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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishParental authority (patria potestad) is the aggregate of rights and duties parents have in respect to their children.
Parents are obliged to support, educate and protect their children to ensure their proper physical and spiritual upbringing and development, and the latter are obliged to respect and assist their parents.
The exercise of parental authority shall be regulated by law in accordance with social interests and the welfare of the children. (Art. 59) - SpanishLa patria potestad es el conjunto de deberes y derechos que tienen los padres en relación con los hijos.
Los padres están obligados a alimentar, educar y proteger a sus hijos para que obtengan una buena crianza y un adecuado desarrollo físico y espiritual, y éstos a respetarlos y asistirlos.
La Ley regulará el ejercicio de la patria potestad de acuerdo con el interés social y el beneficio de los hijos. (Art. 59)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe family is the cornerstone of the community. The fundamental principles on which the family is based are, religion, ethics and patriotism. The law safeguards the family’s existence and maintains and protects it from corruption. (Art. 15)
- Arabicاﻷﺳﺮﺓ اﺳﺎﺱ اﻟﻤﺠﺘﻤﻊ ﻗﻮاﻣﻬﺎ اﻟﺪﻳﻦ واﻻﺧﻼﻕ وﺣﺐ اﻟ ﻮﻃﻦ، وﻳﻜﻔﻞ اﻟﻘﺎﻧﻮﻥ ﻛﻴﺎﻧﻬﺎ ، وﻳﺼﻮﻧﻬﺎ وﻳﺤﻤﻴﻬﺎ ﻣﻦ اﻻﻧﺤ ﺮاﻑ. (المادّة 15)
Marriage and Family Life
- English1. Subject to the provisions of subsections (4), (5) and (8) of this section, no law shall make any provision that is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect.
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3. In this section, the expression “discriminatory” means affording different treatment to different persons attributable wholly or mainly to their respective descriptions by race, place of origin, political opinions, colour or creed whereby persons of one such description are subjected to disabilities or restrictions to which persons of another such description are not made subject or are accorded privileges or advantages which are not accorded to persons of another such description.
4. Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to any law so far as that law makes provision-
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c. for the application, in the case of persons of any such description as is mentioned in the preceding subsection (or of persons connected with such persons), of the law with respect to adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, devolution of property on death or other like matters that is the personal law applicable to persons of that description;
… (Sec. 15)
Marriage and Family Life
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(2) A person shall not be discriminated against on grounds of gender, race, colour, ethnic origin, religion, creed or social or economic status.
(3) For the purposes of this article, “discriminate” means to give different treatment to different persons attributable only or mainly to their respective descriptions by race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, gender, occupation, religion or creed, whereby persons of one description are subjected to disabilities or restrictions to which persons of another description are not made subject or are granted privileges or advantages which are not granted to persons of another description.
(4) Nothing in this article shall prevent Parliament from enacting laws that are reasonably necessary to provide—
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(b) for matters relating to adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, devolution of property on death or other matters of personal law;
… (Art. 17)
Marriage and Family Life
- English
… protection of motherhood and childhood … are social rights, as set forth in this Constitution.
Sole paragraph. Every Brazilian in a situation of social vulnerability is entitled to a basic family income, guaranteed by the government in a permanent income transfer program, whose rules and access requirements will be determined by law, in compliance with fiscal and budgetary legislation. (Art. 6) - Portuguese
São direitos sociais … a proteção à maternidade e à infância, … na forma desta Constituição.
Parágrafo único. Todo brasileiro em situação de vulnerabilidade social terá direito a uma renda básica familiar, garantida pelo poder público em programa permanente de transferência de renda, cujas normas e requisitos de acesso serão determinados em lei, observada a legislação fiscal e orçamentária. (Art. 6)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe family asset is recognized as an institution of social interest whose regime will be determined by the law. It will be constituted by the family housing [vivienda] or the estate [fundo], and by its furniture and elements of work, which will be non-seizable [inembargables]. (Art. 59)
- SpanishSe reconoce como institución de interés social el bien de familia, cuyo régimen será determinado por ley. El mismo estará constituido por la vivienda o el fundo familiar, y por sus muebles y elementos de trabajo, los cuales serán inembargables. (Art. 59)
Marriage and Family Life
- English
(1) The Federation has powers of legislation and execution in the following matters:
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7. … matters pertaining to personal status, including the registration of births, marriages and deaths, and change of name;
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(1) Bundessache ist die Gesetzgebung und die Vollziehung in folgenden Angelegenheiten:
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7. … Personenstandsangelegenheiten einschließlich des Matrikenwesens und der Namensänderung;
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Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) Freedom based on law consists of the least restriction on the activities of individuals consistent with the public welfare and the maintenance and development of Tuvalu and Tuvaluan society in accordance with this Constitution and, in particular, in accordance with the Principles set out in the Preamble.
(2) Everyone has the right to freedom based on law, and accordingly, subject to this Constitution -
(a) everyone has the legal right to do anything that-
(i) does not injure others or interfere with the rights and freedoms of others; and
(ii) is not prohibited by law; and
(b) no-one may be-
(i) legally obliged to do anything that is not required by law; or
(ii) prevented by law from doing anything that complies with the provisions of paragraph (a).
(3) This section is not intended to deny the existence, nature or effect of cultural, social, civic, family or religious obligations, or other obligations of a nonlegal nature, or to prevent such obligations being given effect by law if, and so far as, it may be thought appropriate to do so. (Sec. 10)
Marriage and Family Life
- English1. Every person shall be entitled to respect for his private and family life and his home.
… (Sec. 11)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe Congress will enact [expedir] the statute of labor. The corresponding law shall take into account at least the following minimal fundamental principles:
… special protection of women, motherhood, and the minor-age worker.
… (Art. 53) - SpanishEl Congreso expedirá el estatuto del trabajo. La ley correspondiente tendrá en cuenta por lo menos los siguientes principios mínimos fundamentales:
… protección especial a la mujer, a la maternidad y al trabajador menor de edad.
… (Art. 53)