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Protection from Violence
- English1) Human dignity shall be respected and protected.
2) No one may be subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. (Art. 27bis) - German1) Die Würde des Menschen ist zu achten und zu schützen.
2) Niemand darf unmenschlicher oder erniedrigender Behandlung oder Strafe unterworfen werden. (Art. 27bis)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishAll persons have the right to be protected in their freedom and in their security.
… (Art. 9) - SpanishToda persona tiene el derecho a ser protegida en su libertad y en su seguridad.
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Protection from Violence
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Slavery, human trafficking, forced labor, physical or moral torture, inhuman, cruel, degrading and humiliating treatments, physical violence, female genital mutilation as well as all the other forms of debasement of the human being[,] are prohibited.
Any medical or scientific experimentation on a person without their informed consent [consentiment éclairé] as well as organ trafficking for commercial or occult purposes are equally prohibited. … (Art. 5) - French
L'esclavage, la traite des êtres humains, le travail forcé, la torture physique ou morale, les traitements inhumains, cruels, dégradants et humiliants, les violences physiques, les mutilations génitales féminines ainsi que toutes les autres formes d'avilissement de l'être humain sont interdits.
Sont également interdits toute expérimentation médicale ou scientifique sur une personne sans son consentement éclairé ainsi que le trafic d’organes à des fins commerciales ou occultes. … (Art. 5)
Protection from Violence
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The political parties, the trade unions and the associations commit in their statutes and their activities to respect the provisions of the Constitution and of the law, as well as the financial transparency and the rejection of violence. (Art. 40) - Arabic
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تلتزم الأحزاب والنّقابات والجمعيّات في أنظمتها الأساسيّة وفي أنشطتها بأحكام الدّستور والقانون وبالشّفافيّة الماليّة ونبذ العنف. (الفصل 40) - French
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Les partis politiques, les syndicats et les associations s’engagent dans leurs statuts et leurs activités à respecter les dispositions de la Constitution et de la loi, ainsi que la transparence financière et le rejet de la violence. (Art. 40)
Protection from Violence
- 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
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It is prohibited to perform medical and other experiments on human beings, without their permission. (Art. 27) - Montenegrin…
Zabranjeno je na ljudskom biću, bez njegove dozvole, vršiti medicinske i druge oglede. (Clan 27)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishNo person shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading punishment or other treatment. (Sec. 5)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishEveryone has the right to a safe life. The State shall provide security and reassurance for its citizens and all those residing in its territory. (Art. 59)
- Arabicالحياة الآمنة حقّ لكل إنسان، تلتزم الدّولة بتوفير الأمن والطمأنينة لمواطنيها، ولكل مقيم على أراضيها. (المادّة 59)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishEvery person has the right to bodily and psychological integrity, which includes the right—
(a) to freedom from all forms of violence from public or private sources;
(b) subject to any other provision of this Constitution, to make decisions concerning reproduction;
(c) not to be subjected to medical or scientific experiments, or to the extraction or use of their bodily tissue, without their informed consent. (Sec. 52)
Protection from Violence
- 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)