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Marriage and Family Life
Angola
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3. Everyone shall have duties with regard to the family, society, the state and other legally recognised institutions
… (Art. 22) - Portuguese…
3. Todos têm deveres para com a família, a sociedade e o Estado e outras instituições legalmente reconhecidas
… (Art. 22)
Marriage and Family Life
Seychelles
- English(1) The State recognises that the family is the natural and fundamental element of society and the right of everyone to form a family and undertakes to promote the legal, economic and social protection of the family.
(2) The right contained in clause (1) may be subject to such restrictions as may be prescribed by law and necessary in a democratic society including the prevention of marriage between persons of the same sex or persons within certain family degrees. (Art. 32)
Marriage and Family Life
Finland
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Everyone shall be guaranteed by an Act the right to basic subsistence in the event of unemployment, illness, and disability and during old age as well as at the birth of a child or the loss of a provider.
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Moreover, the public authorities shall support families and others responsible for providing for children so that they have the ability to ensure the wellbeing and personal development of the children.
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Lailla taataan jokaiselle oikeus perustoimeentulon turvaan työttömyyden, sairauden, työkyvyttömyyden ja vanhuuden aikana sekä lapsen syntymän ja huoltajan menetyksen perusteella.
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Julkisen vallan on myös tuettava perheen ja muiden lapsen huolenpidosta vastaavien mahdollisuuksia turvata lapsen hyvinvointi ja yksilöllinen kasvu.
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Genom lag skall var och en garanteras rätt att få sin grundläggande försörjning tryggad vid arbetslöshet, sjukdom, arbetsoförmåga och under ålderdomen samt vid barnafödsel och förlust av en försörjare.
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Det allmänna skall också stödja familjerna och andra som svarar för omsorgen om barn så att de har möjligheter att trygga barnens välfärd och individuella uppväxt.
… (19 §)
Marriage and Family Life
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- English(1) Subject to the provisions of subsections (4), (5) and (7) 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 sex, race, place of origin, political opinions, color or creed whereby persons of one such description are subjected to disabilities or restrictions to which persons of another such descriptions are not made subject or are recorded privileges of advantages which are not accorded to persons of another such description.
(4) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to any law do 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 subsection (3) of this section (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 of persons of that description;
… (Sec. 13)
Marriage and Family Life
Haiti
- EnglishIt must also protect all families regardless of whether they are constituted within the bonds of marriage. It must endeavor to aid and assist mothers, children and the aged. (Art. 260)
- FrenchIl doit une égale protection à toutes les Familles qu'elles soient constituées ou non dans les liens du mariage. Il doit procurer aide et assistance à la maternité, à l'enfance et à la vieillesse. (Art. 260)
Marriage and Family Life
Burundi
- English[The following] are of the domain of the law:
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2° The status of persons and of assets:
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- matrimonial regimes, inheritance and gifts;
… (Art. 164) - KirundiIbitegerezwa kuringanizwa n’amabwirizwa ni ibi :
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2° Ivyerekeye amabwirizwa agenga abantu n’ivyabo:
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– ivyerekeye amatungo y’ababiranye ingene aganzwa, gutorana n’ukugabira amatungo;
… (Ingingo ya 164) - FrenchSont du domaine de la loi :
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2° Le statut des personnes et des biens :
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- régimes matrimoniaux, successions et libéralités ;
… (Art. 164)
Marriage and Family Life
Cabo Verde
- English1. The family shall be the fundamental element and the base of the whole society.
2. The family should be protected by the society and by the State so as to permit the creation of conditions for the compliance with its social function and for the personal realization of its members.
3. Everyone shall have the right to form a family.
4. The State and social institutions must create conditions that will ensure the unity and stability of the family. (Art. 87) - Portuguese1. A família é o elemento fundamental e a base de toda a sociedade.
2. A família deverá ser protegida pela sociedade e pelo Estado de modo a permitir a criação das condições para o cumprimento da sua função social e para a realização pessoal dos seus membros.
3. Todos têm o direito de constituir família.
4. O Estado e as instituições sociais devem criar as condições que assegurem a unidade e a estabilidade da família. (Art. 87)
Marriage and Family Life
Sudan
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(5) The state shall provide free healthcare for motherhood, childhood and pregnant women. (Art. 48) - Arabic5.توفر الدولة الرعاية الصحية المجانية للأُمومة و الطفولة وللحوامل (الماده 49).
Marriage and Family Life
Ireland
- English1 The State acknowledges that the primary and natural educator of the child is the Family and guarantees to respect the inalienable right and duty of parents to provide, according to their means, for the religious and moral, intellectual, physical and social education of their children.
2 Parents shall be free to provide this education in their homes or in private schools or in schools recognised or established by the State.
3 1° The State shall not oblige parents in violation of their conscience and lawful preference to send their children to schools established by the State, or to any particular type of school designated by the State.
… (Art. 42) - Irish Gaelic1 Admhaíonn an Stát gurb é an Teaghlach is múinteoir príomha dúchasach don leanbh, agus ráthaíonn gan cur isteach ar cheart doshannta ná ar dhualgas doshannta tuistí chun oideachas de réir a n-acmhainne a chur ar fáil dá gclainn i gcúrsaí creidimh, moráltachta, intleachta, coirp agus comhdhaonnachta.
2 Tig le tuistí an t-oideachas sin a chur ar fáil dá gclainn ag baile nó i scoileanna príobháideacha nó i scoileanna a admhaítear nó a bhunaítear ag an Stát.
3 1° Ní cead don Stát a chur d’fhiacha ar thuistí, in aghaidh a gcoinsiasa nó a rogha dleathaí, a gclann a chur ar scoileanna a bhunaítear ag an Stát nó ar aon chineál áirithe scoile a ainmnítear ag an Stát.
… (Airteagal 42)
Marriage and Family Life
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- EnglishMotherhood and fatherhood are fully protected, whatever the marital status of the mother or father. Couples have the right to decide freely and responsibly how many children they wish to conceive, and are entitled to access to the information and means necessary to guarantee the exercise of this right. The State guarantees overall assistance and protection for motherhood, in general, from the moment of conception, throughout pregnancy, delivery and the puerperal period, and guarantees full family planning services based on ethical and scientific values.
The father and mother have the shared and inescapable obligation of raising, training, educating, maintaining and caring for their children, and the latter have the duty to provide care when the former are unable to do so by themselves. The necessary and proper measures to guarantee the enforceability of the obligation to provide alimony shall be established by law. (Art. 76) - SpanishLa maternidad y la paternidad son protegidas integralmente, sea cual fuere el estado civil de la madre o del padre. Las parejas tienen derecho a decidir libre y responsablemente el número de hijos e hijas que deseen concebir y a disponer de la información y de los medios que les aseguren el ejercicio de este derecho. El Estado garantizará asistencia y protección integral a la maternidad, en general a partir del momento de la concepción, durante el embarazo, el parto y el puerperio, y asegurará servicios de planificación familiar integral basados en valores éticos y científicos.
El padre y la madre tienen el deber compartido e irrenunciable de criar, formar, educar, mantener y asistir a sus hijos e hijas, y éstos tienen el deber de asistirlos cuando aquél o aquella no puedan hacerlo por sí mismos. La ley establecerá las medidas necesarias y adecuadas para garantizar la efectividad de la obligación alimentaria. (Art. 76)