Generalitat de Catalunya

The rights and obligations of individuals and initiatives by associations and religious community networks are described in this chapter, which also offers a guide to groups with special needs (young people, women, immigrants, the elderly, etc.)

• The Catalan Ombudsman
• The State is everyone
• Catalan Civil Law
• Legal framework for language use
• Citizens’ charters of rights before the law
• Rights and obligations with regard to health: information and Living Will
• Charter of rights and obligations of senior citizens in Catalonia
• Users’ rights to social services
• Right of petition to the Catalan public administrations
• Rights of taxpayers

• Elections in Catalonia
• Opinion studies by the Generalitat, Government of Catalonia

Voluntary Work
• Cultural diary of Catalonia
• RScat: Social responsibility in Catalonia

• General index of the Ministry of Social Welfare and the Family
• Catalan communities abroad
• Association and Voluntary Work Network of Catalonia

• The Reception website
• General index on information, assistance, courses and resources (Ministry of Social Welfare and the Family)
• Voluntary return of immigrants to countries of origin
• Foreign status

• Secretariat for Young People
• Young Identification Card
• Catalan Agency for Youth
• Jove.cat

• Catalan Institute for Women
• National Council of Women of Catalonia
• Plan for Women's Policies of the Generalitat Government

• General index on information, assistance, courses and resources (Ministry of Social Welfare and the Family)

• General index on information, assistance, courses and resources (Ministry of Social Welfare and the Family)
• Health for the elderly

• General index on information, ttencions, ressources and provision (Ministry of Social Welfare and The Family)
• Assistance and provisions for families
• Large families
• Hosting and adoptions in Catalonia
• Guide of contributions and services to the families
• Child protection and care for minors
• Information and services for teens

• Democratic Memorial website
• Indemnity for former political prisoners: persons affected by Law 46/1977 of October 15 on amnesty
• Compensation for former political prisoners: persons less than 65 years of age on December 31 2000 who were imprisoned and who are included in the cases outlined under Law 46/1977
• Mass graves and persons who went missing during the Spanish Civil War and under the Franco regime

• General Direction of Religious Affairs