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Protection from Violence
- EnglishViolence within the family, in any of its manifestations, is considered destructive to the people involved, to families, and to society, and is punishable by law. (Art. 85)
- SpanishLa violencia familiar, en cualquiera de sus manifestaciones, se considera destructiva de las personas implicadas, de las familias y de la sociedad, y es sancionada por la ley. (Art. 85)
Protection from Violence
- English
The State guarantees the inviolability of the human person.
Any form of physical and moral violence or infringement of dignity is proscribed.
Torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatments as well as trafficking in persons are punished [réprimés] by the law. (Art. 39) - Arabic
تضمن الدولة عدم انتهاك حرمة الإنسان.
يحظر أي عنف بدني أو معنوي، أو أي مساس بالكرامة.
يعاقب القانون على التعذيب، وعلى المعاملات القاسية، واللا إنسانية أو المهينة، والاتجار بالبشر. (المادة 39) - French
L’Etat garantit l’inviolabilité de la personne humaine.
Toute forme de violence physique et morale et d'atteinte à la dignité est proscrite.
La torture, les traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants ainsi que la traite des personnes sont réprimés par la loi. (Art. 39)
Protection from Violence
- English1. All citizens shall have the right to life and to physical and moral integrity, and they shall not be subjected to torture or to cruel or inhuman treatment.
… (Art. 40) - Portuguese1. Todo o cidadão tem direito à vida e à integridade física e moral e não pode ser sujeito à tortura ou tratamentos cruéis ou desumanos.
… (Art. 40)
Protection from Violence
- English1. Everyone has the right to inviolability of his or her body and to the protection by law of his or her health, honor and dignity; no one shall be subjected to torture, violence, coercion, corporal punishment or any form of treatment harming his or her body and health or offending his or her honor and dignity.
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3. Everyone has the right to donate his or her tissues, organs or body in accordance with law. Medical, pharmaceutical and scientific experiments, or any other form of experiments, on the human body must be consented to by the human subject. (Art. 20) - Vietnamese1. Mọi người có quyền bất khả xâm phạm về thân thể, được pháp luat bảo hộ về sức khoẻ, danh dự và nhân phẩm; không bị tra tấn, bạo lực, truy bức, nhục hình hay bất kỳ hình thức đối xử nào khác xâm phạm thân thể, sức khỏe, xúc phạm danh dự, nhân phẩm.
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3. Mọi người có quyền hiến mô, bộ phận cơ thể người và hiến xác theo quy định của luật. Việc thử nghiệm y học, dược học, khoa học hay bất kỳ hình thức thử nghiệm nào khác trên cơ thể người phải có sự đồng ý của người được thử nghiệm. (Điều 20)
Protection from Violence
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(2) Freedom of speech, expression, thought, opinion and publication does not protect—
(a) propaganda for war;
(b) incitement to violence or insurrection against this Constitution; or
(c) advocacy of hatred that—
(i) is based on any prohibited ground of discrimination listed or prescribed under section 26; and
(ii) constitutes incitement to cause harm.
… (Sec. 17) - iTaukei…
(2) Galala ni vosa doudou, kena matanataki, vakasama, nanuma kei na itukutuku tabaki e sega ni wili kina—
(a) na kena vakau na itukutuku me baleta na ivalu;
(b) na kena bukani na vakacaca se na sasaga me saqata na Yavunivakavulewa qo; se
(c) na kena navuci na veicati ka—
(i) yavutaki ena dua na yavu tabu ni veivakaduiduitaki e volai e na tikina 26; ka
(ii) okati kina na kena bukani na vakacaca.
… (Sec. 17)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishThe following rights of persons are recognized and guaranteed:
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3. The right to personal well-being, which includes:
a. Bodily, psychological, moral and sexual safety.
b. A life without violence in the public and private sectors. The State shall adopt the measures needed to prevent, eliminate, and punish all forms of violence, especially violence against women, children and adolescents, elderly persons, persons with disabilities and against all persons at a disadvantage or in a vulnerable situation; identical measures shall be taken against violence, slavery, and sexual exploitation.
c. Prohibition of torture, forced disappearance and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatments and punishments.
d. Prohibition of the use of genetic material and scientific experimentation that undermines human rights.
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12. The right to conscientious objection, which shall not undermine other rights or cause harm to persons or nature.
All persons have the right to refuse the use of violence and to refuse doing military service.
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17. The right to freedom of work. No one shall be obligated to carry out free or forced labor, unless provided for by law.
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29. The rights of freedom also include:
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b. Prohibition of slavery, exploitation, bondage and smuggling and trafficking in human beings in all their forms. The State shall adopt measures to prevent and eliminate trafficking in persons and to protect and socially reinsert victims of trafficking and other forms of the infringement of freedom.
… (Art. 66) - SpanishSe reconoce y garantizará a las personas:
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3. El derecho a la integridad personal, que incluye:
a) La integridad física, psíquica, moral y sexual.
b) Una vida libre de violencia en el ámbito público y privado. El Estado adoptará las medidas necesarias para prevenir, eliminar y sancionar toda forma de violencia, en especial la ejercida contra las mujeres, niñas, niños y adolescentes, personas adultas mayores, personas con discapacidad y contra toda persona en situación de desventaja o vulnerabilidad; idénticas medidas se tomarán contra la violencia, la esclavitud y la explotación sexual.
c) La prohibición de la tortura, la desaparición forzada y los tratos y penas crueles, inhumanos o degradantes.
d) La prohibición del uso de material genético y la experimentación científica que atenten contra los derechos humanos.
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12. El derecho a la objeción de conciencia, que no podrá menoscabar otros derechos, ni causar daño a las personas o a la naturaleza.
Toda persona tiene derecho a negarse a usar la violencia y a participar en el servicio military.
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17. EI derecho a la libertad de trabajo. Nadie será obligado a realizar un trabajo gratuito o forzoso, salvo los casos que determine la ley.
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29. Los derechos de libertad también incluyen:
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b) La prohibición de la esclavitud, la explotación, la servidumbre y el tráfico y la trata de seres humanos en todas sus formas. El Estado adoptará medidas de prevención y erradicación de la trata de personas, y de protección y reinserción social de las víctimas de la trata y de otras formas de violación de la libertad.
… (Art. 66)
Protection from Violence
- English(1) No person shall be held in slavery or servitude.
(2) No person shall be required to perform forced labour.
... (Sec. 6)
Protection from Violence
- English(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 251, 257, 272 and anything contained in this Constitution and in addition to such other jurisdiction as may be conferred upon it by an Act of the National Assembly, the National Industrial Court shall have and exercise jurisdiction to the exclusion of any other court in civil causes and matters –
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(i) connected with or related to child labour, child abuse, human trafficking or any matter connected therewith or related thereto;
... (Sec. 254C)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishEach child is entitled to have his or her moral, physical, mental and sexual integrity respected.
… (Art. 22bis) - DutchElk kind heeft recht op eerbiediging van zijn morele, lichamelijke, geestelijke en seksuele integriteit.
... (Art. 22bis) - FrenchChaque enfant a droit au respect de son intégrité morale, physique, psychique et sexuelle.
… (Art. 22bis) - GermanJedes Kind hat ein Recht auf Achtung vor seiner moralischen, körperlichen, geistigen und sexuellen Unversehrtheit.
… (Art. 22bis)
Protection from Violence
- English
(1) It is unlawful for a person (in the course of that person’s involvement in any of the areas to which this subsection is applied by subsection (2)) to treat adversely any other person, or to make an implied or overt threat to treat adversely any other person, on the ground that the other person is, or is suspected or assumed or believed to be, a person affected by domestic violence.
(2) The areas to which subsection (1) applies are—
(a) the making of an application for employment:
(b) employment, which term includes unpaid work.
(3) In this section, an employer treats adversely an employee if the employer—
(a) dismisses that employee, in circumstances in which other employees employed by that employer on work of that description are not or would not be dismissed or subjected to such detriment; or
(b) refuses or omits to offer or afford to that employee the same terms of employment, conditions of work, fringe benefits, or opportunities for training, promotion, and transfer as are made available for other employees of the same or substantially the same qualifications, experience, or skills employed in the same or substantially similar circumstances; or
(c) subjects that employee to any detriment, in circumstances in which other employees employed by that employer on work of that description are not or would not be subjected to such detriment; or
(d) retires that employee, or requires or causes that employee to retire or resign.
(4) For the purposes of this section,—child has the meaning given to it in section 8 of the Family Violence Act 2018, family violence has the meaning given to it in section 9 the Family Violence Act 2018, person affected by family violence means a person who is 1 or both of the following:
(a) a person against whom any other person is inflicting, or has inflicted, family violence:
(b) a person with whom there ordinarily or periodically resides a child against whom any other person is inflicting, or has inflicted, family violence.
(5) Subsection (1) applies regardless of how long ago the family violence occurred or is suspected or assumed or believed to have occurred, and even if the family violence occurred or is suspected or assumed or believed to have occurred before the person became an employee. (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 62A)