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Protection from Violence
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5. Freedom of expression and of information shall also be limited:
a) By the duty of protection of children and youth;
b) By the prohibition of advocacy of violence, pedophilia, racism, xenophobia and of any form of discrimination, particularly against women;
c) By the banning of the dissemination of appeals for the practice of the acts referred to in the previous subparagraph.
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5. As liberdades de expressão e de informação são ainda limitadas:
a) Pelo dever da protecção da infância e da juventude;
b) Pela proibição da apologia da violência, da pedofilia, do racismo, da xenofobia e de qualquer forma de discriminação, nomeadamente da mulher;
c) Pela interdição da difusão de apelos à prática dos actos referidos na alínea anterior.
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Protection from Violence
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(3) A law which authorises the taking of any measure against a member of a disciplinary force of a country with which Seychelles is at war shall not be held to be inconsistent with the Charter13.
(4) A law referred to in clause (3) shall not provide for the doing of anything which constitutes the crime of genocide or a crime against humanity. (Art. 44)
Protection from Violence
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Forced labour is prohibited, … (Art. 41) - Belarusian
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Прымусовая праца забараняецца, … (Артыкул 41) - Russian
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Принудительный труд запрещается, … (Статья 41)
Protection from Violence
- English(1) No person shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading punishment or other treatment.
… (Art. 141)
Protection from Violence
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(1) It shall be unlawful for any person (in the course of that person’s involvement in any of the areas to which this subsection is applied by subsection (3)) to make a request of any other person for sexual intercourse, sexual contact, or other form of sexual activity which contains an implied or overt promise of preferential treatment or an implied or overt threat of detrimental treatment.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person (in the course of that person’s involvement in any of the areas to which this subsection is applied by subsection (3)) by the use of language (whether written or spoken) of a sexual nature, or of visual material of a sexual nature, or by physical behaviour of a sexual nature, to subject any other person to behaviour that—
(a) is unwelcome or offensive to that person (whether or not that is conveyed to the first-mentioned person); and
(b) is either repeated, or of such a significant nature, that it has a detrimental effect on that person in respect of any of the areas to which this subsection is applied by subsection (3).
(3) The areas to which subsections (1) and (2) apply are—
(a) the making of an application for employment:
(b) employment, which term includes unpaid work:
(c) participation in, or the making of an application for participation in a partnership:
(d) membership, or the making of an application for membership, of an industrial union or professional or trade association:
(e) access to any approval, authorisation, or qualification:
(f) vocational training, or the making of an application for vocational training:
(g) access to places, vehicles, and facilities:
(h) access to goods and services:
(i) access to land, housing, or other accommodation:
(j) education:
(k) participation in fora for the exchange of ideas and information.
(4) Where a person complains of sexual harassment, no account shall be taken of any evidence of the person’s sexual experience or reputation. (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 62)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishSlavery, the trafficking in human beings, forced labor, physical or moral torture, inhuman, cruel, degrading and humiliating treatments, physical violence, feminine genital mutilations, premature marriages as well as other forms of debasement of the human being are prohibited. (Art. 19)
- Arabicيحظر الاسترقاق، الاتجار بالبشر، العمل القسري، التعذيب الجسدي أو النفسي، المعاملات اللاإنسانية والقاسية والمهينة، العنف الجسدي، تشويه الأعضاء التناسلية الأنثوية، الزواج المبكر إلى جانب أشكال أخرى من الحط من البشر. (المادة 19).
- FrenchL'esclavage, la traite des êtres humains, le travail forcé, la torture physique ou morale, les traitements inhumains, cruels, dégradants et humiliants, les violences physiques, les mutilations génitales féminines, les mariages précoces ainsi que toutes les autres formes d'avilissement de l'être humain sont interdits. (Art. 19)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishNo person shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. (Art. 18)