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Protection from Violence
Myanmar
- EnglishThe Union prohibits forced labor except hard labor as a punishment for crime duly convicted and duties assigned by the Union in accord with the law in the interest of the public. (Sec. 359)
- Burmeseနိုင်ငံတော်သည် ဥပဒေကျူးလွန်၍ ပြစ်ဒဏ်ပေးခြင်းကို ခံရသဖြင့် အလုပ်ဒဏ် ထမ်းဆောင် ခိုင်းခြင်းနှင့် အများပြည်သူအကျိုးအတွက် ဆောင်ရွက်ရန် နိုင်ငံတော်က ဥပဒေနှင့်အညီ တာဝန် ချထားခြင်းမှတစ်ပါး အဓမ္မစေခိုင်းခြင်းကို တားမြစ်သည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၅၉)
Protection from Violence
Cabo Verde
- English1. Human life and the physical and moral integrity of the human person shall be inviolable.
2. No one may be subjected to torture, punishments or treatments that are cruel, degrading or inhumane, and under no circumstance whatsoever shall there be a death penalty. (Art. 28) - Portuguese1. A vida humana e a integridade física e moral das pessoas são invioláveis.
2. Ninguém pode ser submetido a tortura, penas ou tratamentos cruéis, degradantes ou desumanos, e em caso algum haverá pena de morte. (Art. 28)
Protection from Violence
Poland
- English1. Personal inviolability and security shall be ensured to everyone.
... (Art. 41) - Polish1. Każdemu zapewnia się nietykalność osobistą i wolność osobistą.
... (Art. 41)
Protection from Violence
Seychelles
- EnglishEvery person has a right to be treated with dignity worthy of a human being and not to be subjected to torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. (Art. 16)
Protection from Violence
Grenada
- EnglishWhereas every person in Grenada is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms, that is to say, the right, whatever his 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. 1)
Protection from Violence
Palestine
- English1. No person shall be subject to any duress or torture. Indictees and all persons deprived of their freedom shall receive proper treatment.
… (Art. 13) - Arabic1- لا يجوز إخضاع أحد لأي إكراه أو تعذيب و يعامل المتهمون وسائر المحرومين حرياتهم معاملة لائقة.
… (المادّة 13)
Protection from Violence
Central African Republic
- EnglishThe usurpation of sovereignty by coup d'état, rebellion, mutiny or any other non-democratic process [procédé] constitutes an imprescriptible crime against the Central African People.
… (Art. 28) - FrenchL’usurpation de la souveraineté par coup d’Etat, rébellion, mutinerie ou tout autre procédé non démocratique constitue un crime imprescriptible contre le peuple centrafricain.
… (Art. 28)
Protection from Violence
Russian Federation
- English…
2. Propaganda or agitation, which arouses social, racial, national or religious hatred and hostility shall be prohibited. Propaganda of social, racial, national, religious or linguistic supremacy shall also be prohibited.
… (Art. 29) - Russian…
2. Не допускаются пропаганда или агитация, возбуждающие социальную, расовую, национальную или религиозную ненависть и вражду. Запрещается пропаганда социального, расового, национального, религиозного или языкового превосходства.
… (Статья 29)
Protection from Violence
South Sudan
- EnglishEvery person has the right to liberty and security of person;
… (Art. 12)
Protection from Violence
Mexico
- English…
Slavery is prohibited in the United Mexican States. Slaves who enter the national territory from abroad will recover, by this act alone, their liberty and the protection of the laws.
… (Art. 1) - Spanish…
Está prohibida la esclavitud en los Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Los esclavos del extranjero que entren al territorio nacional alcanzarán, por este solo hecho, su libertad y la protección de las leyes.
… (Art. 1)