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Protection from Violence
Ecuador
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It is forbidden to broadcast advertisements that foment violence, discrimination, racism, drug addiction, sexism, religious or political intolerance and all that undermines rights is forbidden. (Art. 19) - Spanish…
Se prohíbe la emisión de publicidad que induzca a la violencia, la discriminación, el racismo, la toxicomanía, el sexismo, la intolerancia religiosa o política y toda aquella que atente contra los derechos. (Art. 19)
Protection from Violence
Indonesia
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(2) Every person shall have the right to be free from torture or inhumane and degrading treatment, and shall have the right to obtain political asylum from another country. (Art. 28G) - Indonesian…
(2) Setiap orang berhak untuk bebas dari penyiksaan atau perlakuan yang merendahkan derajat martabat manusia dan berhak memperoleh suaka politik dari negara lain. (Pasal 28G)
Protection from Violence
Cabo Verde
- English1. Everyone shall have the right to freedom and personal security.
… (Art. 30) - Portuguese1. Todos têm direito à liberdade e segurança pessoal.
… (Art. 30)
Protection from Violence
Hungary
- English(1) No one shall be subjected to torture, or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, or held in servitude. Human trafficking shall be prohibited.
(2) It shall be prohibited to perform medical or scientific experiments on human beings without their informed and voluntary consent.
… (Freedom and Responsibility, Art. III) - Hungarian(1) Senkit nem lehet kínzásnak, embertelen, megalázó bánásmódnak vagy büntetésnek alávetni, valamint szolgaságban tartani. Tilos az emberkereskedelem.
(2) Tilos emberen tájékoztatáson alapuló, önkéntes hozzájárulása nélkül orvosi vagy tudományos kísérletet végezni.
... (Szabadság és Felelősség, III. cikk)
Protection from Violence
Seychelles
- English(1) Every person has a right not to be held in slavery or bondage.
(2) Every person has a right not to be compelled to perform forced or compulsory labour.
… (Art. 17)
Protection from Violence
El Salvador
- EnglishWork will be regulated by a Code which shall have as [its] principal objective the harmonizing of the relations between the employers [patronos] and [the] workers, establishing their rights and obligations. It shall be founded in general principles that tend to the improvement of the living conditions of the workers, and will especially include the following rights:
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10) The minors of fourteen years of age or less, and those that having reached this age still remain subject to obligatory education by virtue of the law, may not be occupied in any type of work.
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The workday of the minors of sixteen years of age cannot be more than six hours a day and thirty-four hours a week, in any kind of work.
Unhealthy or dangerous work is prohibited for persons under eighteen years of age and for women. Night work is also prohibited for persons under eighteen years of age.
The law will determine the dangerous and unhealthy labors;
… (Art. 38) - SpanishEl trabajo estará regulado por un Código que tendrá por objeto principal armonizar las relaciones entre patronos y trabajadores, estableciendo sus derechos y obligaciones. Estará fundamentado en principios generales que tiendan al mejoramiento de las condiciones de vida de los trabajadores, e incluirá especialmente los derechos siguientes:
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10º Los menores de catorce años, y los que habiendo cumplido esa edad sigan sometidos a la enseñanza obligatoria en virtud de la ley, no podrán ser ocupados en ninguna clase de trabajo.
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La jornada de los menores de dieciséis años no podrá ser mayor de seis horas diarias y de treinta y cuatro semanales, en cualquier clase de trabajo.
Se prohíbe el trabajo a los menores de dieciocho años y a las mujeres en labores insalubres o peligrosas. También se prohíbe el trabajo nocturno a los menores de dieciocho años.
La ley determinará las labores peligrosas o insalubres;
… (Art. 38)
Protection from Violence
Jordan
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2. Every person seized, detained, imprisoned or the freedom thereof restricted should be treated in a manner that preserves human dignity; may not be tortured, in any manner, bodily or morally harmed; and may not be detained in other than the places permitted by laws; and every statement uttered by any person under any torture, harm or threat shall not be regarded. (Art. 8) - Arabic...
2. كل من يقبض عليه أو يوقف أو يحبس أو تقيد حريته تجب معاملته بما يحفظ عليه كرامة الإنسان، ولا يجوز تعذيبه، بأي شكل من الأشكال، أو إيذاؤه بدنياً أو معنوياً، كما لا يجوز حجزه في غير الأماكن التي تجيزها القوانين، وكل قول يصدر عن أي شخص تحت وطأة أي تعذيب أو إيذاء أو تهديد لا يعتد به. (المادّة 8)
Protection from Violence
Chad
- EnglishAny propaganda of ethnic, tribal, regional or religious [confessionnel] character tending to infringe the national unity or the secularity of the State is prohibited. (Art. 5)
- Arabicيُحظر أي دعاية ذات طابع إثني أو قبلي أو إقليمي أو طائفي تميل إلى التعدي على الوحدة الوطنية أو على علمانية الدولة. (المادة 5)
- FrenchToute propagande à caractère ethnique, tribal, régional ou confessionnel tendant à porter atteinte à l'unité nationale ou à la laïcité de l'Etat est interdite. (Art. 5)
Protection from Violence
Malta
- EnglishWhereas every person in Malta is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, the right, whatever his race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity, 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,
… (Art. 32) - MalteseBilli kull persuna f’Malta hija intitolata għad-drittijiet u libertajiet fundamentali tal-individwu, jiġifieri, id-dritt, tkun xi tkun ir-razza, post ta’ oriġini, fehmiet politiċi, kulur, twemmin, sess, orjentazzjoni sesswali jew identità tal-ġeneru tagħha, iżda suġġett għar-rispett tad-drittijiet u l-libertajiet ta’ oħrajn u tal-interess pubbliku, għal kull waħda u kollha kemm huma dawn li ġejjin, jiġifieri-
(a) il-ħajja, libertà, sigurtà tal-persuna,
… (Art. 32)
Protection from Violence
South Sudan
- English1. Slavery and slave trade in all form are prohibited. No person shall be held in slavery or servitude.
2. No person shall be required to perform forced or compulsory labour except as a penalty upon conviction by a competent court of law. (Art. 13)