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Protection from Violence
- EnglishThe family, society, and State shall give preference to the superior interests of male and female children and adolescents, and shall have the obligation to assist and protect them in order to guarantee their harmonious and integral development and the full exercise of their fundamental rights, in accordance with this Constitution and the laws. Consequently:
1. The eradication of child labor and all types of mistreatment or violence against minors is declared of the highest national interest. Male and female children and adolescents shall be protected by the State against all forms of abandonment, kidnapping, states of vulnerability, abuse or physical, psychological, moral or sexual abuse, commercial, labor, economic exploitation or risky jobs.
… (Art. 56) - SpanishLa familia, la sociedad y el Estado, harán primar el interés superior del niño, niña y adolescente; tendrán la obligación de asistirles y protegerles para garantizar su desarrollo armónico e integral y el ejercicio pleno de sus derechos fundamentales, conforme a esta Constitución y las leyes. En consecuencia:
1) Se declara del más alto interés nacional la erradicación del trabajo infantil y todo tipo de maltrato o violencia contra las personas menores de edad. Los niños, niñas y adolescentes serán protegidos por el Estado contra toda forma de abandono, secuestro, estado de vulnerabilidad, abuso o violencia física, sicológica, moral o sexual, explotación comercial, laboral, económica y trabajos riesgosos;
… (Art. 56)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishWhereas every person in Botswana is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, the right, whatever his or her race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest to each and all of the following, namely-
(a) life, liberty, security of the person and the protection of the law;
… (Sec. 3)
Protection from Violence
- English(1) Every individual is entitled to respect for the dignity of his person, and accordingly –
(a) no person shall be subject to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment;
(b) no person shall he held in slavery or servitude; and
(c) no person shall be required to perform forced or compulsory labour.
… (Sec. 34)
Protection from Violence
- English(1) No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, or to forcible assimilation.
(2) No one shall be subjected to medical, scientific or other experimentation without his voluntary written consent. (Art. 29) - Bulgarian(1) Никой не може да бъде подлаган на мъчение, на жестоко, безчовечно илɢ унижаващо отношение, както и на насилствена асимилация.
(2) Никой не може да бъде подлаган на медицински, научни или други опити без неговотɨ доброволно писмено съгласие. (Чл. 29)
Protection from Violence
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Imprisonment for debts, life sentences [penas perpetuas], slanderous [punishments] [las infamantes], proscriptive [punishments] [las proscriptivas] and all forms of torture [tormento][,] are prohibited.
… (Art. 27) - Spanish…
Se prohíbe la prisión por deudas, las penas perpetuas, las infamantes, las proscriptivas y toda especie de tormento.
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Protection from Violence
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5. Freedom of expression and of information shall also be limited:
a) By the duty of protection of children and youth;
b) By the prohibition of advocacy of violence, pedophilia, racism, xenophobia and of any form of discrimination, particularly against women;
c) By the banning of the dissemination of appeals for the practice of the acts referred to in the previous subparagraph.
… (Art. 48) - Portuguese…
5. As liberdades de expressão e de informação são ainda limitadas:
a) Pelo dever da protecção da infância e da juventude;
b) Pela proibição da apologia da violência, da pedofilia, do racismo, da xenofobia e de qualquer forma de discriminação, nomeadamente da mulher;
c) Pela interdição da difusão de apelos à prática dos actos referidos na alínea anterior.
… (Art. 48)
Protection from Violence
- English(1) Traffic in human beings and begar and other similar forms of forced labour are prohibited and any contravention of this provision shall be an offence punishable in accordance with law.
… (Art. 23) - Hindi(1) मानव का दुर्व्यापार और बेगार तथा इसी प्रकार का अन्य बलात्श्रम प्रतिषिद्ध किया जाता है और इस उपबंध का कोई भी उल्लंघन अपराध होगा जो विधि के अनुसार दंडनीय होगा।
… (अनुच्छेद 23)
Protection from Violence
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(3) A law which authorises the taking of any measure against a member of a disciplinary force of a country with which Seychelles is at war shall not be held to be inconsistent with the Charter13.
(4) A law referred to in clause (3) shall not provide for the doing of anything which constitutes the crime of genocide or a crime against humanity. (Art. 44)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishEveryone has the right to life, personal liberty, integrity and security.
No one shall be sentenced to death, tortured or otherwise treated in a manner violating human dignity.
… (Sec. 7) - FinnishJokaisella on oikeus elämään sekä henkilökohtaiseen vapauteen, koskemattomuuteen ja turvallisuuteen.
Ketään ei saa tuomita kuolemaan, kiduttaa eikä muutoinkaan kohdella ihmisarvoa loukkaavasti.
… (7 §) - SwedishAlla har rätt till liv och till personlig frihet, integritet och trygghet.
Ingen får dömas till döden eller torteras eller utsättas för någon annan behandling som kränker människovärdet.
… (7 §)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishLaws governing the relations between employers and workers are matters of public policy. All acts, stipulations or agreements that involve the waiver, diminution or restriction or evasion of the following guarantees shall be void:
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7. Minors under sixteen years of age and those above that age who are subject to mandatory education by virtue of national legislation may not be employed in any kind of work.
… (Art. 128) - SpanishLas leyes que rigen las relaciones entre patronos y trabajadores son de orden público. Son nulos los actos, estipulaciones o convenciones que impliquen renuncia, disminuyan, restrinjan o tergiversen las siguientes garantías:
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7. Los menores de (16) diez y seis años y los que hayan cumplido esa edad y sigan sometidos a la enseñanza en virtud de la legislación nacional, no podrán ser ocupados en trabajo alguno.
… (Art. 128)