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Protection from Violence
Syrian Arab Republic
- English1. Freedom shall be a sacred right and the state shall guarantee the personal freedom of citizens and preserve their dignity and security;
… (Art. 33) - Arabic1. الحرية حقّ مقدّس وتكفل الدولة للمواطنين حريتهم الشخصية وتحافظ على كرامتهم وأمنهم.
... (المادّة 33)
Protection from Violence
Türkiye
- EnglishNo one shall be forced to work. Forced labour is prohibited. … (Art. 18)
- TurkishHiç kimse zorla çalıştırılamaz. Angarya yasaktır. … (Madde 18)
Protection from Violence
Viet Nam
- English…
2. Acts threatening the life or health of other persons and the community are prohibited. (Art. 38) - Vietnamese…
2. Nghiêm cấm các hành vi đe dọa cuộc sống, sức khỏe của người khác và cộng đồng. (Điều 38)
Protection from Violence
Azerbaijan
- English…
III. Propaganda provoking racial, national, religious and social discord and animosity is prohibited. (Art. 47) - Azerbaijani…
III. İrqi, milli, dini, sosial ədavət və düşmənçilik oyadan təşviqata və təbliğata yol verilmir. (Maddə 47)
Protection from Violence
India
- English(1) Traffic in human beings and begar and other similar forms of forced labour are prohibited and any contravention of this provision shall be an offence punishable in accordance with law.
… (Art. 23) - Hindi(1) मानव का दुर्व्यापार और बेगार तथा इसी प्रकार का अन्य बलात्श्रम प्रतिषिद्ध किया जाता है और इस उपबंध का कोई भी उल्लंघन अपराध होगा जो विधि के अनुसार दंडनीय होगा।
… (अनुच्छेद 23)
Protection from Violence
Cambodia
- EnglishHuman trafficking, exploitation of prostitution and obscenities which affect the dignity of women shall be prohibited.
… (Art. 46) - Khmerអំពើលក់ដូរមនុស្ស អំពើធ្វើអាជីវកម្មផ្នែកពេស្យាកម្ម និងអំពើអាសអាភាស ដែលប៉ះពាល់ដល់សេចក្តីថ្លៃថ្នូររបស់នារី ត្រូវហាមឃាត់។
... (មាត្រា ៤៦)
Protection from Violence
Japan
- EnglishWe, the Japanese people …
We desire to occupy an honored place in an international society striving for the preservation of peace, and the banishment of tyranny and slavery, oppression and intolerance for all time from the earth.
… (Preamble) - Japanese日本国民は、…
われらは、平和を維持し、専制と隷従、圧迫と偏狭を地上から永遠に除去しようと努めてゐる国際社会において、名誉ある地位を占めたいと思ふ。
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Protection from Violence
Kuwait
- EnglishThe State shall watch over the youth and shall protect it from exploitation and from moral, corporal and spiritual negligence. (Art. 10)
- Arabicترعى الدولة النشء وتحميه من الاستغلال وتقيه الإهمال الأدبي والجسماني والروحي. (المادّة 10)
Protection from Violence
Myanmar
- EnglishThe Union prohibits forced labor except hard labor as a punishment for crime duly convicted and duties assigned by the Union in accord with the law in the interest of the public. (Sec. 359)
- Burmeseနိုင်ငံတော်သည် ဥပဒေကျူးလွန်၍ ပြစ်ဒဏ်ပေးခြင်းကို ခံရသဖြင့် အလုပ်ဒဏ် ထမ်းဆောင် ခိုင်းခြင်းနှင့် အများပြည်သူအကျိုးအတွက် ဆောင်ရွက်ရန် နိုင်ငံတော်က ဥပဒေနှင့်အညီ တာဝန် ချထားခြင်းမှတစ်ပါး အဓမ္မစေခိုင်းခြင်းကို တားမြစ်သည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၅၉)
Protection from Violence
Nepal
- English(1) Every person shall have the right against exploitation.
(2) No person shall be exploited in any manner on the grounds of religion, custom, tradition, usage, practice or on any other grounds.
(3) No one shall be subjected to trafficking nor shall one be held in slavery or servitude.
(4) No one shall be forced to work against his or her will. Provided that nothing shall be deemed to prevent the making of law empowering the State to require citizens to perform compulsory service for public purposes.
(5) Act contrary to clauses (3) and (4) shall be punishable by law and the victim shall have the right to obtain compensation from the perpetrator in accordance with law. (Art. 29) - Nepali(१) प्रत्येक व्यक्तिलाई शोषण विरुद्धको हक हुनेछ ।
(२) धर्म, प्रथा, परम्परा, संस्कार, प्रचलन वा अन्य कुनै आधारमा कुनैपनि व्यक्तिलाई कुनै किसिमले शोषण गर्न पाइने छैन ।
(३) कसैलाई पनि बेचबिखन गर्न, दास वा बाँधा बनाउन पाइने छैन ।
(४) कसैलाई पनि निजको इच्छा विरुद्ध काममा लगाउन पाइने छैन । तर सार्वजनिक प्रयोजनकालागि नागरिकलाई राज्यले अनिवार्य सेवामा लगाउन सक्ने गरी कानून बनाउन रोक लगाएको मानिने छैन ।
(५) उपधारा (३) र (४) विपरीतको कार्य कानून बमोजिम दण्डनीय हुनेछ र पीडितलाई पीडकबाट कानून बमोजिम क्षतिपूर्ति पाउने हक हुनेछ । (धारा २९)