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Protection from Violence
- English1. No person shall be held in slavery or servitude.
2. No person shall be required to perform forced labour.
… (Sec. 6)
Protection from Violence
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No human shall be subjected to physical or mental torture, enticement, or degrading treatment. The law shall specify the punishment to whomever carries out such acts. All statements or confessions proven to have been obtained under torture, enticement, due to such treatment, or under threat of any of such acts, are deemed void. (Art. 25)
- Arabic
لا يعرض أي إنسان للتعذيب المادي أو المعنوي، أو للإغراء، أو للمعاملة الحاطة بالكرامة، ويحدد القانون عقاب من يفعل ذلك، كما يبطل كل قول أو اعتراف يثبت صدوره تحت وطأة التعذيب أو بالإغراء أو لتلك المعاملة، أو التهديد بأي منها. (المادّة ٢٥)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishLaws governing the relations between employers and workers are matters of public policy. All acts, stipulations or agreements that involve the waiver, diminution or restriction or evasion of the following guarantees shall be void:
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7. Minors under sixteen years of age and those above that age who are subject to mandatory education by virtue of national legislation may not be employed in any kind of work.
… (Art. 128) - SpanishLas leyes que rigen las relaciones entre patronos y trabajadores son de orden público. Son nulos los actos, estipulaciones o convenciones que impliquen renuncia, disminuyan, restrinjan o tergiversen las siguientes garantías:
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7. Los menores de (16) diez y seis años y los que hayan cumplido esa edad y sigan sometidos a la enseñanza en virtud de la legislación nacional, no podrán ser ocupados en trabajo alguno.
… (Art. 128)
Protection from Violence
- English(1) Parliament shall enact such laws as are necessary to ensure that—
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(d) children and young persons receive special protection against exposure to physical and moral hazards;
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(2) Every child has the right to be protected from engaging in work that constitutes a threat to his health, education or development.
(3) A child shall not be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
… (Art. 28)
Protection from Violence
- English(1) The domicile and the residence are inviolable. No one shall enter or remain in the domicile or residence of a person without his consent.
(2) An derogation from the provisions of paragraph (1) can operate, according to the law, for the following instances:
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b) removing a risk to someone's life, physical integrity, or a person's assets;
... (Art. 27) - Romanian(1) Domiciliul şi reşedinţa sunt inviolabile. Nimeni nu poate pătrunde sau rămâne în domiciliul ori în reşedinţa unei persoane fără învoirea acesteia.
(2) De la prevederile alineatului (1) se poate deroga prin lege pentru următoarele situaţii:
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b) înlăturarea unei primejdii privind viaţa, integritatea fizică sau bunurile unei persoane;
… (Art. 27)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishI. Every person has the right to freedom and personal security.
… (Art. 23) - SpanishI. Toda persona tiene derecho a la libertad y seguridad personal.
... (Art. 23)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishThe national government shall take positive action to attain these national objectives and implement these national policies:
... protection of the safety and security of persons and property;
… (Art. VI)
Protection from Violence
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(7) The State shall eliminate economic and social privilege and disparity and the exploitation of man by man or by the State.
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(13) The State shall promote with special care the interests of children and youth, so as to ensure their full development, physical, mental, moral, religious and social, and to protect them from exploitation and discrimination.
… (Art. 27) - Sinhala...
(7) ආර්ථීක සහ සාමාජයික වරප්රසාද හා විෂමතා ද, මිනිසා විසින් හෝ රජය විසින් හෝ මිනිස් ශ්රමය අයථා පරිදි උපයෝගී කර ගැන්ම ද, රජය විසින් තුරන් කළ යුත්තේ ය.
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(13) ළමයින් සහ යෞවනයන් කායික වශයෙන්, මානසික වශයෙන් සදාචාරාත්මක වශයෙන්, ආගමික වශයෙන් හා සමාජයික වශයෙන් පූර්ණ වර්ධනයට පත් වන බවට වගබලා ගැනීමටත්, ඔවුන් ආත්මාර්ථය පිණිස යොදා ගනු ලැබීමෙන් සහ වෙනස්කම්වලට පාත්ර කරනු ලැබීමෙන් ආරක්ෂා කර ගැනීමටත් හැකි වන පරිදි ඔවුන්ගේ ශුභ සිද්ධිය රජය විසින් විශේෂ පරිශ්රමයකින් යුතුව වර්ධනය කළ යුත්තේ ය.
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Protection from Violence
- EnglishThe political parties and movements, in their functioning, may not:
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2. establish structures which, directly or indirectly, imply the use of, or a call for, violence as [a] methodology of the political activity [quehacer], and
3. constitute themselves with the goals [fines] of substituting by the force the regime of freedom and democracy, or of endangering the existence of the Republic. (Art. 126) - SpanishLos partidos y los movimientos políticos, en su funcionamiento, no podrán:
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2. establecer estructuras que, directa o indirectamente, impliquen la utilización o la apelación a la violencia como metodología del quehacer político, y
3. constituirse con fines de sustituir por la fuerza el régimen de libertad y de democracia, o de poner en peligro la existencia de la República. (Art. 126)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishThe State shall actively promote the welfare and development of the people of Malawi by progressively adopting and implementing policies and legislation aimed at achieving the following goals—
a. Gender Equality
To obtain gender equality through—
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iii. the implementation of policies to address social issues such as domestic violence, security of the person, lack of maternity benefits, economic exploitation and rights to property.
… (Sec. 13)