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Protection from Violence
Sudan
- English(1) Slavery and human trafficking shall be prohibited in all forms. No person shall be enslaved or subjected to forced labor.
(2) No person shall be compelled to perform work by force except as a punishment following conviction by a competent court. (Art. 46) - Arabic1. يحظر الرق والاتجار بالبشر بجميع أشكاله، ولا يجوز استرقاق آخر او اخضاعه للسخرة.
2. لا يجوز إرغام احد علي ادأء عمل قسراً إلا كعقوبة تترتب علي الإدانة بوساطة محكمة مختصة. (الماده 47)
Protection from Violence
Cuba
- EnglishFurthermore, in criminal proceedings, all people have the following guarantees:
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d. To be treated with respect for their dignity and physical, mental, and moral integrity, and to not be a victim of violence and duress of any kind in order to coerce a testimony;
… (Art. 95) - SpanishEn el proceso penal las personas tienen, además, las siguientes garantías:
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d) ser tratada con respeto a su dignidad e integridad física, psíquica y moral, y a no ser víctima de violencia y coacción de clase alguna para forzarla a declarar;
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Protection from Violence
Philippines
- English(1) Excessive fines shall not be imposed, nor cruel, degrading or inhuman punishment inflicted.
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(2) The employment of physical, psychological, or degrading punishment against any prisoner or detainee or the use of substandard or inadequate penal facilities under subhuman conditions shall be dealt with by law. (Art. III, Sec. 19) - Filipino(1) Hindi dapat ipataw ang malabis na multa, ni ilapat ang malupit, imbi o di-makataong parusa.
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(2) Dapat lapatan ng kaukulang batas ang pagpapahirap na pisikal, sikolohikal, o imbing pagpaparusa sa sino mang bilanggo o detenido o ang paggamit ng mga kaluwagang penal na di-makatao. (Art. III, Seksyon 19)
Protection from Violence
Serbia
- English
Everyone has the right to personal freedom and security.
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Свако има право на личну слободу и безбедност.
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Protection from Violence
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- EnglishThe human person is sacred. The State has the obligation to respect it and to protect it.
All persons have the right to life, to physical integrity as well as to the free development of their personality, under respect for the law, of public order, of the rights of others and of public morality.
No one may be held in slavery or in an analagous condition.
No one may be subjected to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
No one may be subjected to forced or compulsory labor. (Art. 16) - FrenchLa personne humaine est sacrée. L’Etat a l’obligation de la respecter et de la protéger.
Toute personne a droit à la vie, à l’intégrité physique ainsi qu’au libre développement de sa personnalité dans le respect de la loi, de l’ordre public, du droit d’autrui et des bonnes moeurs.
Nul ne peut être tenu en esclavage ni dans une condition analogue.
Nul ne peut être soumis à un traitement cruel, inhumain ou dégradant.
Nul ne peut être astreint à un travail forcé ou obligatoire. (Art. 16)
Protection from Violence
Uganda
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4. Children are entitled to be protected from social or economic exploitation and shall not be employed in or required to perform work that is likely to be hazardous or to interfere with their education or to be harmful to their health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development.
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Protection from Violence
Ecuador
- EnglishIn any criminal process in which a person has been deprived of liberty, the following basic guarantees will be observed:
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8. No one may be required to declare in a criminal trial against their spouse, partner or relatives up to the fourth degree of consanguinity or second of affinity, except in the case of domestic, sexual and gender violence.
… (Art. 77) - SpanishEn todo proceso penal en que se haya privado de la libertad a una persona, se observarán las siguientes garantías básicas:
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8. Nadie podrá ser llamado a declarar en juicio penal contra su cónyuge, pareja o parientes hasta el cuarto grado de consanguinidad o segundo de afinidad, excepto en el caso de violencia intrafamiliar, sexual y de género.
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Protection from Violence
Tajikistan
- English… Forced labor shall not be permitted, except in cases defined by law.
Using women and children labor shall be prohibited in heavy and underground works and in harmful conditions. (Art. 35) - Russian… Никто не может быть привлечен к принудительному труду, за исключением случаев, определенных законом.
Использование труда женщин и несовершеннолетних на тяжелых и подземных работах, а также на работах с вредными условиями труда запрещается. (Статья 35) - Tajik… Ҳеҷ кас ба меҳнати маҷбурӣ ҷалб карда намешавад, ба истиснои мавридҳое, ки қонун муайян кардааст.
Дар корҳои вазнин, зеризаминӣ ва шароити меҳнаташон зарарнок истифодаи меҳнати занон ва ноболиғон манъ аст. (Моддаи 35)
Protection from Violence
Spain
- EnglishEveryone has the right to life and to physical and moral integrity, and under no circumstances may be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading punishment or treatment.
… (Sec. 15) - SpanishTodos tienen derecho a la vida y a la integridad física y moral, sin que, en ningún caso, puedan ser sometidos a tortura ni a penas o a tratos inhumanos o degradantes.
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Protection from Violence
Egypt
- EnglishAll forms of slavery, oppression, forced exploitation of human beings, sex trade, and other forms of human trafficking are prohibited and criminalized by Law. (Art. 89)
- Arabicتُحظر كلّ صور العبودية والاسترقاق والقهر والاستغلال القسرى للإنسان، وتجارة الجنس، وغيرها من أشكال الاتّجار فى البشر، ويجرّم القانون كل ذلك. (المادّة 89)