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Protection from Violence
- English(1) No person shall be subject to any form of torture or any punishment or other treatment which is inhuman or degrading.
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Protection from Violence
- English(1) No person shall be held in slavery or servitude.
(2) No person shall be required to perform forced labour.
… (Art. 140)
Protection from Violence
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(2) No person shall be subjected to torture for the purpose of extracting evidence. (Art 14) - Urdu…
(٢) کسی شخص کو شہادت حاصل کرنے کی غرض سے اذیت نہیں دی جائے گی۔ (آرٹیکل ۴ا)
Protection from Violence
- English1. Everyone shall have the right to freedom and personal inviolability.
… (Art. 22) - Russian1. Каждый имеет право на свободу и личную неприкосновенность.
… (Статья 22)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishAll citizens enjoy the right to liberty and to security. … (Art. 22)
- Arabicيتمتع جميع المواطنين بحق الحرية والأمن. ... (المادة 22)
- FrenchTous les citoyens jouissent du droit à la liberté et à la sécurité. … (Art. 22)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishEvery person has a fundamental right to life, dignity, and personal safety, which shall be protected by the law. … (Art. 43)
- Arabicلكل انسان حق اصيل في الحياة والكرامة والسلامة الشخصية ويحمي القانون هذا الحق.... (الماده 44)
Protection from Violence
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The State shall protect the victims of crime and procure that the damages caused be repaired. The victims have the right to the protection of their security, physical and psychological well-being, dignity and private life, in accordance to the law.
... (Art. 34) - Spanish
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El Estado protegerá a las víctimas de delito y procurará que se reparen los daños causados. Las víctimas tienen derecho a que se les proteja su seguridad, bienestar físico y psicológico, dignidad y vida privada, de conformidad a la ley.
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Protection from Violence
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(7) The State shall eliminate economic and social privilege and disparity and the exploitation of man by man or by the State.
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(13) The State shall promote with special care the interests of children and youth, so as to ensure their full development, physical, mental, moral, religious and social, and to protect them from exploitation and discrimination.
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(7) ආර්ථීක සහ සාමාජයික වරප්රසාද හා විෂමතා ද, මිනිසා විසින් හෝ රජය විසින් හෝ මිනිස් ශ්රමය අයථා පරිදි උපයෝගී කර ගැන්ම ද, රජය විසින් තුරන් කළ යුත්තේ ය.
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(13) ළමයින් සහ යෞවනයන් කායික වශයෙන්, මානසික වශයෙන් සදාචාරාත්මක වශයෙන්, ආගමික වශයෙන් හා සමාජයික වශයෙන් පූර්ණ වර්ධනයට පත් වන බවට වගබලා ගැනීමටත්, ඔවුන් ආත්මාර්ථය පිණිස යොදා ගනු ලැබීමෙන් සහ වෙනස්කම්වලට පාත්ර කරනු ලැබීමෙන් ආරක්ෂා කර ගැනීමටත් හැකි වන පරිදි ඔවුන්ගේ ශුභ සිද්ධිය රජය විසින් විශේෂ පරිශ්රමයකින් යුතුව වර්ධනය කළ යුත්තේ ය.
… (27 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Protection from Violence
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Violence of any form against any person whose liberty has been restricted in any way is prohibited, as is the use of any form of coercion in obtaining confessions and statements. (Art. 21) - Slovene
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Prepovedno je vsakršno nasilje nad osebami, ki jim je prostost kakorkoli omejena, ter vsakršno izsiljevanje priznanj in izjav. (21. Člen)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishThe public powers see to the elimination of any form of discrimination concerning women and assure the protection and the promotion of their rights.
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They take measures to struggle against all forms of violence made against women in public and in private life.
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The law establishes the modalities of application of these rights. (Art. 14) - FrenchLes pouvoirs publics veillent à l’élimination de toute forme de discrimination à l’égard de la femme et assurent la protection et la promotion de ses droits.
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Ils prennent des mesures pour lutter contre toute forme de violences faites à la femme dans la vie publique et dans la vie privée.
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La loi fixe les modalités d’application de ces droits. (Art. 14)