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Definition(s)

A right enshrined in Arts. 7, 9 and 33 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and Art. 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

Source(s)

European Charter of Fundamental Rights.

Translations

  • BG: право на семеен живот
  • CS: právo na rodinný život
  • DE: Recht auf Familienleben
  • EL: δικαίωμα στην οικογενειακή ζωή
  • EN: right to family life
  • ES: derecho a la vida en familia
  • ET: õigus pere(konna)elule
  • FI: oikeus perhe-elämään
  • FR: droit à la vie familiale
  • GA: ceart chun saol teaghlaigh
  • HR: pravo na obiteljski život
  • HU: családi élethez való jog
  • IT: diritto alla vita familiare
  • LT: teisė į šeimos gyvenimą
  • LV: tiesības uz ģimenes dzīvi
  • MT: Dritt għal ħajja f’familja / familjari
  • NL: recht op eerbiediging van familie- en gezinsleven / recht op familie- en gezinsleven
  • PL: prawo do życia rodzinnego
  • PT: direito à vida familiar
  • RO: dreptul la viaţă de familie
  • SK: právo na rodinný život
  • SL: pravica do družinskega življenja
  • SV: rätt till familjeliv
  • NO: rett til familieliv
  • KA: ოჯახური ცხოვრების უფლება
  • UK: право на сімейне життя
  • HY: ընտանեկան կյանքի իրավունք

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Note(s)

There is a distinction between the right to family life and the right to family unity. The right to family life is a fundamental right enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union . The right to family unity relates more to the purpose and procedural aspects of entry and stay for the purpose of reuniting a family.