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Protection from Violence
- English1. With a view to their integral development, children have the right to protection by society and the state, especially from all forms of abandonment, discrimination and oppression and from the improper exercise of authority in the family or any other institution.
2. The state shall ensure special protection for children who are orphaned, abandoned or deprived of a normal family environment in any way.
3. Labour by minors of school age is prohibited, as laid down by law. (Art. 69) - Portuguese1. As crianças têm direito à protecção da sociedade e do Estado, com vista ao seu desenvolvimento integral, especialmente contra todas as formas de abandono, de discriminação e de opressão e contra o exercício abusivo da autoridade na família e nas demais instituições.
2. O Estado assegura especial protecção às crianças órfãs, abandonadas ou por qualquer forma privadas de um ambiente familiar normal.
3. É proibido, nos termos da lei, o trabalho de menores em idade escolar. (Art. 69)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishThe law punishes whoever [quiconque] by an act of racial, ethnic, [or] religious discrimination, by an act of regionalist propaganda, or by any other act, infringes the national unity, the security of the State, the integrity of the territory of the Republic or the democratic functioning of the institutions. (Art. 4)
- FrenchLa loi punit quiconque, par un acte de discrimination raciale, ethnique ou religieuse, par un acte de propagande régionaliste ou par tout autre acte, porte atteinte à l'unité nationale, à la sécurité de l'État, à l'intégrité du territoire de la République ou au fonctionnement démocratique des institutions. (Art. 4)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishI. Any form of violent punishment against children or adolescents is prohibited, both in the family as well as in society.
II. Forced work and child labor is prohibited. … (Art. 61) - SpanishI. Se prohíbe y sanciona toda forma de violencia contra las niñas, niños y adolescentes, tanto en la familia como en la sociedad.
II. Se prohíbe el trabajo forzado y la explotación infantil. ... (Art. 61)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishThe State shall defend:
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(2) The right of children to assistance, including proper care and nutrition, and special protection from all forms of neglect, abuse, cruelty, exploitation, and other conditions prejudicial to their development;
… (Art. XV, Sec. 3) - FilipinoDapat isanggalang ng Estado:
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(2) Ang karapatan ng mga bata na mabigyan ng kalinga, kasama ang wastong pagaalaga at nutrisyon at natatanging proteksyon sa lahat ng mga anyo ng pagpapabaya, pagaabuso, pagmamalupit, pagsasamantala, at iba pang kondisyong nakakapinsala sa kanilang pag-unlad;
... (Art. XV, Seksyon 3)
Protection from Violence
- English
1. The Government shall protect and strengthen the sovereignty of the Kingdom, provide good governance, and ensure peace, security, well-being and happiness of the people.
… (Art. 20) - Dzongkha
༡) གཞུང་གིས་ རྒྱལ་ཁབ་རང་བཙན་གྱི་ཉེན་སྐྱོབ་དང་མཐའ་བཙན་ གཞུང་སྐྱོང་ལེགས་ལྡན་ མི་སེར་གྱི་ཞི་བདེ་དང་ བདེ་སྲུང་ བདེ་སྐྱིད་ དགའ་སྐྱིད་ཡོདཔ་ངེས་གཏན་བཟོ་དགོ།
་་་༼རྩ་ཚན་༢༠༽
Protection from Violence
- EnglishAny inciting of racial, ethnic, religious or other inequality or hatred shall be prohibited and punishable. (Art. 49)
- Serbian CyrillicЗабрањено је и кажњиво свако изазивање и подстицање расне, националне, верске или друге неравноправности, мржње и нетрпељивости. (Члан 49)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishLesotho shall adopt policies designed to provide that—
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b. children and young persons are protected from economic and social exploitation;
c. the employment of children and young persons in work harmful to their morals or health or dangerous to life or likely to hamper their normal development is punishable by law; and
d. there are age limits below which the paid employment of children and young persons is prohibited and punishable by law. (Sec. 32)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishThe Constitution assures to all persons:
1. The right to life and to the physical and psychological integrity of the person.
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2. … In Chile there are no slaves, and [any] one that sets foot on its territory becomes free.
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7. The right to personal freedom and to individual security.
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15. …
The Political Constitution guarantees political pluralism. The parties, movements or other forms of organization of which the objectives, acts or conduct do not respect the basic principles of the democratic and constitutional regime, advocate [procuren] the establishment of a totalitarian system, as well as those which use violence, or advocate or incite it as a method of political action, are unconstitutional. It will correspond to the Constitutional Tribunal to declare such unconstitutionality.
… (Art. 19) - SpanishLa Constitución asegura a todas las personas:
1º.- El derecho a la vida y a la integridad física y psíquica de la persona.
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2º.- … En Chile no hay esclavos y el que pise su territorio queda libre.
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7º.- El derecho a la libertad personal y a la seguridad individual.
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15º.- …
La Constitución Política garantiza el pluralismo político. Son inconstitucionales los partidos, movimientos u otras formas de organización cuyos objetivos, actos o conductas no respeten los principios básicos del régimen democrático y constitucional, procuren el establecimiento de un sistema totalitario, como asimismo aquellos que hagan uso de la violencia, la propugnen o inciten a ella como método de acción política. Corresponderá al Tribunal Constitucional declarar esta inconstitucionalidad.
… (Art. 19)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishForced labour shall not be imposed, except by virtue of a provision of law enacted for the purpose of averting public calamity, or when a state of emergency or martial law is declared, or during the time when the country is in a state of war or armed conflict. (Sec. 30)
- Thaiการเกณฑ์แรงงานจะกระทํามิได้ เว้นแต่โดยอาศัยอํานาจตามบทบัญญัติแห่งกฎหมายที่ตราขึ้นเพื่อป้องกันภัยพิบัติสาธารณะ หรือในขณะที่มีการประกาศสถานการณ์ฉุกเฉิน หรือประกาศใช้กฎอัยการศึก หรือในระหว่างเวลาที่ประเทศอยู่ในภาวะสงครามหรือการรบ (มาตรา ๓๐)
Protection from Violence
- English
Unlawful portrayal of violence, whereby a person portrays sexual violence or coercion in pictorial form with intent to disseminate the image, unless the act is justifiable having regard to the circumstances, shall be deemed an offence against the freedom of the press. (Freedom of the Press Act, Chapter 7, Art. 7)
- Swedish
Som tryckfrihetsbrott anses olaga våldsskildring som innebär att någon i bild skildrar sexuellt våld eller tvång med uppsåt att bilden sprids, om inte gärningen med hänsyn till omständigheterna är försvarlig. (Tryckfrihetsförordning (1949:105), 7 kap, 7§)