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Protection from Violence
- English1. Everyone shall have the right to freedom and personal inviolability.
… (Art. 22) - Russian1. Каждый имеет право на свободу и личную неприкосновенность.
… (Статья 22)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishNo person shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading punishment or other treatment. (Sec. 5)
Protection from Violence
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No freedom restricting penalty shall be imposed for publication or publicity crimes. As for crimes related to the incitement of violence, discrimination between citizens, or impingement of individual honor, the Law shall stipulate the penalties therefor. (Art. 71) - Arabic…
ولا توقع عقوبة سالبة للحرية فى الجرائم التى ترتكب بطريق النشر أو العلانية، أما الجرائم المتعلقة بالتحريض علي العنف أو بالتمييز بين المواطنين أو بالطعن في أعراض الأفراد، فيحدد عقوباتها القانون. (المادّة 71)
Protection from Violence
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(7) The State shall eliminate economic and social privilege and disparity and the exploitation of man by man or by the State.
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(13) The State shall promote with special care the interests of children and youth, so as to ensure their full development, physical, mental, moral, religious and social, and to protect them from exploitation and discrimination.
… (Art. 27) - Sinhala...
(7) ආර්ථීක සහ සාමාජයික වරප්රසාද හා විෂමතා ද, මිනිසා විසින් හෝ රජය විසින් හෝ මිනිස් ශ්රමය අයථා පරිදි උපයෝගී කර ගැන්ම ද, රජය විසින් තුරන් කළ යුත්තේ ය.
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(13) ළමයින් සහ යෞවනයන් කායික වශයෙන්, මානසික වශයෙන් සදාචාරාත්මක වශයෙන්, ආගමික වශයෙන් හා සමාජයික වශයෙන් පූර්ණ වර්ධනයට පත් වන බවට වගබලා ගැනීමටත්, ඔවුන් ආත්මාර්ථය පිණිස යොදා ගනු ලැබීමෙන් සහ වෙනස්කම්වලට පාත්ර කරනු ලැබීමෙන් ආරක්ෂා කර ගැනීමටත් හැකි වන පරිදි ඔවුන්ගේ ශුභ සිද්ධිය රජය විසින් විශේෂ පරිශ්රමයකින් යුතුව වර්ධනය කළ යුත්තේ ය.
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Protection from Violence
- EnglishNo person may be subjected to physical or psychological torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. (Sec. 53)
Protection from Violence
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Violence of any form against any person whose liberty has been restricted in any way is prohibited, as is the use of any form of coercion in obtaining confessions and statements. (Art. 21) - Slovene
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Prepovedno je vsakršno nasilje nad osebami, ki jim je prostost kakorkoli omejena, ter vsakršno izsiljevanje priznanj in izjav. (21. Člen)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishThe public authorities, whether military, civilian or of any other kind, even during a state of emergency, exception or restriction or guarantees, are prohibited from effecting, permitting or tolerating the forced disappearance of persons. An officer receiving an order or instruction to carry it out, has the obligation not to obey, and to report the order or instruction to the competent authorities. The intellectual and physical perpetrators accomplices and concealers of the crimes of forced disappearance of a person, as well as any attempt to commit such offense, shall be punished in accordance with law. (Art. 45)
- SpanishSe prohíbe a la autoridad pública, sea civil o militar, aun en estado de emergencia, excepción o restricción de garantías, practicar, permitir o tolerar la desaparición forzada de personas. El funcionario o funcionaria que reciba orden o instrucción para practicarla, tiene la obligación de no obedecerla y denunciarla a las autoridades competentes. Los autores o autoras intelectuales y materiales, cómplices y encubridores o encubridoras del delito de desaparición forzada de personas, así como la tentativa de comisión del mismo, serán sancionados o sancionadas de conformidad con la ley. (Art. 45)
Protection from Violence
- English(1) Every person shall have the right to liberty and security of person.
… (Sec. 19)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishEveryone has the right to life and the right to protect and improve his/her corporeal and spiritual existence.
The corporeal integrity of the individual shall not be violated except under medical necessity and in cases prescribed by law; and shall not be subjected to scientific or medical experiments without his/her consent.
No one shall be subjected to torture or mal-treatment; no one shall be subjected to penalties or treatment incompatible with human dignity. … (Art. 17) - TurkishHerkes, yaşama, maddî ve manevî varlığını koruma ve geliştirme hakkına sahiptir.
Tıbbî zorunluluklar ve kanunda yazılı haller dışında, kişinin vücut bütünlüğüne dokunulamaz; rızası olmadan bilimsel ve tıbbî deneylere tâbi tutulamaz.
Kimseye işkence ve eziyet yapılamaz; kimse insan haysiyetiyle bağdaşmayan bir cezaya veya muameleye tâbi tutulamaz. … (Madde 17)
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. 14)