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Social security provisions in the Constitution of Monaco

Legal depository - Country: Monaco / Year: 2002

Relevant article: Article 26. Monegasques are entitled to state assistance in case of indigence, unemployment, sickness, disability, maternity and old age, under the conditions and manner prescribed by law. Link to compendium “The right to Social Security in European Constitutions: Compendium of provisions of European Constitutions related to the...

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Social security provisions in the Constitution of Malta

Legal depository - Country: Malta / Year: 2007

Relevant article: Chapter II Declaration of Principles 17. Social assistance and insurance (1) Every citizen incapable of work and unprovided with the resources necessary for subsistence is entitled to maintenance and social assistance. (2) Workers are entitled to reasonable insurance on a contributory basis for their requirements in case...

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Social security provisions in the Constitution of Macedonia, FYR

Legal depository - Country: Macedonia / Year: 2011

Relevant articles: Article 34 Citizens have a right to social security and social insurance, determined by law and collective agreement. Article 35 The Republic provides for the social protection and social security of citizens in accordance with the principle of social justice. The Republic guarantees the right of assistance...

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Social security provisions in the Constitution of Luxembourg

Legal depository - Country: Luxembourg / Year: 2009

Relevant articles: Chapter II: Public freedoms and fundamental rights Article 11 … 5) The law regulates as to their principles [:] social security, the protection of health, the rights of workers, [and] the struggle against poverty and social integration of citizens affected by a handicap. …  Article 23 –...

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Social security provisions in the Constitution of Lithuania

Legal depository - Country: Lithuania / Year: 2006

Relevant articles: Article 38 The family shall be the basis of society and the State. Family, motherhood, fatherhood and childhood shall be under the protection and care of the State. …  Article 39 The State shall take care of families that raise and bring up children at home, and...

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Social security provisions in the Constitution of Latvia

Legal depository - Country: Latvia / Year: 2014

Relevant articles: Article 109 Everyone has the right to social security in old age, for work disability, for unemployment and in other cases as provided by law.  Article 110 The State shall protect and support marriage – a union between a man and a woman, the family, the rights...

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Social security provisions in the Constitution of Kosovo

Legal depository - Country: Kosovo / Year: 2008

Relevant articles: Article 50 – Rights of Children 1. Children enjoy the right to protection and care necessary for their wellbeing. … Article 51 – Health and Social Protection 1. Healthcare and social insurance are regulated by law. 2. Basic social insurance related to unemployment, disease, disability and old...

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Social security provisions in the Constitution of Italy

Legal depository - Country: Italy / Year: 2012

Relevant articles: Article 30 – Parental Duties and Rights It is the duty and right of parents to support, raise and educate their children, even if born out of wedlock. In the case of incapacity of the parents, the law provides for the fulfilment of their duties. The law...

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Social security provisions in the Constitution of Ireland

Legal depository - Country: Ireland / Year: 2013

Relevant articles: The Family – Article 41 … 1(2°) The State, therefore, guarantees to protect the Family in its constitution and authority, as the necessary basis of social order and as indispensable to the welfare of the Nation and the State. … 2(2°) The State shall, therefore, endeavour to...

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Social security provisions in the Constitution of Iceland

Legal depository - Country: Iceland / Year: 2013

Relevant article: Article 76 The law shall guarantee for everyone the necessary assistance in case of sickness, invalidity, infirmity by reason of old age, unemployment and similar circumstances. The law shall guarantee for everyone suitable general education and tuition. For children, the law shall guarantee the protection and care...

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Social security provisions in the Constitution of Hungary

Legal depository - Country: Hungary / Year: 2013

Relevant articles: Article XVI 1. Every child shall have the right to the protection and care required for his or her proper physical, mental and moral development. 2. Parents shall have the right to choose the type of upbringing they deem fit for their children. 3. Parents shall be...

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Social security provisions in the Constitution of Greece

Legal depository - Country: Greece / Year: 2008

Relevant articles: Article 5 … 5. All persons are entitled to the protection of their health and of their genetic identity. …  Article 21 1. The family, being the cornerstone of the preservation and the advancement of the Nation, as well as marriage, motherhood and childhood, shall be under...

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Social security provisions in the Constitution of Germany

Legal depository - Country: Germany / Year: 2012

Relevant articles: Article 6 – Marriage – Family – Children (1) Marriage and the family shall enjoy the special protection of the state. (2) The care and upbringing of children is the natural right of parents and a duty primarily incumbent upon them. The state shall watch over them...

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Social security provisions in the Constitution of Georgia

Legal depository - Country: Georgia / Year: 2012

Relevant articles: Article 30 … 4. The protection of labour rights, fair remuneration of labour and safe, healthy working conditions and the working conditions of minors and women shall be determined by the Organic Law.  Article 32 The state shall promote the unemployed citizen of Georgia to be employed....

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Social security provisions in the Constitution of France

Legal depository - Country: France / Year: 2008

Relevant articles: Preamble The French people solemnly proclaim their attachment to the Rights of Man and the principles of national sovereignty as defined by the Declaration of 1789, confirmed and complemented by the Preamble to the Constitution of 1946, and to the rights and duties as defined in the...

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Social security provisions in the Constitution of Finland

Legal depository - Country: Finland / Year: 2011

Relevant article: Section 19 – The right to social security Those who cannot obtain the means necessary for a life of dignity have the right to receive indispensable subsistence and care. Everyone shall be guaranteed by an Act the right to basic subsistence in the event of unemployment, illness,...

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Social security provisions in the Constitution of Estonia

Legal depository - Country: Estonia / Year: 2011

Relevant articles: Article 27 The 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. Article 28 Everyone is entitled to protection of his or her health. Every citizen of Estonia is entitled to...

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Social security provisions in the Constitution of Denmark

Legal depository - Country: Denmark / Year: 2009

Relevant article:  Section 75 Subsection 1. It should be an aim that every able-bodied citizen has the opportunity to work under conditions that safeguard his or her existence in order to promote the common good. Subsection 2. A person who is unable to support himself or his dependants, and...

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Social security provisions in the Constitution of Cyprus

Legal depository - Country: Cyprus / Year: 2006

Relevant article: Article 9 Every person has the right to a decent existence and to social security. A law shall provide for the protection of the workers, assistance to the poor and for a system of social insurance. Link to compendium “The right to Social Security in European Constitutions:...

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Social security provisions in the Constitution of Croatia

Legal depository - Country: Croatia / Year: 2014

Relevant articles: Economic, social and cultural rights Article 57 The right of employees and their family members to social security and social insurance shall be regulated by law and collective agreements. Rights related to child-birth, maternity and child care shall be regulated by law.  Article 58 The state shall...

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Social security provisions in the Constitution of Bulgaria

Legal depository - Country: Bulgaria / Year: 2007

Relevant articles: Article 14 The family, motherhood and children shall enjoy the protection of the state and society.  Article 47 (1) The raising and upbringing of children until they come of age shall be a right and obligation of their parents and shall be assisted by the state. (2)...

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Social security provisions in the Constitution of Belgium

Legal depository - Country: Belgium / Year: 2014

Relevant articles: Article 23 Everyone has the right to lead a life in keeping with human dignity. To this end, the laws federate laws and rules referred to in Article 134 guarantee economic, social and cultural rights, taking into account corresponding obligations, and determine the conditions for exercising them. …  These...

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