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Protection from Violence
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Now Know Ye Therefore:
We the Inheritors of and Successors to this Family of Islands, recognizing the Supremacy of God and believing in the Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Individual, Do Hereby Proclaim in Solemn Praise the Establishment of a Free and Democratic Sovereign Nation founded on Spiritual Values and in which no Man, Woman or Child shall ever be Slave or Bondsman to anyone or their Labour exploited or their Lives frustrated by deprivation, and do Hereby Provide by these Articles for the indivisible Unity and Creation under God of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. (Preamble)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishThe State shall promote policies having the purpose of avoiding violence in the family environment and other destructive causes of its solidarity. (Art. 60)
- SpanishEl Estado promoverá políticas que tengan por objeto evitar la violencia en el ámbito familiar y otras causas destructoras de su solidaridad. (Art. 60)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishThe State shall provide care for the young, and protect the same from corruption, exploitation, evils of physical, mental and spiritual neglect. … (Art. 22)
- Arabicترعى الدولة النشء، وتصونه من أسباب الفساد وتحميه من الاستغلال، وتقيه شرّ الإهمال البدني والعقلي والرّوحي. ... (المادّة 22)
Protection from Violence
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Censorship shall not be applied in the Republic of Serbia. Competent court may prevent the dissemination of information through means of public informing only when this is necessary in a democratic society to prevent inciting to violent overthrow of the system established by the Constitution or to prevent violation of territorial integrity of the Republic of Serbia, to prevent propagation of war or instigation to direct violence, or to prevent advocacy of racial, ethnic or religious hatred enticing discrimination, hostility or violence.
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У Републици Србији нема цензуре. Надлежни суд може спречити ширење информација и идеја путем средстава јавног обавештавања само ако је то у демократском друштву неопходно ради спречавања позивања на насилно рушење Уставом утврђеног поретка или нарушавање територијалног интегритета Републике Србије, спречавања пропагирања рата или подстрекавања на непосредно насиље или ради спречавања заговарања расне, националне или верске мржње, којим се подстиче на дискриминацију, непријатељство или насиље.
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Protection from Violence
- EnglishThe human being has [the] right to the free development of his personality. He has [the] right to life and to physical and moral integrity; no one may be subjected to torture, to pain [peines] or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatments.
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The law determines the order manifestly illegal.
No one may take advantage [se prévaloir] of a received order or of an instruction to justify acts of torture, abuse [sévices] or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatments committed in the exercise or on the occasion of the exercise of their functions.
No situation of exception or of emergency should [ne doit] justify the violations of human rights. (Art. 6) - FrenchL'être humain a droit au libre développement de sa personnalité. Il a droit la vie et à l'intégrité physique et morale. Nul ne peut être l'objet de tortures, de peines ou de traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants.
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La loi détermine l'ordre manifestement illégal.
Nul ne peut se prévaloir d'un ordre reçu ou d'une instruction pour justifier des actes de tortures, de sévices ou de traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants commis dans l'exercice ou à l'occasion de l'exercice de ses fonctions.
Aucune situation d'exception ou d'urgence ne doit justifier les violations des droits humains. (Art. 6)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishI. All forms of torture, disappearances, confinement, coercion, exaction and any other form of physical and moral violence are prohibited. The public servants or officials, who apply, instigate or consent to them shall be dismissed and replaced, without prejudice to the sanctions determined by law.
II. The statements, actions or omissions which are obtained or undertaken through the employment of torture, coercion, exaction, or by any other form of violence, are null to the full extent of the law. (Art. 114) - SpanishI. Queda prohibida toda forma de tortura, desaparición, confinamiento, coacción, exacción o cualquier forma de violencia física o moral. Las servidoras públicas y los servidores públicos o las autoridades públicas que las apliquen, instiguen o consientan, serán destituidas y destituidos, sin perjuicio de las sanciones determinadas por la ley.
II. Las declaraciones, acciones u omisiones obtenidas o realizadas mediante el empleo de tortura, coacción, exacción o cualquier forma de violencia, son nulas de pleno derecho. (Art. 114)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishNo one shall be obliged to do forced or compulsory labor. (Art. 15)
- DutchNiemand kan worden gedwongen dwangarbeid of verplichte arbeid te verrichten. (Art. 15)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishA person shall have the following duties:
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6. to respect and not to violate the rights and liberties of other people and not to commit any act which may cause disharmony or hatred in society;
… (Sec. 50) - Thaiบุคคลมีหน้าที่ดังต่อไปนี้
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(๖) เคารพและไม่ละเมิดสิทธิและเสรีภาพของบุคคลอื่น และไม่กระทําการใดที่อาจก่อให้เกิดความแตกแยกหรือเกลียดชังในสังคม
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Protection from Violence
- EnglishEveryone shall be protected against corporal punishment. No one may be subjected to torture or medical intervention with the purpose of extorting or suppressing statements. (Instrument of Government, Chapter 2, Art. 5)
- SwedishVar och en är skyddad mot kroppsstraff. Ingen får heller utsättas för tortyr eller för medicinsk påverkan i syfte att framtvinga eller hindra yttranden. (Kungörelse (1974:152) om beslutad ny regeringsform, 2 kap, 5§)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishNo person shall be held in slavery or forced labor within the Republic, nor shall any citizen of Liberia nor any person resident therein deal in slaves or subject any other person to forced labor, debt bondage or peonage; … (Art. 12)