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Marriage and Family Life
- English
The State shall respect and protect the private and family life. (Art. 28)
- Moldovian
Statul respectă şi ocroteşte viaţa intimă, familială şi privată. (Art. 28)
Marriage and Family Life
- English
Every person has the right:
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6. That information services, computerized or not, public or private, will not provide information that affects personal and familial privacy.
7. To honor and good reputation, to personal and familial privacy, as well as one's own voice and image.
… (Art. 2) - Spanish
Toda persona tiene derecho:
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6. A que los servicios informáticos, computarizados o no, públicos o privados, no suministren informaciones que afecten la intimidad personal y familiar.
7. Al honor y a la buena reputación, a la intimidad personal y familiar así como a la voz y a la imagen propias.
… (Art. 2)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) ...
(f) No persons shall be compelled to give testimony against themselves or their spouses, who shall include partners in a marriage by customary law, and no Court shall admit in evidence against such persons testimony which has been obtained from such persons in violation of Article 8(2)(b) hereof.
... (Art. 12)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe State shall guarantee respect for the reproductive rights of all workers, including the elimination of labor risks affecting reproductive health, access to employment and job security, without limitations due to pregnancy or number of children, maternity and breast-feeding rights, and the right to paternity leave.
The dismissal of a working woman because of pregnancy and maternity, along with discrimination in connection with reproductive roles, is forbidden. (Art. 332) - SpanishEl Estado garantizará el respeto a los derechos reproductivos de las personas trabajadoras, lo que incluye la eliminación de riesgos laborales que afecten la salud reproductiva, el acceso y estabilidad en el empleo sin limitaciones por embarazo o número de hijas e hijos, derechos de maternidad, lactancia, y el derecho a licencia por paternidad.
Se prohíbe el despido de la mujer trabajadora asociado a su condición de gestación y maternidad, así como la discriminación vinculada con los roles reproductivos. (Art. 332)
Marriage and Family Life
- English
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 ແລະຄອບຄົວເອົາໃຈໃສ່ປະຕິບັດນະໂຍບາຍພັດທະນາ ແລະ ສົ່ງເສີມຄວາມກ້າວໜ້າຂອງແມ່ຍິງ, ປົກປ້ອງສິດ ແລະຜົນປະໂຫຍດຂອງແມ່ຍິງ ແລະເດັກນ້ອຍ. (ມາດຕາ 29)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishMarriage, being a union of a man and a woman, as well as the family, motherhood and parenthood, shall be placed under the protection and care of the Republic of Poland. (Art. 18)
- PolishMałżeństwo jako związek kobiety i mężczyzny, rodzina, macierzyństwo i rodzicielstwo znajdują się pod ochroną i opieką Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. (Art. 18)
Marriage and Family Life
- English1. Everyone has a right to respect of his privacy, his family life, his home and his honor and good name.
… (Art. 17) - Dutch1. Een ieder heeft recht op eerbiediging van zijn privéleven, zijn gezin, zijn woning en van zijn eer en goede naam.
… (Art. 17)
Marriage and Family Life
- English
(1) The right to marry and found a family is guaranteed by law.
(2) A civil monogamous marriage between a man and a woman is the only recognised marital union.
(3) However, a monogamous marriage between a man and a woman contracted outside Rwanda in accordance with the law of the country of celebration of the marriage is recognised.
(4) No one can enter into marriage without his or her free and full consent.
(5) Spouses are entitled to equal rights and obligations at the time of marriage, during the marriage and at the time of divorce.
(6) A law determines conditions, formalities and effects of marriage. (Art. 17) - Kinyarwanda
(1) Uburenganzira bwo gushyingiranwa no kugira umuryango burengerwa n’amategeko.
(2) Ugushyingiranwa k’umugabo umwe n’umugore umwe gukorewe mu butegetsi bwa Leta ni ko kwemewe.
(3) Icyakora, ugushyingiranwa k’umugabo umwe n’umugore umwe gukorewe mu mahanga mu buryo bwemewe n’amategeko y’Igihugu basezeraniyemo kuremewe.
(4) Ntawe ushobora gushyingirwa atabyemeye ku bushake bwe busesuye.
(5) Abashyingiranywe bafite uburenganzira n’inshingano bingana mu gihe cyo gushyingiranwa, igihe babana n’igihe cyo gutandukana.
(6) Itegeko rigena ibigomba gukurikizwa, uburyo n’inkurikizi z’ubushyingiranwe. (Ingingo ya 17) - French
(1) Le droit de se marier et de fonder une famille est garanti par la loi.
(2) Le mariage civil monogamique entre un homme et une femme est la seule union conjugale reconnue.
(3) Toutefois, le mariage monogamique entre un homme et une femme contractée à l’étranger conformément à la loi du pays de célébration de ce mariage est reconnu.
(4) Nul ne peut contracter le mariage sans son libre et plein consentement.
(5) Les époux ont les mêmes droits et les mêmes obligations au moment du mariage, dans le mariage et lors du divorce.
(6) Une loi détermine les conditions, les formalités et les effets du mariage. (Art. 17)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe State of Guatemala is organized to protect the person and the family; its supreme objective is the realization of the common good. (Art. 1)
- SpanishEl Estado de Guatemala se organiza para proteger a la persona y a la familia; su fin supremo es la realización del bien común. (Art. 1)