Constitution of the Republic of Zimbabwe 2013, as amended to 2023
Protection from Violence
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    (2) The State must adopt reasonable policies and measures, within the limits of the resources available to it, to ensure that children—

    (c) are protected from maltreatment, neglect or any form of abuse;

    (3) The State must take appropriate legislative and other measures—
    (a) to protect children from exploitative labour practices; and
    (b) to ensure that children are not required or permitted to perform work or provide services that—
    (i) are inappropriate for the children’s age; or
    (ii) place at risk the children’s well-being, education, physical or mental health or spiritual, moral or social development. (Sec. 19)
Protection from Violence
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    (1) The State and all institutions and agencies of government at every level must take reasonable measures, including affirmative action programmes, to ensure that youths, that is to say people between the ages of fifteen and thirty-five years—

    (e) are protected from harmful cultural practices, exploitation and all forms of abuse.
    … (Sec. 20)
Protection from Violence
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    The State and all institutions and agencies of government at every level must protect and foster the institution of the family and in particular must endeavour, within the limits of the resources available to them, to adopt measures for—

    (b) the prevention of domestic violence. (Sec. 25)
Protection from Violence
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    The State must take appropriate measures to ensure that—

    (b) children are not pledged in marriage;
    … (Sec. 26)
Protection from Violence
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    Every person has the right to bodily and psychological integrity, which includes the right—
    (a) to freedom from all forms of violence from public or private sources;
    (b) subject to any other provision of this Constitution, to make decisions concerning reproduction;
    (c) not to be subjected to medical or scientific experiments, or to the extraction or use of their bodily tissue, without their informed consent. (Sec. 52)
Protection from Violence
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    No person may be subjected to physical or psychological torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. (Sec. 53)
Protection from Violence
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    No person may be subjected to slavery or servitude. (Sec. 54)
Protection from Violence
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    No person may be made to perform forced or compulsory labour. (Sec. 55)
Protection from Violence
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    (5) Freedom of expression and freedom of the media exclude—
    (a) incitement to violence;
    (b) advocacy of hatred or hate speech;
    … (Sec. 61)
Protection from Violence
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    (1) Every child, that is to say every boy and girl under the age of eighteen years, has the right—

    (e) to be protected from economic and sexual exploitation, from child labour, and from maltreatment, neglect or any form of abuse;
    … (Sec. 81)
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Constitution of the Republic of Zimbabwe 2013, as amended to 2023 (English). According to Sec. 6(1): “The following languages, namely Chewa, Chibarwe, English, Kalanga, Koisan, Nambya, Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona, sign language, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda and Xhosa, are the officially recognised languages of Zimbabwe.”

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Chapter 3 on Citizenship.
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Fifth Schedule on Procedure as to Bills and Other Matters in Parliament (Sections 130 and 131).
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Chapter 4 on Declaration of Rights.
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Chapter 4 on Declaration of Rights.
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Chapter 4 on Declaration of Rights.
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Chapter 4 on Declaration of Rights.
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Chapter 4 on Declaration of Rights.
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Chapter 4 on Declaration of Rights.
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Second Schedule on Limitations on Rights during Public Emergencies (Section 87).
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Chapter 14 on Provincial and Local Government.
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