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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
- English1. Everyone has a right to physical, mental and moral integrity.
2. No one may be submitted to torture, degrading or inhuman treatment or punishment. (Art. 9) - Dutch1. Een ieder heeft het recht op fysieke, psychische en morele integriteit.
2. Niemand mag worden onderworpen aan folteringen, vernederende of onmenselijke behandeling of straf. (Art. 9)
Protection from Violence
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(2) Without prejudice to subsection (1), but subject to this Chapter8 and to section 54, Parliament may not—
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(b) impose or authorise the imposition of cruel and unusual treatment or punishment;
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Protection from Violence
- EnglishThe State shall ensure the elimination of all forms of exploitation and the gradual fulfilment of the fundamental principle, from each according to his ability to each according to his work. (Art. 3)
- Urduمملکت استحصال کی تمام اقسام کے خاتمہ اور اس بنیادی اصول کی تدریجی تکمیل کو یقینی بنائے گی کہ ہر کسی سے اس کی اہلیت کے مطابق کام لیا جائے گا اور ہر کسی کو اس کے کام کے مطابق معاوضہ دیا جائے۔ (آرٹیکل ۳)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishSlavery, the trafficking in human beings, forced labor, physical or moral torture, inhuman, cruel, degrading and humiliating treatments, physical violence, feminine genital mutilations, premature marriages as well as other forms of debasement of the human being are prohibited. (Art. 19)
- Arabicيحظر الاسترقاق، الاتجار بالبشر، العمل القسري، التعذيب الجسدي أو النفسي، المعاملات اللاإنسانية والقاسية والمهينة، العنف الجسدي، تشويه الأعضاء التناسلية الأنثوية، الزواج المبكر إلى جانب أشكال أخرى من الحط من البشر. (المادة 19).
- FrenchL'esclavage, la traite des êtres humains, le travail forcé, la torture physique ou morale, les traitements inhumains, cruels, dégradants et humiliants, les violences physiques, les mutilations génitales féminines, les mariages précoces ainsi que toutes les autres formes d'avilissement de l'être humain sont interdits. (Art. 19)
Protection from Violence
- English(1) Forced labour is prohibited.
… (Art. 42) - Romanian(1) Munca forţată este interzisă.
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Protection from Violence
- EnglishNo person shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. (Art. 18)
Protection from Violence
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4. It shall be prohibited to hire children under the age of 16 for full-time employment. The procedure and conditions of hiring them for part-time employment shall be stipulated by law.
5. Forced or compulsory labor shall be prohibited.
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4. Մինչև տասնվեց տարեկան երեխաներին մշտական աշխատանքի ընդունելն արգելվում է: Նրանց ժամանակավոր աշխատանքի ընդունման կարգը և պայմանները սահմանվում են օրենքով։
5. Պարտադիր կամ հարկադիր աշխատանքն արգելվում է:
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Protection from Violence
- English(1) If an Act recites that action has been taken or threatened by any substantial body of persons, whether inside or outside Singapore —
(a) to cause, or to cause a substantial number of citizens to fear, organised violence against persons or property;
(b) to excite disaffection against the President or the Government;
(c) to promote feelings of ill-will and hostility between different races or other classes of the population likely to cause violence;
(d) to procure the alteration, otherwise than by lawful means, of anything by law established; or
(e) which is prejudicial to the security of Singapore,
any provision of that law designed to stop or prevent that action or any amendment to that law or any provision in any law enacted under clause (3) is valid notwithstanding that it is inconsistent with Article 9, 11, 12, 13 or 14, or would, apart from this Article, be outside the legislative power of Parliament.
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Protection from Violence
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Slavery, human trafficking, forced labor, physical or moral torture, inhuman, cruel, degrading and humiliating treatments, physical violence, female genital mutilation as well as all the other forms of debasement of the human being[,] are prohibited.
Any medical or scientific experimentation on a person without their informed consent [consentiment éclairé] as well as organ trafficking for commercial or occult purposes are equally prohibited. … (Art. 5) - French
L'esclavage, la traite des êtres humains, le travail forcé, la torture physique ou morale, les traitements inhumains, cruels, dégradants et humiliants, les violences physiques, les mutilations génitales féminines ainsi que toutes les autres formes d'avilissement de l'être humain sont interdits.
Sont également interdits toute expérimentation médicale ou scientifique sur une personne sans son consentement éclairé ainsi que le trafic d’organes à des fins commerciales ou occultes. … (Art. 5)