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Marriage and Family Life
Suriname
- EnglishIt is the duty of the State to indicate the conditions for work, remuneration and rest to which employees are entitled, especially by:
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b. Supplying special protection on the job for women before and after pregnancy, ... (Art. 29) - DutchHet is de plicht van de Staat om de voorwaarden voor werk, beloning en rust, waartoe de werknemers gerechtigd zijn aan te geven, in het bijzonder door:
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b. bijzondere bescherming te verlenen op het werk voor vrouwen tijdens en na de zwangerschap, ... (Art. 29)
Marriage and Family Life
Cuba
- EnglishMarriage is a social and legal institution. It is one of the organizational structures of families. It is based on free consent and on the equality of rights, obligations, and legal capacity of spouses.
The law determines how they are constituted and their effects.
Furthermore, it recognizes the stable and singular union with legal capacity that effectively forms a common life plan that, under the conditions and circumstances indicated in the law, generates the rights and obligations that the law provides. (Art. 82) - SpanishEl matrimonio es una institución social y jurídica. Es una de las formas de organización de las familias. Se funda en el libre consentimiento y en la igualdad de derechos, obligaciones y capacidad legal de los cónyuges.
La ley determina la forma en que se constituye y sus efectos.
Se reconoce, además, la unión estable y singular con aptitud legal, que forme de hecho un proyecto de vida en común, que bajo las condiciones y circunstancias que señale la ley, genera los derechos y obligaciones que esta disponga. (Art. 82)
Marriage and Family Life
Sri Lanka
- English...
11. Health –
11:1 The establishment and maintenance of public hospitals, rural hospitals, maternity homes, dispensaries (other than teaching hospitals and hospitals established for special purposes);
11:2 Public health services, health education, nutrition, family health maternity and child care, food and food sanitation, environmental health;
… (Ninth Schedule, List I, Provincial Council List) - Sinhala...
11. සෞඛ්යය -
11:1 (ශික්ෂණ රෝහල් සහ විශේෂ කාර්යය සඳහා පිහිටුවනු ලබන රෝහල් හැර) මහජන රෝහල්, ග්රාමීය රෝහල්, මාතෘ නිවාස සහ ඛෙහෙත් ශාලා පිහිටුවා පවත්වාගෙන යාම;
11:2 මහජන සෞඛ්ය සේවා, සෞඛ්ය අධ්යාපනය, පෝෂණය, පවුල් සෞඛ්ය ය, මාතෘ දාරක රක්ෂණය, ආහාර සහ ආහාර සෞඛ්යාහරක්ෂණය, පාරිසරික සෞඛ්යය;
… (නව වැනි උපලේඛනය, I වැනි ලැයිස්තුව, පළාත් සභා ලැයිස්තුව)
Marriage and Family Life
Spain
- English(1) The public authorities ensure social, economic and legal protection of the family.
(2) The public authorities likewise ensure full protection of children, who are equal before the law, regardless of their parentage, and of mothers, whatever their marital status. The law shall provide for the possibility of the investigation of paternity.
(3) Parents must provide their children, whether born within or outside wedlock, with assistance of every kind while they are still under age and in other circumstances in which the law so establishes.
… (Sec. 39) - Spanish1. Los poderes públicos aseguran la protección social, económica y jurídica de la familia.
2. Los poderes públicos aseguran, asimismo, la protección integral de los hijos, iguales éstos ante la ley con independencia de su filiación, y de las madres, cualquiera que sea su estado civil. La ley posibilitará la investigación de la paternidad.
3. Los padres deben prestar asistencia de todo orden a los hijos habidos dentro o fuera del matrimonio, durante su minoría de edad y en los demás casos en que legalmente proceda.
… (Art. 39)
Marriage and Family Life
Mozambique
- English1. The family is the fundamental unit and the basis of society.
2. The State shall, in accordance with the law, recognise and protect marriage as the institution that secures the pursuit of family objectives.
3. In the context of the development of social relations based on respect for human dignity, the State shall guarantee the principle that marriage is based on free consent.
4. The law shall establish forms in which traditional and religious marriage shall be esteemed, and determine the registration requirements and effects of such marriage. (Art. 119) - Portuguese1. A família é o elemento fundamental e a base de toda a sociedade.
2. O Estado reconhece e protege, nos termos da lei, o casamento como instituição que garante a prossecução dos objectivos da família.
3. No quadro do desenvolvimento de relações sociais assentes no respeito pela dignidade da pessoa humana, o Estado consagra o princípio de que o casamento se baseia no livre consentimento.
4. A lei estabelece as formas de valorização do casamento tradicional e religioso, define os requisitos do seu registo e fixa os seus efeitos. (Art. 119)
Marriage and Family Life
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- EnglishAll persons are entitled to Social Security as a nonprofit public service to guarantee health and protection in contingencies of maternity, fatherhood, illness, invalidity, catastrophic illness, disability, special needs, occupational risks, loss of employment, unemployment, old age, widowhood, loss of parents, housing, burdens deriving from family life, and any other social welfare circumstances. The State has the obligation and responsibility of ensuring the efficacy of this right, creating a universal and complete Social Security system, with joint, unitary, efficient and participatory financing from direct and indirect contributions. The lack of ability to contribute shall not be ground for excluding persons from protection by the system. … (Art. 86)
- SpanishToda persona tiene derecho a la seguridad social como servicio público de carácter no lucrativo, que garantice la salud y asegure protección en contingencias de maternidad, paternidad, enfermedad, invalidez, enfermedades catastróficas, discapacidad, necesidades especiales, riesgos laborales, pérdida de empleo, desempleo, vejez, viudedad, orfandad, vivienda, cargas derivadas de la vida familiar y cualquier otra circunstancia de previsión social. El Estado tiene la obligación de asegurar la efectividad de este derecho, creando un sistema de seguridad social universal, integral, de financiamiento solidario, unitario, eficiente y participativo, de contribuciones directas o indirectas. La ausencia de capacidad contributiva no será motivo para excluir a las personas de su protección. … (Art. 86)
Marriage and Family Life
Ecuador
- EnglishEcuadorians have the following duties and obligations, without detriment to others provided for by the Constitution or by law:
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16. To help, feed, educate and raise one’s children. This duty is a joint responsibility of mothers and fathers, in equal proportion, and shall also be applicable to children when their own mothers and fathers need them.
… (Art. 83) - SpanishSon deberes y responsabilidades de las ecuatorianas y los ecuatorianos, sin perjuicio de otros previstos en la Constitución y la ley:
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16. Asistir, alimentar, educar y cuidar a las hijas e hijos. Este deber es corresponsabilidad de madres y padres en igual proporción, y corresponderá también a las hijas e hijos cuando las madres y padres lo necesiten.
… (Art. 83)
Marriage and Family Life
Türkiye
- EnglishEveryone has the right to demand respect for his/her private and family life. Privacy of private or family life shall not be violated. … (Art. 20)
- TurkishHerkes, özel hayatına ve aile hayatına saygı gösterilmesini isteme hakkına sahiptir. Özel hayatın ve aile hayatının gizliliğine dokunulamaz. … (Madde 20)
Marriage and Family Life
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- EnglishThe High Court shall, in accordance with section 19 (2), have all such jurisdiction in relation to matrimonial causes and matters as was immediately before the commencement of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 vested in or exercisable by any ecclesiastical court or person in England or Wales in respect of—
a. divorce a mensa et thoro (renamed judicial separation by that Act);
b. nullity of marriage; and
c. any matrimonial cause or matter except marriage licences. (Senior Courts Act 1981, Sec. 26)
Marriage and Family Life
Nigeria
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61. The formation, annulment and dissolution of marriages other than marriages under Islamic law and Customary law including matrimonial causes relating thereto.
… (Second Schedule – Legislative Powers, Part I – Exclusive Legislative List)