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Protection from Violence
Argentina
- English… any kind of tortures and whipping, are forever abolished. … (Sec. 18)
- Spanish… Quedan abolidos para siempre … toda especie de tormento y los azotes. … (Art. 18)
Protection from Violence
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- EnglishI. Any form of violent punishment against children or adolescents is prohibited, both in the family as well as in society.
II. Forced work and child labor is prohibited. … (Art. 61) - SpanishI. Se prohíbe y sanciona toda forma de violencia contra las niñas, niños y adolescentes, tanto en la familia como en la sociedad.
II. Se prohíbe el trabajo forzado y la explotación infantil. ... (Art. 61)
Protection from Violence
Costa Rica
- EnglishEvery person is free in the Republic; whoever is under the protection of its laws may not be slave [masculine] or slave [feminine]. (Art. 20)
- SpanishToda persona es libre en la República, quien se halle bajo la protección de sus leyes no podrá ser esclavo ni esclava. (Art. 20)
Protection from Violence
Ecuador
- English…
It is forbidden to broadcast advertisements that foment violence, discrimination, racism, drug addiction, sexism, religious or political intolerance and all that undermines rights is forbidden. (Art. 19) - Spanish…
Se prohíbe la emisión de publicidad que induzca a la violencia, la discriminación, el racismo, la toxicomanía, el sexismo, la intolerancia religiosa o política y toda aquella que atente contra los derechos. (Art. 19)
Protection from Violence
El Salvador
- EnglishWork will be regulated by a Code which shall have as [its] principal objective the harmonizing of the relations between the employers [patronos] and [the] workers, establishing their rights and obligations. It shall be founded in general principles that tend to the improvement of the living conditions of the workers, and will especially include the following rights:
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10) The minors of fourteen years of age or less, and those that having reached this age still remain subject to obligatory education by virtue of the law, may not be occupied in any type of work.
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The workday of the minors of sixteen years of age cannot be more than six hours a day and thirty-four hours a week, in any kind of work.
Unhealthy or dangerous work is prohibited for persons under eighteen years of age and for women. Night work is also prohibited for persons under eighteen years of age.
The law will determine the dangerous and unhealthy labors;
… (Art. 38) - SpanishEl trabajo estará regulado por un Código que tendrá por objeto principal armonizar las relaciones entre patronos y trabajadores, estableciendo sus derechos y obligaciones. Estará fundamentado en principios generales que tiendan al mejoramiento de las condiciones de vida de los trabajadores, e incluirá especialmente los derechos siguientes:
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10º Los menores de catorce años, y los que habiendo cumplido esa edad sigan sometidos a la enseñanza obligatoria en virtud de la ley, no podrán ser ocupados en ninguna clase de trabajo.
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La jornada de los menores de dieciséis años no podrá ser mayor de seis horas diarias y de treinta y cuatro semanales, en cualquier clase de trabajo.
Se prohíbe el trabajo a los menores de dieciocho años y a las mujeres en labores insalubres o peligrosas. También se prohíbe el trabajo nocturno a los menores de dieciocho años.
La ley determinará las labores peligrosas o insalubres;
… (Art. 38)
Protection from Violence
Jamaica
- English…
2. Subject to sections 18 and 49, and to subsections (9) and (12) of this section, and save only as may be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society-
a. this Chapter12 guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in subsections (3) and (6) of this section and in sections 14, 15, 16 and 17; and
b. Parliament shall pass no law and no organ of the State shall take any action which abrogates, abridges or infringes those rights.
3. The rights and freedoms referred to in subsection (2) are as follows-
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a. the right to life, liberty and security of the person
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o. the right to, protection from torture, or inhuman or degrading punishment or other treatment as provided in subsections (6) and (7);
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6. No person shall be subjected to torture or inhuman or degrading punishment or other treatment.
7. Nothing contained in or done under the authority of any law shall be held to be inconsistent with or in contravention of subsection (6) to the extent that the law in question authorizes the infliction of any description of punishment which was lawful in Jamaica immediately before the commencement of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms (Constitutional Amendment) Act, 2011.
… (Sec. 13)
Protection from Violence
Paraguay
- EnglishSlavery, personal servitude, and the trafficking [trata] of the persons are proscribed. The law may establish social responsibilities [cargas] in favor of the State. (Art. 10)
- SpanishEstán proscritas la esclavitud, las servidumbres personales y la trata de personas. La ley podrá establecer cargas sociales en favor del Estado. (Art. 10)
Protection from Violence
Suriname
- English…
4. The Republic of Suriname promotes the solidarity and collaboration with other peoples in the combat against colonialism, neo-colonialism, racism, genocide and in the combat for national liberation, peace and social progress.
... (Art. 7) - Dutch…
4. De Republiek Suriname bevordert de solidariteit en samenwerking metandere volkeren in de strijd tegen kolonialisme, neokolonialisme, racisme, genocide en in de strijd voor nationale bevrijding, vrede en sociale vooruitgang.
… (Art. 7)
Protection from Violence
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
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6. Work by adolescents at tasks that may affect their overall development is prohibited. The State shall protect them against any economic and social exploitation.
… (Art. 89) - Spanish…
6. Se prohíbe el trabajo de adolescentes en labores que puedan afectar su desarrollo integral. El Estado los protegerá contra cualquier explotación económica y social.
… (Art. 89)
Protection from Violence
Barbados
- EnglishWhereas every person in Barbados is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, the right, whatever his 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 and security of the person;
… (Sec. 11)