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Protection from Violence
- EnglishEveryone has the right to life and the right to protect and improve his/her corporeal and spiritual existence.
The corporeal integrity of the individual shall not be violated except under medical necessity and in cases prescribed by law; and shall not be subjected to scientific or medical experiments without his/her consent.
No one shall be subjected to torture or mal-treatment; no one shall be subjected to penalties or treatment incompatible with human dignity. … (Art. 17) - TurkishHerkes, yaşama, maddî ve manevî varlığını koruma ve geliştirme hakkına sahiptir.
Tıbbî zorunluluklar ve kanunda yazılı haller dışında, kişinin vücut bütünlüğüne dokunulamaz; rızası olmadan bilimsel ve tıbbî deneylere tâbi tutulamaz.
Kimseye işkence ve eziyet yapılamaz; kimse insan haysiyetiyle bağdaşmayan bir cezaya veya muameleye tâbi tutulamaz. … (Madde 17)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishPersons convicted of harming the sexual integrity of a child or of a dependent person shall permanently lose the right to carry on a profession or voluntary activity involving minors or dependent persons. (Art. 123c)
- FrenchQuiconque est condamné pour avoir porté atteinte à l’intégrité sexuelle d’un enfant ou d’une personne dépendante est définitivement privé du droit d’exercer une activité professionnelle ou bénévole en contact avec des mineurs ou des personnes dépendantes. (Art. 123c)
- GermanPersonen, die verurteilt werden, weil sie die sexuelle Unversehrtheit eines Kindes oder einer abhängigen Person beeinträchtigt haben, verlieren endgültig das Recht, eine berufliche oder ehrenamtliche Tätigkeit mit Minderjährigen oder Abhängigen auszuüben. (Art. 123c)
- ItalianChi è condannato per aver leso l’integrità sessuale di un fanciullo o di una persona dipendente è definitivamente privato del diritto di esercitare un’attività professionale od onorifica a contatto con minorenni o persone dipendenti. (Art. 123c)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishLesotho shall adopt policies designed to provide that—
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b. children and young persons are protected from economic and social exploitation;
c. the employment of children and young persons in work harmful to their morals or health or dangerous to life or likely to hamper their normal development is punishable by law; and
d. there are age limits below which the paid employment of children and young persons is prohibited and punishable by law. (Sec. 32)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishThe political parties and movements, in their functioning, may not:
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2. establish structures which, directly or indirectly, imply the use of, or a call for, violence as [a] methodology of the political activity [quehacer], and
3. constitute themselves with the goals [fines] of substituting by the force the regime of freedom and democracy, or of endangering the existence of the Republic. (Art. 126) - SpanishLos partidos y los movimientos políticos, en su funcionamiento, no podrán:
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2. establecer estructuras que, directa o indirectamente, impliquen la utilización o la apelación a la violencia como metodología del quehacer político, y
3. constituirse con fines de sustituir por la fuerza el régimen de libertad y de democracia, o de poner en peligro la existencia de la República. (Art. 126)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishWHEREAS the People of Saint Lucia-
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(f) respect the principles of social justice and therefore believe that the operation of the economic system should result in the material resources of the community being so distributed as to subserve the common good, that there should be adequate means of livelihood for all, that labour should not be exploited or forced by economic necessity to operate in inhumane conditions but that there should be opportunity for advancement on the basis of recognition of merit, ability and integrity;
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Protection from Violence
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No one may be subjected to torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment or treatment. (Art. 25)
- Albanian
Askush nuk mund t’i nënshtrohet torturës, dënimit apo trajtimit mizor, çnjerëzor poshtërues. (Neni 25)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishSlavery and involuntary servitude are prohibited except to punish crime. (Art. IV, Sec. 10)
Protection from Violence
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The State is responsible for the security of persons and of assets. (Art. 28)
- Arabic
الدولة مسؤولة على أمن األشخاص والممتلكات. (المادة 28)
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L'Etat est responsable de la sécurité des personnes et des biens. (Art. 28)
Protection from Violence
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All incitement to racism, to hatred and to violence is prohibited.
Genocide and all other crimes against humanity, the crimes of war and all the grave and systematic violations of the Rights of Man are punished by the law. (Art. 23) - Arabic…
يُحظَر كل تحريض على العنصرية أو الكراهية أو العنف.
يُعاقب القانون على جريمة الإبادة الجماعية وغيرها من الجرائم ضد الإنسانية، وجرائم الحرب، وكافة الانتهاكات الجسيمة والممنهجة لحقوق الإنسان. (الفصل 23)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishNeither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. … (Amendment XIII, Sec. 1)