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Public Institutions and Services
- English1. Unless authorisation is granted to the Executive to do so, the National Assembly shall have relative competence for legislating on the following matters:
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i) The basic elements of the national education, health and social security systems;
… (Art. 165) - Portuguese1. À Assembleia Nacional compete legislar com reserva relativa, salvo autorização concedida ao Executivo, sobre as seguintes matérias:
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i) Bases dos sistemas nacionais de ensino, de saúde e de segurança social;
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Public Institutions and Services
- English(1) Public administration must be governed by the democratic values and principles enshrined in the Constitution, including the following principles:
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(d) Services must be provided impartially, fairly, equitably and without bias.
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Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe family, marriage, motherhood and childhood are under the protection of the State. (Art. 111)
- SpanishLa familia, el matrimonio, la maternidad y la infancia están bajo la protección del Estado. (Art. 111)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe state shall protect mothers and children, and shall sponsor the youth and the young. (Art. 30)
- Arabicتحمي الدولـة الأمومة والطفولــة وترعى النشء والشبـــاب. (المادّة 30)
Public Institutions and Services
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2. Fathers and mothers shall have the right to protection by the society and by the State as regards the realization of their irreplaceable role in relation to children.
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2. Os pais e as mães têm direito à protecção da sociedade e do Estado na realização da sua insubstituível acção em relação aos filhos.
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Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe family is the nucleus of society and the state shall protect it. (Art. 7)
- Arabicالأسرة هي الخليّة الأساسية للمجتمع، وعلى الدولة حمايتها. (الفصل 7)
- FrenchLa famille est la cellule de base de la société. Il incombe à l’État de la protéger. (Art. 7)
Public Institutions and Services
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The services of education, health, and social security, are the indeclinable duties of the State, which is obligated to provide them without exclusions, to improve them and to expand them [ampliarlos]. The installations and infrastructure of these services [which are] property of the State, may not be alienated under any modality. …
The gratuity of health care [salud] for the vulnerable sectors of the population, prioritizing the provision [cumplimiento] of maternal-infant programs[,] is guaranteed. The model of family and community health care will be developed.
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Los servicios de educación, salud y seguridad social, son deberes indeclinables del Estado, que está obligado a prestarlos sin exclusiones, a mejorarlos y ampliarlos. Las instalaciones e infraestructura de dichos servicios propiedad del Estado, no pueden ser enajenadas bajo ninguna modalidad. …
Se garantiza la gratuidad de la salud para los sectores vulnerables de la población, priorizando el cumplimiento de los programas materno infantil. Se desarrollará el modelo de salud familiar y comunitaria.
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Public Institutions and Services
- English(1) The raising and upbringing of children until they come of legal age shall be a right and obligation of their parents and shall be assisted by the State.
(2) Mothers shall be the object of special protection on the part of the State and shall be guaranteed prenatal and postnatal leave, free obstetric care, alleviated working conditions and other social assistance.
… (Art. 47) - Bulgarian(1) Отглеждането и възпитанието на децата до пълнолетието им е право и задължение на техните родители и се подпомага от държавата.
(2) Жената майка се ползва от особената закрила на държавата, която й осигурява платен отпуск преди и след раждане, безплатна акушерска помощ, облекчаване на труда и други социални помощи.
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Public Institutions and Services
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The family, the basic unit of the human community, is organized in a manner to assure its unity, its stability and its protection. It is placed under the protection of the public powers.
The care and the education to be given to the children constitute, for the parents, a natural right and a duty which they exercise under the surveillance [and] with the aid of the public powers.
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La famille, cellule de base de la communauté humaine, est organisée de manière à assurer son unité, sa stabilité et sa protection. Elle est placée sous la protection des pouvoirs publics.
Les soins et l’éducation à donner aux enfants constituent, pour les parents, un droit naturel et un devoir qu’ils exercent sous la surveillance et avec l’aide des pouvoirs publics.
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Public Institutions and Services
- English(1) Public administration in all tiers of government, including institutions and agencies of the State, and government-controlled entities and other public enterprises, must be governed by the democratic values and principles enshrined in this Constitution, including the following principles—
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(d) services must be provided impartially, fairly, equitably and without bias;
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