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Protection from Violence
Guatemala
- English… No person can be subject to servitude or to another condition that diminishes his or her dignity. The human beings must exercise [guardar] brotherly behavior among them. (Art. 4)
- Spanish… Ninguna persona puede ser sometida a servidumbre ni a otra condición que menoscabe su dignidad. Los seres humanos deben guardar conducta fraternal entre sí. (Art. 4)
Protection from Violence
Paraguay
- EnglishNo one will be submitted to torture or to cruel, inhuman, or degrading penalties or treatments.
Genocide and torture, as well as the forced disappearance of persons, kidnapping and homicide for political reasons are imprescriptible. (Art. 5) - SpanishNadie será sometido a torturas ni a penas o tratos crueles, inhumanos o degradantes.
El genocidio y la tortura, así como la desaparición forzosa de personas, el secuestro y el homicidio por razones políticas son imprescriptibles. (Art. 5)
Protection from Violence
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- EnglishI. Every person has the right to life and physical, psychological and sexual integrity. No one shall be tortured, nor suffer cruel, inhuman, degrading or humiliating treatment. The death penalty does not exist.
II. Everyone, in particular women, have the right not to suffer physical, sexual or psychological violence, in the family as well as in the society.
III. The State shall adopt the necessary measures to prevent, eliminate and punish sexual and generational violence, as well as any action or omission intended to be degrading to the human condition, to cause death, pain, and physical, sexual or psychological suffering, whether in public or private spheres.
IV. No person shall be submitted to a forced disappearance for any reason or under any circumstance.
V. No person shall be submitted to servitude or slavery. The trade and trafficking of persons is prohibited. (Art. 15) - SpanishI. Toda persona tiene derecho a la vida y a la integridad física, psicológica y sexual. Nadie será torturado, ni sufrirá tratos crueles, inhumanos, degradantes o humillantes. No existe la pena de muerte.
II. Todas las personas, en particular las mujeres, tienen derecho a no sufrir violencia física, sexual o psicológica, tanto en la familia como en la sociedad.
III. El Estado adoptará las medidas necesarias para prevenir, eliminar y sancionar la violencia de género y generacional, así como toda acción u omisión que tenga por objeto degradar la condición humana, causar muerte, dolor y sufrimiento físico, sexual o psicológico, tanto en el ámbito público como privado.
IV. Ninguna persona podrá ser sometida a desaparición forzada por causa o circunstancia alguna.
V. Ninguna persona podrá ser sometida a servidumbre ni esclavitud. Se prohíbe la trata y tráfico de personas. (Art. 15)
Protection from Violence
Cuba
- EnglishAll citizens have the right to … physical and moral integrity, justice, security, … (Art. 46)
- SpanishTodas las personas tienen derecho a … la integridad física y moral, … la justicia, la seguridad, … (Art. 46)
Protection from Violence
Ecuador
- EnglishIn any criminal process in which a person has been deprived of liberty, the following basic guarantees will be observed:
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8. No one may be required to declare in a criminal trial against their spouse, partner or relatives up to the fourth degree of consanguinity or second of affinity, except in the case of domestic, sexual and gender violence.
… (Art. 77) - SpanishEn todo proceso penal en que se haya privado de la libertad a una persona, se observarán las siguientes garantías básicas:
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8. Nadie podrá ser llamado a declarar en juicio penal contra su cónyuge, pareja o parientes hasta el cuarto grado de consanguinidad o segundo de afinidad, excepto en el caso de violencia intrafamiliar, sexual y de género.
… (Art. 77)
Protection from Violence
Honduras
- EnglishAll Hondurans have the right to do that which is not harmful to others; likewise, no one shall be obliged to do that which is not legally prescribed nor shall be prevented from doing that which the law does not prohibited.
No one may take justice into his own hands, nor exercise violence to claim his rights.
No personal service may be exacted, nor must it be rendered gratuitously, except by virtue of the law or by a sentence based on the law. (Art. 70) - SpanishTodos los hondureños tienen derecho a hacer lo que no perjudique a otro y nadie estará obligado a hacer lo que no estuviere legalmente prescrito ni impedido de ejecutar lo que la Ley no prohíbe.
Ninguna persona podrá hacerse justicia por sí misma, ni ejercer violencia para reclamar su derecho.
Ningún servicio personal es exigible, ni deberá prestarse gratuitamente, sino en virtud de ley o de sentencia fundada en la Ley. (Art. 70)
Protection from Violence
Mexico
- EnglishNo person may arrogate justice, or exercise violence to reclaim their right.
… (Art. 17) - SpanishNinguna persona podrá hacerse justicia por sí misma, ni ejercer violencia para reclamar su derecho.
… (Art. 17)
Protection from Violence
Paraguay
- EnglishThe State shall promote policies having the purpose of avoiding violence in the family environment and other destructive causes of its solidarity. (Art. 60)
- SpanishEl Estado promoverá políticas que tengan por objeto evitar la violencia en el ámbito familiar y otras causas destructoras de su solidaridad. (Art. 60)
Protection from Violence
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- EnglishI. All forms of torture, disappearances, confinement, coercion, exaction and any other form of physical and moral violence are prohibited. The public servants or officials, who apply, instigate or consent to them shall be dismissed and replaced, without prejudice to the sanctions determined by law.
II. The statements, actions or omissions which are obtained or undertaken through the employment of torture, coercion, exaction, or by any other form of violence, are null to the full extent of the law. (Art. 114) - SpanishI. Queda prohibida toda forma de tortura, desaparición, confinamiento, coacción, exacción o cualquier forma de violencia física o moral. Las servidoras públicas y los servidores públicos o las autoridades públicas que las apliquen, instiguen o consientan, serán destituidas y destituidos, sin perjuicio de las sanciones determinadas por la ley.
II. Las declaraciones, acciones u omisiones obtenidas o realizadas mediante el empleo de tortura, coacción, exacción o cualquier forma de violencia, son nulas de pleno derecho. (Art. 114)
Protection from Violence
Dominican Republic
- EnglishAll people have a right to liberty and personal security.
… (Art. 40) - SpanishToda persona tiene derecho a la libertad y seguridad personal.
… (Art. 40)