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Protection from Violence
Türkiye
- EnglishEveryone has the right to personal liberty and security. … (Art. 19)
- TurkishHerkes, kişi hürriyeti ve güvenliğine sahiptir. … (Madde 19)
Protection from Violence
Ukraine
- EnglishThe human being, his or her life and health, honour and dignity, inviolability and security are recognised in Ukraine as the highest social value.
… (Art. 3) - UkrainianЛюдина, її життя і здоров'я, честь і гідність, недоторканність і безпека визнаються в Україні найвищою соціальною цінністю.
… (Стаття 3)
Protection from Violence
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- EnglishThe public authorities, whether military, civilian or of any other kind, even during a state of emergency, exception or restriction or guarantees, are prohibited from effecting, permitting or tolerating the forced disappearance of persons. An officer receiving an order or instruction to carry it out, has the obligation not to obey, and to report the order or instruction to the competent authorities. The intellectual and physical perpetrators accomplices and concealers of the crimes of forced disappearance of a person, as well as any attempt to commit such offense, shall be punished in accordance with law. (Art. 45)
- SpanishSe prohíbe a la autoridad pública, sea civil o militar, aun en estado de emergencia, excepción o restricción de garantías, practicar, permitir o tolerar la desaparición forzada de personas. El funcionario o funcionaria que reciba orden o instrucción para practicarla, tiene la obligación de no obedecerla y denunciarla a las autoridades competentes. Los autores o autoras intelectuales y materiales, cómplices y encubridores o encubridoras del delito de desaparición forzada de personas, así como la tentativa de comisión del mismo, serán sancionados o sancionadas de conformidad con la ley. (Art. 45)
Protection from Violence
Eswatini
- English(1) A person shall not be held in slavery or servitude.
(2) A person shall not be required to perform forced labour.
… (Sec. 17)
Protection from Violence
Antigua and Barbuda
- English1. No person shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading punishment or other such treatment.
… (Sec. 7)
Protection from Violence
Yemen
- English… No citizen can be compelled to do any work except within the law, and in which case it is to serve the common interest and be in return for a fair wage. … (Art. 29)
- Arabicولكل مواطن الحق في ممارسة العمل الذي يختاره لنفسه في حدود القانون ولا يجوز فرض أي عمل جبراً على المواطنين إلا بمقتضى قانون ولأداء خدمة عامة وبمقابل أجر عادل، ... (المادّة 29) …
Protection from Violence
Kiribati
- English1. No person shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading punishment or other treatment.
… (Sec. 7)
Protection from Violence
Azerbaijan
- English…
III. No one can be forced to work.
… (Art. 35) - Azerbaijani…
III. Heç kəs zorla işlədilə bilməz.
… (Maddə 35)
Protection from Violence
Ghana
- English…
(4) Nothing in, or done under the authority of, a law shall be held to be inconsistent with, or in contravention of, this article to the extent that the law in question makes provision—
…
(e) that is reasonably required for the purpose of safeguarding the people of Ghana against the teaching or propagation of a doctrine which exhibits or encourages disrespect for the nationhood of Ghana, the national symbols and emblems, or incites hatred against other members of the community;
except so far as that provision or, as the case may be, the thing done under the authority of that law is shown not to be reasonably justifiable in terms of the spirit of this Constitution.
… (Art. 21)
Protection from Violence
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- EnglishI. 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) - SpanishI. 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)