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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
- EnglishDuring the transitional period, state agencies perform the following duties:
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(4) Resolve the economic crisis by stopping economic deterioration and work on laying the foundations for sustainable development by implementing an urgent economic, social, financial, and humanitarian program to face the current challenges.
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(14) Perform an active role in social welfare and achieve social development by striving to provide healthcare, education, housing and social security, ... (Art. 7) - Arabicتلتزم اجهزه الدوله في الفترة الانتقاليه بإنفاذ المهام الآتية:
4. معالجة الازمة الاقتصادية بإيقاف التدهور الاقتصادي والعمل علي إرساء اسس التنمية المستدامة وذلك بتطبيق برنامج اقتصادي واجتماعي ومالي وانساني عاجل لمواجهة التحديات الراهنة.
14. القيام بدور فاعل في الرعاية الاجتماعية وتحقيق التنمية الاجتماعية من خلال السعي لتوفير الصحه والتعليم والسكن والضمان الاجتماعي، والعمل علي المحافظة علي بيئة طبيعية نظيفة وعلي التنوع الحيوي في البلاد ورعايتة وتطويرة بما يضمن مستقبل الاجيال. (الماده 8)
Public Institutions and Services
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The woman and the man are equal before the law. It shall protect the organization and the development of the family.
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Every person has the right to health protection.
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Every family has the right to enjoy decent and proper housing. The law will establish the instruments and supports necessary in order to reach this objective.
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The State will guarantee the delivery of an economic support to persons who have a permanent disability in the terms that the law establishes. ...
Persons over sixty-eight years of age have the right to receive on the part of the State a non-taxable pension in the terms that the law establishes.
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La mujer y el hombre son iguales ante la ley. Ésta protegerá la organización y el desarrollo de la familia.
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Toda persona tiene derecho a la protección de la salud.
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Toda familia tiene derecho a disfrutar de vivienda digna y decorosa. La Ley establecerá los instrumentos y apoyos necesarios a fin de alcanzar tal objetivo.
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El Estado garantizará la entrega de un apoyo económico a las personas que tengan discapacidad permanente en los términos que fije la Ley. ...
Las personas mayores de sesenta y ocho años tienen derecho a recibir por parte del Estado una pensión no contributiva en los términos que fije la Ley.
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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.
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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.
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Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishWE, THE PEOPLE OF ZAMBIA:
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RESOLVE to ensure that our values relating to family, morality, patriotism and justice are maintained and all functions of the State are performed in our common interest;
CONFIRM the equal worth of women and men and their right to freely participate in, determine and build a sustainable political, legal, economic and social order; … (Preamble)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe State strives [s'efforce] to provide for the needs of every citizen who, because of their age or their physical or mental inaptitude, find themselves with an incapacity to work, notably by the institution of organs [organismes] of social character. (Art. 44)
- Arabicتسعى الدولة جاهدة لتوفير احتياجات كل مواطن يجد نفسه عاجزاً عن العمل نتيجة عمره أو عدم أهليته جسدياً أو عقلياً، لا سيما من خلال إنشاء أجهزة ذات طابع اجتماعي. (المادة 44)
- FrenchL'Etat s'efforce de subvenir aux besoins de tout citoyen qui, en raison de son âge ou de son inaptitude physique ou mentale, se trouve dans l'incapacité de travailler, notamment par l'institution d'organismes à caractère social. (Art. 44)
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(2) The State must adopt reasonable policies and measures, within the limits of the resources available to it, to ensure that children—
(a) enjoy family or parental care, or appropriate care when removed from the family environment;
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Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe law will established the obligatory and complete [integral] system of social security for the dependent workers and their families. Its extension will be promoted to all the sectors of the population.
The services of the social security system may be public, private or mixed, and in all cases will be supervised by the State.
… (Art. 95) - SpanishEl sistema obligatorio e integral de seguridad social para el trabajador dependiente y su familia será establecido por la ley. Se promoverá su extensión a todos los sectores de la población.
Los servicios del sistema de seguridad social podrán ser públicos, privados o mixtos, y en todos los casos estarán supervisados por el Estado.
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Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe family, which is fundamental to the preservation and growth of the nation and which constitutes the foundation of society, enjoys the protection of the government.
… (Sec. 27) - EstonianPerekond rahva püsimise ja kasvamise ning ühiskonna alusena on riigi kaitse all.
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