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Protection from Violence
United Arab Emirates
- English… A person may not be subjected to forced labor except in such cases as may be provided in law and provided that such person is compensated for such labor.
A person may not be enslaved. (Art. 34) - Arabic... وﻻ ﻳﺠﻮﺯ ﻓﺮﺽ ﻋﻤﻞ اﺟﺒ ﺎرﻱ ﻋﻠﻰ أﺣﺪ اﻻ ﻓﻲ اﻷﺣ ﻮاﻝ اﻻﺳﺘﺜﻨﺎﺋﻴﺔ اﻟﺘﻲ ﻳﻨﺺ ﻋﻠﻴﻬﺎ اﻟﻘﺎﻧﻮ ﻥ، وﺑﺸﺮﻁ اﻟﺘﻌﻮﻳﺾ ﻋﻨﻪ.
ﻻ ﻳﺠﻮﺯ اﺳﺘﻌﺒﺎﺩ أﻱ اﻧ ﺴﺎﻥ. (المادّة 34)
Protection from Violence
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- EnglishNo one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. (Art. 3 of ECHR, Human Rights Act 1998 Schedule 1)
Protection from Violence
Angola
- English1. The moral, intellectual and physical integrity of individuals shall be inviolable.
2. The state shall respect and protect the human person and human dignity. (Art. 31) - Portuguese1. A integridade moral, intelectual e física das pessoas é inviolável.
2. O Estado respeita e protege a pessoa e a dignidade humanas. (Art. 31)
Protection from Violence
Dominican Republic
- EnglishAll people have the right to have their physical, psychic, moral integrity and the right to live without violence respected. They shall have the protection of the state in cases of threat, risk, or violation of the same. Consequently:
1. No one may be submitted to punishments, tortures, or degrading proceedings that imply the loss or decrease of his health or of his physical or psychic integrity;
2. Familial and gender based violence in any of its forms is condemned. The State shall guarantee through the law the adoption of necessary methods to prevent, sanction, and eradicate violence against women;
3. No one may be submitted, without prior consent to experiments or proceedings that do not conform to internationally recognized scientific and bioethical norms, nor to examinations of medical proceedings, except when his life is in danger. (Art. 42) - SpanishToda persona tiene derecho a que se respete su integridad física, psíquica, moral y a vivir sin violencia. Tendrá la protección del Estado en casos de amenaza, riesgo o violación de las mismas. En consecuencia:
1) Ninguna persona puede ser sometida a penas, torturas o procedimientos vejatorios que impliquen la pérdida o disminución de su salud, o de su integridad física o psíquica;
2) Se condena la violencia intrafamiliar y de género en cualquiera de sus formas. El Estado garantizará mediante ley la adopción de medidas necesarias para prevenir, sancionar y erradicar la violencia contra la mujer;
3) Nadie puede ser sometido, sin consentimiento previo, a experimentos y procedimientos que no se ajusten a las normas científicas y bioéticas internacionalmente reconocidas. Tampoco a exámenes o procedimientos médicos, excepto cuando se encuentre en peligro su vida. (Art. 42)
Protection from Violence
Namibia
- English(1) No persons shall be held in slavery or servitude.
(2) No persons shall be required to perform forced labour.
… (Art. 9)
Protection from Violence
Andorra
- English1. All persons have the right to liberty and security and shall only be deprived of them on such grounds and in accordance with such procedures as are established in the Constitution and the laws.
… (Art. 9) - Catalan1. Totes les persones tenen dret a la llibertat i a la seguretat i només en poden ésser privades per les causes I d'acord amb els procediments establerts a la Constitució i les lleis.
… (Art. 9)
Protection from Violence
New Zealand
- EnglishEveryone has the right not to be subjected to torture or to cruel, degrading, or disproportionately severe treatment or punishment. (Bill of Rights Act 1990, Sec. 9)
Protection from Violence
Burundi
- EnglishNo one shall be held in slavery or in servitude. Slavery and trafficking in slaves are prohibited in all their forms. (Art. 26)
- KirundiNta muntu n’umwe azogirwa umuja canke umushumba. Ubuja n’ugucuruza abaja mu buryo ubwo aribwo bwose birabujijwe. (Ingingo ya 26)
- FrenchNul ne sera tenu en esclavage ou en servitude. L’esclavage et le trafic d’esclaves sont interdits sous toutes leurs formes. (Art. 26)
Protection from Violence
El Salvador
- EnglishEvery person is free in the Republic.
No one that enters its territory will be slave and all of [those] that traffic with slaves may not be citizens. No one may be subject to servitude or to any other condition that undermines their dignity. (Art. 4) - SpanishToda persona es libre en la República.
No será esclavo el que entre en su territorio ni ciudadano el que trafique con esclavos. Nadie puede ser sometido a servidumbre ni a ninguna otra condición que menoscabe su dignidad. (Art. 4)
Protection from Violence
Sao Tome and Principe
- English1. The moral and physical integrity of people shall be inviolable.
2. No one may be subjected to torture or to treatments or punishments that are cruel, inhumane or degrading. (Art. 23) - Portuguese1. A integridade moral e física das pessoas é inviolável.
2. Ninguém pode ser submetido a tortura, nem tratos ou penas cruéis, desumanos ou degradantes. (Art. 23)