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Protection from Violence
Uganda
- English1. No person shall be held in slavery or servitude.
2. No person shall be required to perform forced labour.
… (Art. 25)
Protection from Violence
Myanmar
- EnglishThe Union prohibits forced labor except hard labor as a punishment for crime duly convicted and duties assigned by the Union in accord with the law in the interest of the public. (Sec. 359)
- Burmeseနိုင်ငံတော်သည် ဥပဒေကျူးလွန်၍ ပြစ်ဒဏ်ပေးခြင်းကို ခံရသဖြင့် အလုပ်ဒဏ် ထမ်းဆောင် ခိုင်းခြင်းနှင့် အများပြည်သူအကျိုးအတွက် ဆောင်ရွက်ရန် နိုင်ငံတော်က ဥပဒေနှင့်အညီ တာဝန် ချထားခြင်းမှတစ်ပါး အဓမ္မစေခိုင်းခြင်းကို တားမြစ်သည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၅၉)
Protection from Violence
Poland
- English1. Personal inviolability and security shall be ensured to everyone.
... (Art. 41) - Polish1. Każdemu zapewnia się nietykalność osobistą i wolność osobistą.
... (Art. 41)
Protection from Violence
Egypt
- English…
The State shall provide children with care and protection from all forms of violence, abuse, mistreatment and commercial and sexual exploitation.
… It is prohibited to employ children before the age of completing their preparatory education (six years of primary and three years of preparatory) or in jobs which subject them to danger.
… (Art. 80) - Arabic…
وتلتزم الدّولة برعاية الطفل وحمايته من جميع أشكال العنف والإساءة وسوء المعاملة والاستغلال الجنسى والتجاري
ويحظر تشغيل الطفل قبل تجاوزه سن إتمام التعليم الاساسى (ست سنوات من التعليم الابتدائي وثلاث سنوات من التعليم الإعدادي)، كما يحظر تشغيله فى الأعمال التى تعرضه للخطر
… (المادّة 80)
Protection from Violence
Trinidad and Tobago
- EnglishIt is hereby recognised and declared that in Trinidad and Tobago there have existed and shall continue to exist, without discrimination by reason of race, origin, colour, religion or sex, the following fundamental human rights and freedoms, namely–
(a) the right of the individual to life, liberty, security of the person … (Sec. 4)
Protection from Violence
Zimbabwe
- EnglishNo person may be made to perform forced or compulsory labour. (Sec. 55)