SEARCH DATABASE
The Global Gender Equality Constitutional Database is a repository of gender equality related provisions in 194 constitutions from around the world. The Database was updated in partnership with the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and with support from the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) and the Government of Japan. Experience its wealth and depth of information by starting your search now.
Protection from Violence
- English
(1) The State guarantees every individual the right to life and physical and mental integrity.
(2) No one may be subjected to torture or to any cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment or treatment.
… (Art. 24) - Moldovian
(1) Statul garantează fiecărui om dreptul la viaţă şi la integritate fizică şi psihică.
(2) Nimeni nu va fi supus la torturi, nici la pedepse sau tratamente crude, inumane ori degradante.
… (Art. 24)
Protection from Violence
- English…
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
- English…
Slavery is prohibited in the United Mexican States. Slaves who enter the national territory from abroad will recover, by this act alone, their liberty and the protection of the laws.
… (Art. 1) - Spanish…
Está prohibida la esclavitud en los Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Los esclavos del extranjero que entren al territorio nacional alcanzarán, por este solo hecho, su libertad y la protección de las leyes.
… (Art. 1)
Protection from Violence
- English
The right of Lao citizens by their lives, bodies, dignities and shelters are inviolable.
… (Art. 42) - Lao
ພົນລະເມືອງລາວ ມີສິດໂດຍບໍ່ມີໃຜຈະລ່ວງລະເມີດໄດ້ທາງດ້ານຊີວິດ, ຮ່າງກາຍ, ກຽດສັກສີ ແລະ ເຄຫະສະຖານ.
… (ມາດຕາ. 42) (ປັບປຸງ)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishWhereas every person in Botswana is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, the right, whatever his or her race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest to each and all of the following, namely-
(a) life, liberty, security of the person and the protection of the law;
… (Sec. 3)
Protection from Violence
- English…
The programmes and activities of political parties and other associations of citizens may not be directed at the violent destruction of the constitutional order of the Republic, or at encouragement or incitement to military aggression or ethnic, racial or religious hatred or intolerance.
… (Art. 20) - Macedonian…
Програмите и дејствувањето на здруженијата на граѓаните и политичките партии не можат да бидат насочени кон насилно уривање на уставниот поредок на Републиката и кон поттикнување или повикување на воена агресија или разгорување на национална, расна или верска омраза или нетрпеливост.
… (Член 20)
Protection from Violence
- English(1) Every individual is entitled to respect for the dignity of his person, and accordingly –
(a) no person shall be subject to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment;
(b) no person shall he held in slavery or servitude; and
(c) no person shall be required to perform forced or compulsory labour.
… (Sec. 34)