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Protection from Violence
- English(1) Every person has the right to freedom and security.
… (Sec. 17) - Spanish1. Toda persona tiene derecho a la libertad y a la seguridad.
… (Art. 17)
Protection from Violence
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(2) Children under the age of sixteen years are entitled to be protected from economic exploitation and shall not be employed in or required to perform work that is likely to be hazardous or to interfere with their education or be harmful to their health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development.
… (Sec. 29)
Protection from Violence
- English(1) No person shall be held in slavery or servitude.
(2) No person shall be required to perform forced labour.
… (Sec. 8)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishEquality, social justice, and providing safety, security, and equal opportunities to all the citizens are pillars on which the community is grounded. … (Art. 14)
- Arabicاﻟﻤ ﺴﺎواﺓ ، واﻟﻌ ﺪاﻟﺔ اﻻ ﺟﺘﻤﺎﻋﻴﺔ، وﺗﻮﻓﻴﺮ اﻷﻣﻦ واﻟﻄﻤ ﺄﻧﻴﻨﺔ، وﺗﻜﺎﻓﺆ اﻟﻔﺮﺹ ﻟﺠﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﻤ ﻮاﻃﻨﻴ ﻦ، ﻣﻦ دﻋﺎﻣﺎﺕ اﻟﻤ ﺠﺘﻤﻊ،. ... (المادّة 14)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishI. Everyone has the right to protect his or her honor and dignity.
II. The State shall protect personal dignity. Nothing can justify humiliation of personal dignity.
III. Nobody can be tortured or tormented, nobody shall suffer a treatment or punishment humiliating to human dignity. Nobody can be experimented upon-medically, scientifically or in any other way-without his or her consent. (Art. 46) - AzerbaijaniI. Hər kəsin öz şərəf və ləyaqətini müdafiə etmək hüququ vardır.
II. Şəxsiyyətin ləyaqəti dövlət tərəfindən qorunur. Heç bir hal şəxsiyyətin ləyaqətinin alçaldılmasına əsas verə bilməz.
III. Heç kəsə işgəncə və əzab verilə bilməz. Heç kəs insan ləyaqətini alçaldan rəftara və ya cəzaya məruz qala bilməz. Özünün könüllü razılığı olmadan heç kəsin üzərində tibbi, elmi və başqa təcrübələr aparıla bilməz. (Maddə 46)
Protection from Violence
- English... The use of forced labour is prohibited.
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The employment of women and minors for work that is hazardous to their health, is prohibited.
... (Art. 43) - Ukrainian... Використання примусової праці забороняється.
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Використання праці жінок і неповнолітніх на небезпечних для їхнього здоров'я роботах забороняється.
... (Стаття 43)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishWe, the people of Bangladesh, …
Further pledging that it shall be a fundamental aim of the State to realise through the democratic process a socialist society, free from exploitation a society in which the rule of law, fundamental human rights and freedom, equality and justice, political, economic and social, will be secured for all citizens;
… (Preamble) - Bengaliআমরা, বাংলাদেশের জনগণ …
আমরা আরও অঙ্গীকার করিতেছি যে, আমাদের রাষ্ট্রের অন্যতম মূল লক্ষ্য হইবে গণতান্ত্রিক পদ্ধতিতে এমন এক শোষণমুক্ত সমাজতান্ত্রিক সমাজের প্রতিষ্ঠা - যেখানে সকল নাগরিকের জন্য আইনের শাসন, মৌলিক মানবাধিকার এবং রাজনৈতিক, অর্থনৈতিক ও সামাজিক সাম্য, স্বাধীনতা ও সুবিচার নিশ্চিত হইবে;
… (প্রস্তাবনা)
Protection from Violence
- English(1) A person must not be held in slavery or servitude, or subjected to forced labour or human trafficking.
… (Sec. 10) - iTaukei(1) Na tamata e sega ni dodonu me vakayacori vua na cakacaka ni veivakabobulataki se veivakasaurarataki se na veivolitaki vakabutobuto ni tamata.
… (Sec. 10)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishLesotho shall adopt policies designed to provide that—
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b. children and young persons are protected from economic and social exploitation;
c. the employment of children and young persons in work harmful to their morals or health or dangerous to life or likely to hamper their normal development is punishable by law; and
d. there are age limits below which the paid employment of children and young persons is prohibited and punishable by law. (Sec. 32)
Protection from Violence
- English
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... A child must not be subjected to cruel treatment or humiliation or to work which may be harmful to his/her physical, mental or moral development.
… (Art. 32) - Belarusian
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... Дзіця не павінна падвяргацца жорсткаму абыходжанню або знявазе, прыцягвацца да работ, якія могуць нанесці шкоду яго фізічнаму, разумоваму або маральнаму развіццю.
… (Артыкул 32) - Russian
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... Ребенок не должен подвергаться жестокому обращению или унижению, привлекаться к работам, которые могут нанести вред его физическому, умственному или нравственному развитию.
… (Статья 32)