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Protection from Violence
- English
The State protects women against all forms of violence in all places and in all circumstances in the public space, in the professional sphere and in the private sphere. The law guarantees the access of victims to supportive structures [structures d’accueuil], to mechanisms [dispositifs] of taking responsibility, and to judicial assistance. (Art. 40)
- Arabic
تحمي الدولة المرأة من كل أشكال العنـف في كل الأماكن والظروف، في الفضاء العمومي وفي المجالين المهني والخاص. ويضمن القانون استفادة الضحايا من هياكل الاستقبال ومن أنظمة التكفل، ومن مساعدة قضائية. (المادة 40)
- French
L’Etat protège la femme contre toutes formes de violence en tous lieux et en toute circonstance dans l’espace public, dans la sphère professionnelle et dans la sphère privée. La loi garantit l’accès des victimes à des structures d’accueil, à des dispositifs de prise en charge, et à une assistance judiciaire. (Art. 40)
Protection from Violence
- English
Everyone shall have the right to freedom and inviolability of the person.
… (Art. 27) - Uzbek
Har kim erkinlik va shaxsiy daxlsizlik huquqiga ega.
... (27-modda)
Protection from Violence
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(2) Without prejudice to subsection (1), but subject to this Chapter8 and to section 54, Parliament may not—
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(b) impose or authorise the imposition of cruel and unusual treatment or punishment;
… (Sec. 5)
Protection from Violence
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3. Armed associations of a military or paramilitary nature, as well as associations that promote violence, racism, xenophobia or pursue aims that are against the law, shall be prohibited. (Art. 52) - Portuguese…
3. São proibidas as associações armadas de tipo militar ou paramilitar e as que promovam a violência, o racismo, a xenofobia ou que prossigam fins contrários à lei. (Art. 52)
Protection from Violence
- English1. Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person.
… (Art. 5 of ECHR, Human Rights Act 1998 Schedule 1)
Protection from Violence
- English(1) No person shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading punishment or other treatment.
… (Sec. 7)
Protection from Violence
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No one shall be subjected to torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment or, without his or her consent, to medical or other experiments. (Art. 25) - Belarusian
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Ніхто не павінен падвяргацца катаванням, жорсткаму, бесчалавечнаму або зневажальнаму да яго годнасці абыходжанню ці пакаранню, а таксама без яго згоды падвяргацца медыцынскім або іншым доследам. (Артыкул 25) - Russian
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Никто не должен подвергаться пыткам, жестокому, бесчеловечному либо унижающему его достоинство обращению или наказанию, а также без его согласия подвергаться медицинским или иным опытам. (Статья 25)
Protection from Violence
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4. It shall be prohibited to hire children under the age of 16 for full-time employment. The procedure and conditions of hiring them for part-time employment shall be stipulated by law.
5. Forced or compulsory labor shall be prohibited.
… (Art. 57) - Armenian…
4. Մինչև տասնվեց տարեկան երեխաներին մշտական աշխատանքի ընդունելն արգելվում է: Նրանց ժամանակավոր աշխատանքի ընդունման կարգը և պայմանները սահմանվում են օրենքով։
5. Պարտադիր կամ հարկադիր աշխատանքն արգելվում է:
… (Հոդված 57)
Protection from Violence
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We, the People of Rwanda,
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(g) RESOLVED to prevent and punish the crime of genocide, fight genocide negationism and revisionism and eradicate genocide ideology and all its manifestations, divisionism and discrimination based on ethnicity, region or any other ground;
… (Preamble) - Kinyarwanda
Twebwe, Abanyarwanda,
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(g) TWIYEMEJE gukumira no guhana icyaha cya jenoside, kurwanya ihakana n’ipfobya bya jenoside, kurandura burundu ingengabitekerezo ya jenoside n’ibyo igaragariramo byose, amacakubiri n’ivangura bishingiye ku moko, ku turere cyangwa ku kindi icyo ari cyo cyose;
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Nous, Peuple Rwandais,
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(g) RÉSOLUS à prévenir et réprimer le crime de génocide, combattre le négationnisme et le révisionnisme du génocide et éradiquer l’idéologie du génocide et toutes ses manifestations ainsi que le divisionnisme et la discrimination basés sur l’ethnie, la région ou sur tout autre motif;
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Protection from Violence
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Nothing in section 5710 shall prevent the holding or provision, at any educational establishment, of courses or counselling restricted to persons of a particular sex, race, ethnic or national origin, or sexual orientation, where highly personal matters, such as sexual matters or the prevention of violence, are involved. (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 59)