Political Constitution of the Plurinational State of Bolivia 2009
Protection from Violence
  • English
    I. Every person has the right to life and physical, psychological and sexual integrity. No one shall be tortured, nor suffer cruel, inhuman, degrading or humiliating treatment. The death penalty does not exist.
    II. Everyone, in particular women, have the right not to suffer physical, sexual or psychological violence, in the family as well as in the society.
    III. The State shall adopt the necessary measures to prevent, eliminate and punish sexual and generational violence, as well as any action or omission intended to be degrading to the human condition, to cause death, pain, and physical, sexual or psychological suffering, whether in public or private spheres.
    IV. No person shall be submitted to a forced disappearance for any reason or under any circumstance.
    V. No person shall be submitted to servitude or slavery. The trade and trafficking of persons is prohibited. (Art. 15)
  • Spanish
    I. Toda persona tiene derecho a la vida y a la integridad física, psicológica y sexual. Nadie será torturado, ni sufrirá tratos crueles, inhumanos, degradantes o humillantes. No existe la pena de muerte.
    II. Todas las personas, en particular las mujeres, tienen derecho a no sufrir violencia física, sexual o psicológica, tanto en la familia como en la sociedad.
    III. El Estado adoptará las medidas necesarias para prevenir, eliminar y sancionar la violencia de género y generacional, así como toda acción u omisión que tenga por objeto degradar la condición humana, causar muerte, dolor y sufrimiento físico, sexual o psicológico, tanto en el ámbito público como privado.
    IV. Ninguna persona podrá ser sometida a desaparición forzada por causa o circunstancia alguna.
    V. Ninguna persona podrá ser sometida a servidumbre ni esclavitud. Se prohíbe la trata y tráfico de personas. (Art. 15)
Protection from Violence
  • English
    I. Every person has the right to freedom and personal security.
    … (Art. 23)
  • Spanish
    I. Toda persona tiene derecho a la libertad y seguridad personal.
    ... (Art. 23)
Protection from Violence
  • English
    I. No one shall be submitted to surgical intervention, medical examination or laboratory test without his or her consent or that of legally authorized third persons, except when his or her life is in imminent danger.
    II. No one shall be submitted to scientific experiments without his or her consent. (Art. 44)
  • Spanish
    I. Ninguna persona será sometida a intervención quirúrgica, examen médico o de laboratorio sin su consentimiento o el de terceros legalmente autorizados, salvo peligro inminente de su vida.
    II. Ninguna persona será sometida a experimentos científicos sin su consentimiento. (Art. 44)
Protection from Violence
  • English
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    III. All forms of forced work or other analogous exploitation that obligates a person to work without his or her consent and without fair remuneration is prohibited. (Art. 46)
  • Spanish
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    III. Se prohíbe toda forma de trabajo forzoso u otro modo análogo de explotación que obligue a una persona a realizar labores sin su consentimiento y justa retribución. (Art. 46)
Protection from Violence
  • English
    I. Any form of violent punishment against children or adolescents is prohibited, both in the family as well as in society.
    II. Forced work and child labor is prohibited. … (Art. 61)
  • Spanish
    I. Se prohíbe y sanciona toda forma de violencia contra las niñas, niños y adolescentes, tanto en la familia como en la sociedad.
    II. Se prohíbe el trabajo forzado y la explotación infantil. ... (Art. 61)
Protection from Violence
  • English
    I. All forms of torture, disappearances, confinement, coercion, exaction and any other form of physical and moral violence are prohibited. The public servants or officials, who apply, instigate or consent to them shall be dismissed and replaced, without prejudice to the sanctions determined by law.
    II. The statements, actions or omissions which are obtained or undertaken through the employment of torture, coercion, exaction, or by any other form of violence, are null to the full extent of the law. (Art. 114)
  • Spanish
    I. Queda prohibida toda forma de tortura, desaparición, confinamiento, coacción, exacción o cualquier forma de violencia física o moral. Las servidoras públicas y los servidores públicos o las autoridades públicas que las apliquen, instiguen o consientan, serán destituidas y destituidos, sin perjuicio de las sanciones determinadas por la ley.
    II. Las declaraciones, acciones u omisiones obtenidas o realizadas mediante el empleo de tortura, coacción, exacción o cualquier forma de violencia, son nulas de pleno derecho. (Art. 114)
Protection from Violence
  • English
    Latifundio and double title are prohibited because they are contrary to the collective interest and development of the country. Latifundio is understood to mean the non-productive holding of land; the land that does not fulfill a social economic function; the exploitation of land that applies a system of servitude, quasi-slavery and slavery in labor relations; or the property that surpasses the maximum surface area established in the law. In no case may the maximum surface exceed five thousand hectares. (Art. 398)
  • Spanish
    Se prohíbe el latifundio y la doble titulación por ser contrarios al interés colectivo y al desarrollo del país. Se entiende por latifundio la tenencia improductiva de la tierra; la tierra que no cumpla la función económica social; la explotación de la tierra que aplica un sistema de servidumbre, semiesclavitud o esclavitud en la relación laboral o la propiedad que sobrepasa la superficie máxima zonificada establecida en la ley. La superficie máxima en ningún caso podrá exceder de cinco mil hectáreas. (Art. 398)
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Political Constitution of the Plurinational State of Bolivia 2009 (English). According to Art. 5(I): "The official languages of the State are Spanish and all the languages of the rural native indigenous nations and peoples, ..."

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Political Constitution of the Plurinational State of Bolivia 2009 (Spanish).

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There are discrepancies between the English and Spanish texts.