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Protection from Violence

Tunisia
  • English

    The State protects the dignity of the human person and its physical integrity and prohibits moral and physical torture. The infraction of torture is imprescriptible. (Art. 25)

  • Arabic

    تحمي الدّولة كرامة الذّات البشريّة وحرمة الجسد، وتمنع التّعذيب المعنويّ والمادّي. ولا تسقط جريمة التّعذيب بالتّقادم. (الفصل 25)

  • French

    L’État protège la dignité de l’être humain et son intégrité physique et interdit la torture morale et physique.
    L’infraction de torture est imprescriptible. (Art. 25)

Protection from Violence

Egypt
  • English
    …
    Discrimination and incitement of hatred is a crime punished by Law.
    … (Art. 53)
  • Arabic
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    التمييز والحض على الكراهية جريمة، يعاقب عليها القانون
    …(المادّة 53)

Protection from Violence

Zimbabwe
  • English
    The State must take appropriate measures to ensure that—
    …
    (b) children are not pledged in marriage;
    … (Sec. 26)

Protection from Violence

Ethiopia
  • English
    1. Everyone has the right to protection against cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
    2. No one shall be held in slavery or servitude. Trafficking in human beings for whatever purpose is prohibited.
    3. No one shall be required to perform forced or compulsory labour.
    … (Art. 18)
  • Amharic
    1. ማንኛውም ሰው ጭካኔ ከተሞላበት፣ ኢሰብዓዊ ከሆነ ወይም ክብሩን ከሚያዋርድ አያያዝ ወይም ቅጣት የመጠበቅ መብት አለው፡፡
    2. ማንኛውም ሰው በባርነት ወይም በግዴታ አገልጋይነት ሊያዝ አይችልም፡፡ለማንኛውም ዓላማ በሰው የመነገድ ተግባር የተከለከለ ነው፡፡
    3. ማንኛውም ሰው በኃይል ተገዶ ወይም ግዴታ ለማሟላት ማንኛውንም ሥራ እንዲሠራ ማድረግ የተከለከለ ነው፡፡
    … (አንቀጽ 18)

Protection from Violence

Guinea-Bissau
  • English
    1. The moral and physical integrity of citizens cannot be violated.
    2. No one shall be submitted to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
    3. In no case shall there be forced labor, nor security measures depriving liberty for unlimited or indefinite periods.
    … (Art. 37)
  • Portuguese
    1 - A integridade moral e física dos cidadãos é inviolável.
    2 - Ninguém pode ser submetido a tortura, nem a tratos ou penas cruéis, desumanos e degradantes.
    3 - Em caso algum haverá trabalhos forçados, nem medidas de segurança privativas de liberdade de duração ilimitada ou indefinida.
    … (Art. 37)

Protection from Violence

Malawi
  • English
    ...
    2. Any law that discriminates against women on the basis of gender or marital status shall be invalid and legislation shall be passed to eliminate customs and practices that discriminate against women, particularly practices such as—
    a. sexual abuse, harassment and violence;
    … (Sec. 24)

Protection from Violence

Algeria
  • English

    …
    The law punishes any form of violence against children, their exploitation and their abandonment.
    … (Art. 71)

  • Arabic

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    يعاقب القانون كل أشكال العنف ضد الأطفال واستغلالهم والتخلي عنهم.
    ... (المادة 71)

  • French

    …
    La loi réprime toute forme de violence contre les enfants, leur exploitation et leur abandon.
    ... (Art. 71)

Protection from Violence

Mozambique
  • English
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    3. Forced labour shall be prohibited … (Art. 84)
  • Portuguese
    …
    3. O trabalho compulsivo é proibido … (Art. 84)

Protection from Violence

Burkina Faso
  • English

    The Burkinabe people proscribe any idea of personal power.
    They proscribe equally all oppression of a part of the people by another. (Art. 168)

  • French

    Le peuple burkinabè proscrit toute idée de pouvoir personnel.
    Il proscrit également toute oppression d’une fraction du peuple par une autre. (Art. 168)

Protection from Violence

Rwanda
  • English

    (1) Everyone has the right to physical and mental integrity.
    (2) No person shall be subjected to torture or to abuse or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
    (3) No one shall be subjected to experimentation without his or her informed consent.
    … (Art. 14)

  • Kinyarwanda

    (1) Umuntu wese afite uburenganzira bwo kudahungabanywa ku mubiri no mu mutwe.
    (2) Ntawe ushobora gukorerwa iyicarubozo, gukorerwa ibibabaza umubiri cyangwa ngo akorerwe ibikorwa by’ubugome, ibikorwa bidakwiye umuntu cyangwa bimutesha agaciro.
    (3) Ntawe ushobora gukorerwaho igerageza atabyiyemereye.
    … (Ingingo ya 14)

  • French

    (1) Toute personne a droit à son intégrité physique et mentale.
    (2) Nul ne peut être soumis à la torture ni à des sévices ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants.
    (3) Nul ne peut être soumis à une expérimentation sans son consentement éclairé.
    … (Art. 14)