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Protection from Violence
Dominican Republic
- EnglishThe family, society, and State shall give preference to the superior interests of male and female children and adolescents, and shall have the obligation to assist and protect them in order to guarantee their harmonious and integral development and the full exercise of their fundamental rights, in accordance with this Constitution and the laws. Consequently:
1. The eradication of child labor and all types of mistreatment or violence against minors is declared of the highest national interest. Male and female children and adolescents shall be protected by the State against all forms of abandonment, kidnapping, states of vulnerability, abuse or physical, psychological, moral or sexual abuse, commercial, labor, economic exploitation or risky jobs.
… (Art. 56) - SpanishLa familia, la sociedad y el Estado, harán primar el interés superior del niño, niña y adolescente; tendrán la obligación de asistirles y protegerles para garantizar su desarrollo armónico e integral y el ejercicio pleno de sus derechos fundamentales, conforme a esta Constitución y las leyes. En consecuencia:
1) Se declara del más alto interés nacional la erradicación del trabajo infantil y todo tipo de maltrato o violencia contra las personas menores de edad. Los niños, niñas y adolescentes serán protegidos por el Estado contra toda forma de abandono, secuestro, estado de vulnerabilidad, abuso o violencia física, sicológica, moral o sexual, explotación comercial, laboral, económica y trabajos riesgosos;
… (Art. 56)
Protection from Violence
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- EnglishThe public powers see to the elimination of sexual violence.
Without prejudice to international treaties and agreements, any sexual violence made against any person, with the intention to destabilize, [or] to dislocate a family and to make a whole people disappear is established as a crime against humanity punishable by the law. (Art. 15) - FrenchLes pouvoirs publics veillent à l’élimination des violences sexuelles.
Sans préjudice des traités et accords internationaux, toute violence sexuelle faite sur toute personne, dans l’intention de déstabiliser, de disloquer une famille et de faire disparaître tout un peuple est érigée en crime contre l’humanité puni par la loi. (Art. 15)
Protection from Violence
Andorra
- English1. All persons have the right to liberty and security and shall only be deprived of them on such grounds and in accordance with such procedures as are established in the Constitution and the laws.
… (Art. 9) - Catalan1. Totes les persones tenen dret a la llibertat i a la seguretat i només en poden ésser privades per les causes I d'acord amb els procediments establerts a la Constitució i les lleis.
… (Art. 9)
Protection from Violence
Uganda
- English...
4. Children are entitled to be protected from social or economic exploitation and shall not be employed in or required to perform work that is likely to be hazardous or to interfere with their education or to be harmful to their health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development.
… (Art. 34)
Protection from Violence
New Zealand
- EnglishEveryone has the right not to be subjected to torture or to cruel, degrading, or disproportionately severe treatment or punishment. (Bill of Rights Act 1990, Sec. 9)