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Protection from Violence
Trinidad and Tobago
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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
Nepal
- EnglishThe State shall pursue the following policies:
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(i) Policies relating to labour and employment:
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(3) to abolish all forms of labour exploitation including child labour,
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(j) Policies relating to social justice and inclusion:
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(2) to make self-dependent the women who are vulnerable, subjected to social and family exclusion and victims of violence self-reliant by making their rehabilitation, protection and empowerment,
… (Art. 51) - Nepaliराज्यले देहायका नीतिहरू अवलम्बन गर्नेछः–
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(झ) श्रम र रोजगार सम्बन्धी नीतिः
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(३) बालश्रम लगायत श्रम शोषणका सबै रूपको अन्त्य गर्ने,
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(ञ) सामाजिक न्याय र समावेशीकरण सम्बन्धी नीतिः
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(२) जोखिममा परेका, सामाजिक र पारिवारिक बहिष्करणमा परेका तथा हिंसा पीडित महिलालाई पुनःस्थापना, संरक्षण, सशक्तीकरण गरी स्वावलम्बी बनाउने,
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Protection from Violence
Romania
- English(1) The right to life, as well as the right to physical and mental integrity of person are guaranteed.
(2) No one may be subjected to torture or to any kind of inhuman or degrading punishment or treatment.
… (Art. 22) - Romanian(1) Dreptul la viaţă, precum şi dreptul la integritate fizică şi psihică ale persoanei sunt garantate.
(2) Nimeni nu poate fi supus torturii şi nici unui fel de pedeapsă sau de tratament inuman ori degradant.
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Protection from Violence
Eswatini
- EnglishNotwithstanding anything in this Constitution, there shall be no derogation from the enjoyment of the following rights and freedoms
(a) life, equality before the law and security of person;
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(c) freedom from slavery or servitude;
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(e) freedom from torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. (Sec. 38)
Protection from Violence
Bahamas
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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)