Constitution of the Republic of Cuba 2019
Protection from Violence
  • English

    The State encourages the holistic development of women and their full social participation. It … protects them from gender-based violence in all of its forms and in all spaces, and creates the institutional and legal mechanisms to do so. (Art. 43)
  • Spanish

    El Estado propicia el desarrollo integral de las mujeres y su plena participación social. … las protege de la violencia de género en cualquiera de sus manifestaciones y espacios, y crea los mecanismos institucionales y legales para ello. (Art. 43)
Protection from Violence
  • English
    All citizens have the right to … physical and moral integrity, justice, security, … (Art. 46)
  • Spanish
    Todas las personas tienen derecho a … la integridad física y moral, … la justicia, la seguridad, … (Art. 46)
Protection from Violence
  • English
    People may not be subject to forced disappearance, torture, or cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment or punishment. (Art. 51)
  • Spanish
    Las personas no pueden ser sometidas a desaparición forzada, torturas ni tratos o penas crueles, inhumanas o degradantes. (Art. 51)
Protection from Violence
  • English
    Child labor, performed by children or adolescents, is prohibited.
    … (Art. 66)
  • Spanish
    Se prohíbe el trabajo de las niñas, los niños y los adolescentes.
    … (Art. 66)
Protection from Violence
  • English
    Violence within the family, in any of its manifestations, is considered destructive to the people involved, to families, and to society, and is punishable by law. (Art. 85)
  • Spanish
    La violencia familiar, en cualquiera de sus manifestaciones, se considera destructiva de las personas implicadas, de las familias y de la sociedad, y es sancionada por la ley. (Art. 85)
Protection from Violence
  • English
    Furthermore, in criminal proceedings, all people have the following guarantees:

    d. To be treated with respect for their dignity and physical, mental, and moral integrity, and to not be a victim of violence and duress of any kind in order to coerce a testimony;
    … (Art. 95)
  • Spanish
    En el proceso penal las personas tienen, además, las siguientes garantías:

    d) ser tratada con respeto a su dignidad e integridad física, psíquica y moral, y a no ser víctima de violencia y coacción de clase alguna para forzarla a declarar;
    … (Art. 95)
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Constitution of the Republic of Cuba 2019 (English). There are minor discrepancies between the English and Spanish texts. According to Art. 2: "… the official language is Spanish, …”

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