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Protection from Violence
- EnglishElderly 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)
- SpanishLas 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
- EnglishSlavery, and the slave trade in all their forms, and all similar institutions and practices, are strictly prohibited. (Sec. 253)
Protection from Violence
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5. Children are entitled to be protected from economic exploitation or any treatment, work or punishment that is, or is likely to—
a. be hazardous;
b. interfere with their education; or
c. be harmful to their health or to their physical, mental or spiritual or social development.
… (Sec. 23)
Protection from Violence
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Any forced labor shall be prohibited, except as punishment under the court decision, or in some other Instances specified by law.
Any form of child labor that poses a threat to the health, safety, morality, mental and physical development of the child, including those that prevent him or her from getting an education, shall be prohibited. (Art. 44) - Uzbek
Sud qarori bilan tayinlangan jazoni ijro etish tartibidan yoxud qonunda nazarda tutilgan boshqa hollardan tashqari majburiy mehnat taqiqlanadi.
Bolalar mehnatining bolaning sog‘lig‘iga, xavfsizligiga, axloqiga, aqliy va jismoniy rivojlanishiga xavf soluvchi, shu jumladan uning ta’lim olishiga to‘sqinlik qiluvchi har qanday shakllari taqiqlanadi. (44-modda)
Protection from Violence
- English(1) A person must not be held in slavery or servitude, or subjected to forced labour or human trafficking.
… (Sec. 10) - iTaukei(1) Na tamata e sega ni dodonu me vakayacori vua na cakacaka ni veivakabobulataki se veivakasaurarataki se na veivolitaki vakabutobuto ni tamata.
… (Sec. 10)
Protection from Violence
- 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
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The employment of children is punished by the law.
... (Art. 66) - Arabic
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يعاقب القانون على تشغيل الأطفال
… (المادة 66) - French
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L'emploi des enfants est puni par la loi.
… (Art. 66)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishPolitical parties shall be prohibited from advocating or resorting to armed violence in order to change the political or social order of the country. (Art. 77)
- PortugueseÉ vedado aos partidos políticos preconizar ou recorrer à violência armada para alterar a ordem política e social do país. (Art. 77)
Protection from Violence
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... A child must not be subjected to cruel treatment or humiliation or to work which may be harmful to his/her physical, mental or moral development.
… (Art. 32) - Belarusian
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... Дзіця не павінна падвяргацца жорсткаму абыходжанню або знявазе, прыцягвацца да работ, якія могуць нанесці шкоду яго фізічнаму, разумоваму або маральнаму развіццю.
… (Артыкул 32) - Russian
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... Ребенок не должен подвергаться жестокому обращению или унижению, привлекаться к работам, которые могут нанести вред его физическому, умственному или нравственному развитию.
… (Статья 32)
Protection from Violence
- English
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person—
(a) to publish or distribute written matter which is threatening, abusive, or insulting, or to broadcast by means of radio or television or other electronic communication words which are threatening, abusive, or insulting; or
(b) to use in any public place as defined in section 2(1) of the Summary Offences Act 1981, or within the hearing of persons in any such public place, or at any meeting to which the public are invited or have access, words which are threatening, abusive, or insulting; or
(c) to use in any place words which are threatening, abusive, or insulting if the person using the words knew or ought to have known that the words were reasonably likely to be published in a newspaper, magazine, or periodical or broadcast by means of radio or television,—
being matter or words likely to excite hostility against or bring into contempt any group of persons in or who may be coming to New Zealand on the ground of the colour, race, or ethnic or national origins of that group of persons.
… (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 61)