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Protection from Violence
- EnglishEach one has the right to life, to health, to physical and moral integrity, to a healthy and sufficient food supply [alimentation], to potable water, to education and instruction in the conditions specified by the law.
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Each one has the right to freedom and to security within the conditions defined by the law. (Art. 12) - FrenchChacun a droit à la vie, à la santé, à l'intégrité physique et morale, à une alimentation saine et suffisante, à l'eau potable, à l'éducation et à l'instruction dans les conditions définies par la loi.
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Chacun a droit à la liberté et à la sécurité dans les conditions définies par la loi. (Art. 12)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishThe penitentiary system must tend to the social rehabilitation and reeducation of the prisoners [reclusos] and to comply[,] in their treatment, with [observance to] the following minimum norms:
a. They must be treated as human beings; they must not be discriminated against for any reason whatsoever, or be infringed with cruel treatment, physical, moral, [or] psychic tortures, duress or harassments, labor incompatible with their physical state, actions that denigrate their dignity, or make them victims of exactions, or be submitted to scientific experiment.
… (Art. 19) - SpanishEl sistema penitenciario debe tender a la readaptación social y a la reeducación de los reclusos y cumplir en el tratamiento de los mismos, con las siguientes normas mínimas:
a) Deben ser tratados como seres humanos; no deben ser discriminados por motivo alguno, ni podrán infligírseles tratos crueles, torturas físicas, morales, psíquicas, coacciones o molestias, trabajos incompatibles con su estado físico, acciones denigrantes a su dignidad, o hacerles víctimas de exacciones, ni ser sometidos a experimentos científicos;
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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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During a period to be determined by the Senate, the Corps of Defense and of Security may not include more than 50% of the members belonging to a particular ethnic group, taking into account the necessity to assure the ethnic equilibrium and to prevent acts of genocide and coups d’État. (Art. 263) - Kirundi...
Mu kiringo gishingwa n’Inama Nkenguzamateka, urwego rw’ukwivuna abansi n’urw’abajejwe umutekano ntizishobora kubamwo abarenga ibice 50 % b’ubwoko bumwe kugira ngo amoko yose aserukirwe, hongere hakingwe ibikorwa bigayitse vy’ihonyabwoko n’ugufata ubutegetsi ku nguvu. (Ingingo ya 263) - French...
Pendant une période à déterminer par le Sénat, les Corps de défense et de sécurité ne comptent pas plus de 50% de membres appartenant à un groupe ethnique particulier, compte tenu de la nécessité d’assurer l’équilibre ethnique et de prévenir les actes de génocide et les coups d’Etat. (Art. 263)
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.
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Otrokom se zagotavlja posebno varstvo pred gospodarskim, socialnim, telesnim, duševnim ali drugim izkoriščanjem in zlorabljanjem. Takšno varstvo ureja zakon.
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Protection from Violence
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Youth is protected by the State and the public collectivities against exploitation, drugs, narcotics, moral abandonment and delinquency. (Art. 20) - French
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La jeunesse est protégée par l'Etat et les collectivités publiques contre l'exploitation, la drogue, les stupéfiants, l'abandon moral et la délinquance. (Art. 20)
Protection from Violence
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The institutionalization of the conquests of the Revolution and the construction of a new society that eliminates any type [clase] of exploitation and achieves economic, political and social equality for all Nicaraguans and the absolute respect for the human rights.
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La institucionalización de las conquistas de la Revolución y la construcción de una nueva sociedad que elimine toda clase de explotación y logre la igualdad económica, política y social de los nicaragüenses y el respeto absoluto de los derechos humanos.
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Protection from Violence
- English… No one shall be subjected to torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and without their consent to medicinal, scientific or other experiments. … (Art. 33)
- Russian… Никто не может подвергаться пыткам, применению насилия, жестокому, бесчеловечному или унижающему человеческое достоинство обращению или наказанию, а также без его согласия подвергаться медицинским, научным или иным опытам. … (Статья 33)
- Turkmen… Hiç kim gynamalara, zorluk ulanylmagyna, zalymlyk, adamkärçiliksizlik ýa-da adam mertebesini peseltmek bilen ýüzlenilmegine ýa-da jeza berilmegine, şeýle hem onuň razylygy bolmasa, lukmançylyk, ylmy ýa-da başga tejribelere sezewar edilip bilinmez. … (33-nji madda)
Protection from Violence
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The associations, the groups, the societies and the political parties of which the activities are contrary to the public order as well as to the unity and to the cohesion of the Central African People[,] are prohibited. (Art. 14) - French…
Les associations, les groupements, les sociétés et les partis politiques dont les activités sont contraires à l’ordre public ainsi qu’à l’unité et à la cohésion du peuple centrafricain sont prohibés. (Art. 14)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishEvery person has the right to freedom and personal inviolability.
… (Art. 29) - UkrainianКожна людина має право на свободу та особисту недоторканність.
… (Стаття 29)