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Protection from Violence
- EnglishThe State recognises the right of children and young persons to special protection in view of their immaturity and vulnerability and to ensure effective exercise of this right the State undertakes−
(a) to provide that the minimum age of admission to employment shall be fifteen years, subject to exceptions for children who are employed part-time in light work prescribed by law without harm to their health, morals or education;
(b) to provide for a higher minimum age of admission to employment with respect to occupations prescribed by law which the State regards as dangerous, unhealthy or likely to impair the normal development of a child or young person;
(c) to ensure special protection against social and economic exploitation and physical and moral dangers to which children and young persons are exposed;
… (Art. 31)
Protection from Violence
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(2) No torture, force, violence, threat, intimidation, or any other means which vitiate the free will shall be used against him. Secret detention places, solitary, incommunicado, or other similar forms of detention are prohibited.
… (Art. III, Sec. 12) - Filipino…
(2) Hindi siya dapat gamitan ng labis na pagpapahirap, pwersa, dahas, pananakot, pagbabanta, o ano mang paraaan na pipinsala sa kanyang malayang pagpapasya. Ipinagbabawal ang mga lihim kulungan, solitaryo, ingkomunikado, o iba pang katulad ng anyo ng detensyon.
… (Art. III, Seksyon 12)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishPhysical and mental integrity is inviolable.
Nobody may be subjected to torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, nor subjected to medical and other experiments without their free consent. (Art. 25) - Serbian CyrillicФизички и психички интегритет је неповредив.
Нико не може бити изложен мучењу, нечовечном или понижавајућем поступању или кажњавању, нити подвргнут медицинским или научним огледима без свог слободно датог пристанка. (Члан 25)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishNo one may be subjected, either to degrading and humiliating acts [sévices] or treatment, or to torture. (Art. 18)
- Arabicلا يجوز إخضاع أحد لأفعال أو معاملة مهينة ومذلة أو للتعذيب. (المادة 18)
- FrenchNul ne peut être soumis, ni à des sévices ou traitements dégradants et humiliants, ni à la torture. (Art. 18)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishThe punishments of death, of mutilation, of public humiliation [infamia], of branding, of flogging, of beating, of torture of any kind, excessive fines, the confiscation of assets and any other unusual or extreme [penalties,] are prohibited.
Any punishment must be proportional to the crime that [it] sanctions and of good juridical affect.
… (Art. 22) - SpanishQuedan prohibidas las penas de muerte, de mutilación, de infamia, la marca, los azotes, los palos, el tormento de cualquier especie, la multa excesiva, la confiscación de bienes y cualesquiera otras penas inusitadas y trascendentales. Toda pena deberá ser proporcional al delito que sancione y al bien jurídico afectado.
... (Art. 22)
Protection from Violence
- English1. Every child has the right:
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d. not to be subjected to exploitative practices or abuse, nor to be required to serve in the army nor permitted to perform work which may be hazardous or harmful to his or her education, health or well-being;
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f. to be free from corporal punishment and cruel and inhuman treatment by any person including parents, school administrations and other institutions;
g. not to be subjected to negative and harmful cultural practices which affect his or her health, welfare or dignity; and
h. to be protected from abduction and trafficking.
… (Art. 17)
Protection from Violence
- English… The state shall guarantee the inviolability of a person. No one shall be subjected to torture, punishment, and inhuman treatment. It shall be prohibited to subject a person to forced medical or scientific experiments. (Art. 18)
- Russian... Неприкосновенность личности гарантируется государством. Никто не может быть подвергнут пыткам, жестокости и бесчеловечному обращению. Принудительные медицинские и научные эксперименты над человеком запрещаются. (Статья 18)
- Tajik… Дахлнопазирии шахсро давлат кафолат медиҳад. Ба ҳеҷ кас шиканҷа, ҷазо ва муносибати ғайриинсонӣ раво дида намешавад. Мавриди озмоиши маҷбурии тиббӣ ва илмӣ қарор додани инсон манъ аст. (Моддаи 18)
Protection from Violence
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Children shall be guaranteed special protection from economic, social, physical, mental, or other exploitation and abuse. Such protection shall be regulated by law.
… (Art. 56) - Slovene
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Otrokom se zagotavlja posebno varstvo pred gospodarskim, socialnim, telesnim, duševnim ali drugim izkoriščanjem in zlorabljanjem. Takšno varstvo ureja zakon.
... (56. Člen)
Protection from Violence
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The human person is sacred.
The rights of the human person are inviolable.
… (Art. 2) - French
La personne humaine est sacrée.
Les droits de la personne humaine sont inviolables.
… (Art. 2)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishThe political parties and movements, in their functioning, may not:
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2. establish structures which, directly or indirectly, imply the use of, or a call for, violence as [a] methodology of the political activity [quehacer], and
3. constitute themselves with the goals [fines] of substituting by the force the regime of freedom and democracy, or of endangering the existence of the Republic. (Art. 126) - SpanishLos partidos y los movimientos políticos, en su funcionamiento, no podrán:
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2. establecer estructuras que, directa o indirectamente, impliquen la utilización o la apelación a la violencia como metodología del quehacer político, y
3. constituirse con fines de sustituir por la fuerza el régimen de libertad y de democracia, o de poner en peligro la existencia de la República. (Art. 126)