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Protection from Violence
Bahamas
- English1. No person shall be held in slavery or servitude.
2. No person shall be required to perform forced labour.
… (Art. 18)
Protection from Violence
Tajikistan
- English… Forced labor shall not be permitted, except in cases defined by law.
Using women and children labor shall be prohibited in heavy and underground works and in harmful conditions. (Art. 35) - Russian… Никто не может быть привлечен к принудительному труду, за исключением случаев, определенных законом.
Использование труда женщин и несовершеннолетних на тяжелых и подземных работах, а также на работах с вредными условиями труда запрещается. (Статья 35) - Tajik… Ҳеҷ кас ба меҳнати маҷбурӣ ҷалб карда намешавад, ба истиснои мавридҳое, ки қонун муайян кардааст.
Дар корҳои вазнин, зеризаминӣ ва шароити меҳнаташон зарарнок истифодаи меҳнати занон ва ноболиғон манъ аст. (Моддаи 35)
Protection from Violence
Spain
- EnglishEveryone has the right to life and to physical and moral integrity, and under no circumstances may be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading punishment or treatment.
… (Sec. 15) - SpanishTodos tienen derecho a la vida y a la integridad física y moral, sin que, en ningún caso, puedan ser sometidos a tortura ni a penas o a tratos inhumanos o degradantes.
… (Art. 15)
Protection from Violence
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- English(1) No person shall be held in slavery or servitude.
(2) No person shall be required to perform forced labor.
… (Sec. 4)
Protection from Violence
Guinea-Bissau
- English1. Citizens have the right to, freely and without requiring any specific authorization, start associations, as long as they are not promoting violence and their objectives are not contrary to the law.
… (Art. 55) - Portuguese1 - Os cidadãos têm o direito de, livremente e sem dependência de qualquer autorização, constituir associações, desde’que estas não se destinem a promover a violência e os respectivos fins não sejam contrários à lei.
… (Art. 55)
Protection from Violence
Turkmenistan
- English… Forced labour and the worst forms of child labour shall be prohibited. … (Art. 49)
- Russian… Принудительный труд и худшие формы детского труда запрещаются. … (Статья 49)
- Turkmen… Mejbury zähmet we çaga zähmetiniň ýaramaz görnüşleri gadagandyr. … (49-njy madda)
Protection from Violence
Ukraine
- EnglishThe establishment and activity of political parties and public associations are prohibited if their programme goals or actions are aimed at the liquidation of the independence of Ukraine, the change of the constitutional order by violent means, the violation of the sovereignty and territorial indivisibility of the State, the undermining of its security, the unlawful seizure of state power, the propaganda of war and of violence, the incitement of inter-ethnic, racial, or religious enmity, and the encroachments on human rights and freedoms and the health of the population.
Political parties and public associations shall not have paramilitary units.
… (Art. 37) - UkrainianУтворення і діяльність політичних партій та громадських організацій, програмні цілі або дії яких спрямовані на ліквідацію незалежності України, зміну конституційного ладу насильницьким шляхом, порушення суверенітету і територіальної цілісності держави, підрив її безпеки, незаконне захоплення державної влади, пропаганду війни, насильства, на розпалювання міжетнічної, расової, релігійної ворожнечі, посягання на права і свободи людини, здоров'я населення, забороняються.
Політичні партії та громадські організації не можуть мати воєнізованих формувань.
… (Стаття 37)
Protection from Violence
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- EnglishNo person shall be subjected to slavery or servitude. Traffic of persons, in particular women, children and adolescents, in any form, shall be subject to the penalties prescribes by law. (Art. 54)
- SpanishNinguna persona podrá ser sometida a esclavitud o servidumbre. La trata de personas y, en particular, la de mujeres, niños, niñas y adolescentes en todas sus formas, estará sujeta a las penas previstas en la ley. (Art. 54)
Protection from Violence
Papua New Guinea
- English(1) No person shall be submitted to torture (whether physical or mental), or to treatment or punishment that is cruel or otherwise inhuman, or is inconsistent with respect for the inherent dignity of the human person.
… (Sec. 36)
Protection from Violence
Malawi
- English1. The dignity of all persons shall be inviolable.
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3. No person shall be subject to torture of any kind or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
4. No person shall be subject to corporal punishment in connexion with any judicial proceedings or in any other proceedings before any organ of the State.
5. No person shall be subjected to medical or scientific experimentation without his or her consent.
… (Sec. 19)