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- English1. The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.
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- EnglishHealth is a right guaranteed by the State and whose fulfillment is linked to the exercise of other rights, among which the right to water, food, education, sports, work, social security, healthy environments and others that support the good way of living.
The State shall guarantee this right by means of economic, social, cultural, educational, and environmental policies; and the permanent, timely and non-exclusive access to programs, actions and services promoting and providing integral healthcare, sexual health, and reproductive health. The provision of healthcare services shall be governed by the principles of equity, universality, solidarity, interculturalism, quality, efficiency, effectiveness, prevention, and bioethics, with a gender and generational approach. (Art. 32) - SpanishLa salud es un derecho que garantiza el Estado, cuya realización se vincula al ejercicio de otros derechos, entre ellos el derecho al agua, la alimentación, la educación, la cultura física, el trabajo, la seguridad social, los ambientes sanos y otros que sustentan el buen vivir.
El Estado garantizará este derecho mediante políticas económicas, sociales, culturales, educativas y ambientales; y el acceso permanente, oportuno y sin exclusión a programas, acciones y servicios de promoción y atención integral de salud, salud sexual y salud reproductiva. La prestación de los servicios de salud se regirá por los principios de equidad, universalidad, solidaridad, interculturalidad, calidad, eficiencia, eficacia, precaución y bioética, con enfoque de género y generacional. (Art. 32)
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- EnglishThe State Council exercises the following functions and powers:
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(7) To direct and administer the work concerning education, science, culture, public health, physical culture and family planning;
… (Art. 89) - Chinese国务院行使下列职权:
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(七)领导和管理教育、科学、文化、卫生、体育和计划生育工作;
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(b) The Union shall enact necessary laws for Civil Services personnel to have security and sufficiency of food, clothing and shelter, to get maternity benefits for married women in service, and to ease livelihood for welfare of retired Service personnel. (Sec. 26) - Burmese
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(ခ) နိုင်ငံတော်သည် နိုင်ငံ့ဝန်ထမ်းများ၏ လုပ်ငန်းခွင်အာမခံချက်ရရှိရေး၊ စားဝတ်နေမှု ဖူလုံရေး၊ အိမ်ထောင်ရှင်အမျိုးသမီးဝန်ထမ်းများ မီးဖွားခြင်းဆိုင်ရာ အကျိုးခံစားခွင့်ရရှိရေး နှင့် အငြိမ်းစားဝန်ထမ်းများ စားဝတ်နေမှု သက်သာချောင်ချိရေးတို့အတွက် လိုအပ် သည့် ဥပဒေများ ပြဌာန်းရမည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၂၆)
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(5) Parents taking care of their children shall have the right to assistance provided by the State.
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(5) Rodičia, ktorí sa starajú o deti, majú právo na pomoc štátu.
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(3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State. (Art. 14)
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- EnglishThe State shall promote equitable access to inputs, to which end its duties shall be:
1. To prevent the concentration or hoarding of production inputs and resources, promote their distribution, and eliminate privileges or inequality in access to these inputs.
2. To draft specific policies to eradicate inequality and discrimination towards women producers, in the access to production inputs.
… (Art. 334) - SpanishEl Estado promoverá el acceso equitativo a los factores de producción, para lo cual le corresponderá:
1. Evitar la concentración o acaparamiento de factores y recursos productivos, promover su redistribución y eliminar privilegios o desigualdades en el acceso a ellos.
2. Desarrollar políticas específicas para erradicar la desigualdad y discriminación hacia las mujeres productoras, en el acceso a los factores de producción.
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- EnglishThe Congress shall give highest priority to the enactment of measures that protect and enhance the right of all the people to human dignity, reduce social, economic, and political inequalities, and remove cultural inequities by equitably diffusing wealth and political power for the common good.
To this end, the State shall regulate the acquisition, ownership, use, and disposition of property and its increments. (Art. XIII, Sec. 1) - FilipinoDapat pag-ukulan ng Kongreso ng pinakamataas na prayoriti ang pagsasabatas ng mga hakbangin na mangangalaga at magpapatingkad sa karapatan ng lahat ng mga mamamayan sa dignidad na pantao, magbabawas sa mga di pagkakapantay-pantay na panlipunan, pangkabuhayan, at pampulitika, at papawi sa mga di pagkakapantay-pantay na pagkalinangan sa pamamagitan ng ekwitableng na pagpapalaganap ng kayamanan at kapangyarihang pampulitika para sa kabutihan ng lahat.
Tungo sa mga mithiing ito, dapat regulahin ng Estado ang pagtatamo, pagmamay-ari, paggamit, at paglilipat ng ariarian at ng mga bunga nito. (Art. XIII, Seksyon 1)
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- EnglishCitizens have the right to social protection that includes the right to social provision in cases of complete, partial or temporary disability, the loss of the principal wage-earner, unemployment due to circumstances beyond their control and also in old age, and in other cases established by law.
This right is guaranteed by general mandatory state social insurance on account of the insurance payments of citizens, enterprises, institutions and organisations, and also from budgetary and other sources of social security; by the establishment of a network of state, communal and private institutions to care for persons incapable of work.
Pensions and other types of social payments and assistance that are the principal sources of subsistence, shall ensure a standard of living not lower than the minimum living standard established by law. (Art. 46) - UkrainianГромадяни мають право на соціальний захист, що включає право на забезпечення їх у разі повної, часткової або тимчасової втрати працездатності, втрати годувальника, безробіття з незалежних від них обставин, а також у старості та в інших випадках, передбачених законом.
Це право гарантується загальнообов'язковим державним соціальним страхуванням за рахунок страхових внесків громадян, підприємств, установ і організацій, а також бюджетних та інших джерел соціального забезпечення; створенням мережі державних, комунальних, приватних закладів для догляду за непрацездатними.
Пенсії, інші види соціальних виплат та допомоги, що є основним джерелом існування, мають забезпечувати рівень життя, не нижчий від прожиткового мінімуму, встановленого законом. (Стаття 46)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishParents have the natural right and the duty to raise their children. They are sustained in this effort, by the State and the public collectivities. … (Art. 20)
- FrenchLes parents ont le droit naturel et le devoir d'élever leurs enfants. Ils sont soutenus, dans cette tâche, par l'Etat et les collectivités publiques. ... (Art. 20)