
(2) The state must take reasonable legislative and other measures, within its available resources, to achieve the progressive realisation of each of these rights.
… (Sec. 27)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishIt must also protect all families regardless of whether they are constituted within the bonds of marriage. It must endeavor to aid and assist mothers, children and the aged. (Art. 260)
- FrenchIl doit une égale protection à toutes les Familles qu'elles soient constituées ou non dans les liens du mariage. Il doit procurer aide et assistance à la maternité, à l'enfance et à la vieillesse. (Art. 260)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishEveryone shall, in accordance with law, have the right to social security in cases of maternity, having many children, illness, disability, workplace accidents, need of care, loss of breadwinner, old age, unemployment, loss of employment, and in other cases. (Art. 83)
- ArmenianՅուրաքանչյուր ոք, օրենքին համապատասխան, ունի մայրության, բազմազավակության, հիվանդության, հաշմանդամության, աշխատավայրում դժբախտ պատահարների, խնամքի կարիք ունենալու, կերակրողին կորցնելու, ծերության, գործազրկության, աշխատանքը կորցնելու և այլ դեպքերում սոցիալական ապահովության իրավունք: (Հոդված 83)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe family shall enjoy special protection of the state.
… (Art. 61) - CroatianObitelj je pod osobitom zaštitom države.
… (Članak 61)