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Protection from Violence

Saint Lucia
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    No person shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading punishment or other treatment. (Sec. 5)

Protection from Violence

Saint Lucia
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    (1) No person shall be held in slavery or servitude.
    (2) No person shall be required to perform forced labour.
    … (Sec. 4)

Protection from Violence

Saint Lucia
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    Whereas every person in Saint Lucia is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms, that is to say, the right, whatever his or her race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest, to each and all of the following, namely—
    (a) life, liberty, security of the person, equality before the law and the protection of the law;
    … (Sec. 1)

Protection from Violence

Saint Lucia
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    WHEREAS the People of Saint Lucia-
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    (f) respect the principles of social justice and therefore believe that the operation of the economic system should result in the material resources of the community being so distributed as to subserve the common good, that there should be adequate means of livelihood for all, that labour should not be exploited or forced by economic necessity to operate in inhumane conditions but that there should be opportunity for advancement on the basis of recognition of merit, ability and integrity;
    … (Preamble)