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Protection from Violence

Suriname
  • English
    1. Everyone has a right to physical, mental and moral integrity.
    2. No one may be submitted to torture, degrading or inhuman treatment or punishment. (Art. 9)
  • Dutch
    1. Een ieder heeft het recht op fysieke, psychische en morele integriteit.
    2. Niemand mag worden onderworpen aan folteringen, vernederende of onmenselijke behandeling of straf. (Art. 9)

Protection from Violence

Bahamas
  • English
    Whereas every person in The Bahamas is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, has 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, security of the person and the protection of the law;
    … (Art. 15)

Protection from Violence

Bolivia, Plurinational State of
  • English
    Latifundio and double title are prohibited because they are contrary to the collective interest and development of the country. Latifundio is understood to mean the non-productive holding of land; the land that does not fulfill a social economic function; the exploitation of land that applies a system of servitude, quasi-slavery and slavery in labor relations; or the property that surpasses the maximum surface area established in the law. In no case may the maximum surface exceed five thousand hectares. (Art. 398)
  • Spanish
    Se prohíbe el latifundio y la doble titulación por ser contrarios al interés colectivo y al desarrollo del país. Se entiende por latifundio la tenencia improductiva de la tierra; la tierra que no cumpla la función económica social; la explotación de la tierra que aplica un sistema de servidumbre, semiesclavitud o esclavitud en la relación laboral o la propiedad que sobrepasa la superficie máxima zonificada establecida en la ley. La superficie máxima en ningún caso podrá exceder de cinco mil hectáreas. (Art. 398)

Protection from Violence

Cuba
  • English
    …
    The State encourages the holistic development of women and their full social participation. It … protects them from gender-based violence in all of its forms and in all spaces, and creates the institutional and legal mechanisms to do so. (Art. 43)
  • Spanish
    …
    El Estado propicia el desarrollo integral de las mujeres y su plena participación social. … las protege de la violencia de género en cualquiera de sus manifestaciones y espacios, y crea los mecanismos institucionales y legales para ello. (Art. 43)

Protection from Violence

Ecuador
  • English
    Elderly persons shall receive priority and specialized attention in the public and private sectors, especially in terms of social and economic inclusion and protection against violence. Those persons who have reached sixty-five years of age shall be considered to be elderly. (Art. 36)
  • Spanish
    Las personas adultas mayores recibirán atención prioritaria y especializada en los ámbitos público y privado, en especial en los campos de inclusión social y económica, y protección contra la violencia. Se considerarán personas adultas mayores aquellas personas que hayan cumplido los sesenta y cinco años de edad. (Art. 36)

Protection from Violence

Grenada
  • English
    (1) No person shall be held in slavery or servitude.
    (2) No person shall be required to perform forced labor.
    … (Sec. 4)

Protection from Violence

Mexico
  • English
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    No one may be obligated to render personal services [trabajos] without just remuneration and without their full consent, which will conform [ajustará] to that provided in fractions I and II of Article 123[,] except the labor [trabajo] imposed as a penalty by the judicial authority.
    … (Art. 5)
  • Spanish
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    Nadie podrá ser obligado a prestar trabajos personales sin la justa retribución y sin su pleno consentimiento, salvo el trabajo impuesto como pena por la autoridad judicial, el cual se ajustará a lo dispuesto en las fracciones I y II del artículo 123.
    … (Art. 5)

Protection from Violence

Paraguay
  • English
    The family, the society, and the State have the obligation of guaranteeing the child his harmonious and complete [integral] development, as well as the full exercise of his rights, protecting him against abandonment, undernourishment, violence, abuse, trafficking, and exploitation.
    Any person may demand of the competent authority the fulfillment of such guarantees and the sanction for the offenders [infractores].
    In case of conflict, the rights of a child have prevailing character. (Art. 54)
  • Spanish
    La familia, la sociedad y el Estado tienen la obligación de garantizar al niño su desarrollo armónico e integral, así como el ejercicio pleno de sus derechos protegiéndolo contra el abandono, la desnutrición, la violencia, el abuso, el tráfico y la explotación. Cualquier persona puede exigir a la autoridad competente el cumplimiento de tales garantías y la sanción de los infractores.
    Los derechos del niño, en caso de conflicto, tienen carácter prevaleciente. (Art. 54)

Protection from Violence

Trinidad and Tobago
  • English
    …
    (2) Without prejudice to subsection (1), but subject to this Chapter8 and to section 54, Parliament may not—
    …
    (b) impose or authorise the imposition of cruel and unusual treatment or punishment;
    … (Sec. 5)

Protection from Violence

Barbados
  • English
    (1) No person shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading punishment or other treatment.
    … (Sec. 15)