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- English(1) The law to be applied with respect to any pensions benefits that were granted to any person before the coming into operation of this Constitution shall be the law that was in force at the date on which those benefits were granted or any law in force at a later date that is not less favourable to that person.
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(5) In this section "pensions benefits" means any pensions, compensation, gratuities or other like allowances for persons in respect of their service as public officers or as members of the armed forces or for the widows, children, dependants or personal representatives of such persons in respect of such service. (Sec. 115)
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
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2. Marriage and family enjoy special protection of the state.
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2. Martesa dhe familja gëzojnë mbrojtjen e veçantë të shtetit.
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Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe High Authority responsible for Good Governance is an institution independent of any political power, of any political party, of any association or of any pressure group. (Art. 147)
- FrenchLa Haute Autorité chargée de Bonne Gouvernance est une Institution indépendante de tout pourvoir politique, de tout parti politique, de toute association ou de tout groupe de pression. (Art. 147)
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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Public Institutions and Services
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The community and the State especially protect the child, the adolescent, the mother and the older person in [a] situation of abandonment. They also protect the family and promote matrimony. These latter are recognized as natural and fundamental institutions of society.
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La comunidad y el Estado protegen especialmente al niño, al adolescente, a la madre y al anciano en situación de abandono. También protegen a la familia y promueven el matrimonio. Reconocen a estos últimos como institutos naturales y fundamentales de la sociedad.
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Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe state shall protect maternity, children and young people, and shall create social, cultural, educational, material and other conditions promoting the exercise of the right to a decent life. (Art. 62)
- CroatianDržava štiti materinstvo, djecu i mladež te stvara socijalne, kulturne, odgojne, materijalne i druge uvjete kojima se promice ostvarivanje prava na dostojan život. (Članak 62)
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The State shall provide care to and protection of motherhood and childhood, female heads of families, and elderly and neediest women. (Art. 11) - Arabic…
تلتزم الدّولة بتوفير الرّعاية والحماية للأمومة والطّفولة والمرأة المعيلة للأسرة و المرأة المسنّة والنّساء الأشدّ احتياجا. (المادّة 11)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishI. Every person has the right to an adequate habitat and home that dignifies family and community life.
II. The State, at all levels of the government, is responsible for promoting the development of housing for social benefit, using adequate financing systems, based on principles of solidarity and equity. These plans shall be directed preferentially to families with scarce resources, to disadvantaged groups and to rural areas. (Art. 19) - SpanishI. Toda persona tiene derecho a un hábitat y vivienda adecuada, que dignifiquen la vida familiar y comunitaria.
II. El Estado, en todos sus niveles de gobierno, promoverá planes de vivienda de interés social, mediante sistemas adecuados de financiamiento, basándose en los principios de solidaridad y equidad. Estos planes se destinarán preferentemente a familias de escasos recursos, a grupos menos favorecidos y al área rural. (Art. 19)