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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
- EnglishNo person shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading punishment or treatment. (Art. 8)
- GreekΟυδείς υποβάλλεται εις βασανιστήρια ή εις απάνθρωπον ή ταπεινωτικήν τιμωρίαν ή μεταχείρισιν. (Αρθρον 8)
- TurkishHiçbir şahıs işkenceye veya gayri insani ya da aşağılayıcı ceza veya muameleye tabi tutulamaz. (Madde 8)
Protection from Violence
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(1) Every person has the right to their physical and mental integrity.
(2) No one may be submitted to torture or to inhuman or degrading penalties or treatments.
… (Art. 13)
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
- EnglishThe physical or moral integrity of anyone may not be infringed, in whatever circumstance that may be, and by any party that may be, public or private.
No one may inflict on others, under whatever pretext there may be, cruel, inhuman, [or] degrading treatments or infringements of human dignity.
The practice of torture, under any of its forms and by anyone, is a crime punishable by the law. (Art. 22) - Arabicلا يجوز المس بالسّلامة الجسدية أو المعنويّة لأي شخص، في أيّ ظرف، ومن قبل أيّ جهة كانت، خاصّة أو عامة.
لا يجوز لأحد أن يعامل الغير، تحت أيّ ذريعة، معاملة قاسية أو لا إنسانية أو مهينة أو حاطّة بالكرامة الإنسانية.
ممارسة التّعذيب بكافة أشكاله، ومن قبل أي أحد، جريمة يعاقب عليها القانون. (الفصل 22)
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
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The State encourages the holistic development of women and their full social participation. It … protects them from gender-based violence in all of its forms and in all spaces, and creates the institutional and legal mechanisms to do so. (Art. 43) - Spanish…
El Estado propicia el desarrollo integral de las mujeres y su plena participación social. … las protege de la violencia de género en cualquiera de sus manifestaciones y espacios, y crea los mecanismos institucionales y legales para ello. (Art. 43)
Protection from Violence
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Any individual, [or] any agent of the State who is guilty of an act of torture, of cruel, inhuman or degrading measures or treatments in the exercise or in connection with the exercise of their functions, either on their own initiative, or on instruction, will be punished according to the law.
… (Art. 19) - French
Tout individu, tout agent de l'Etat qui se rendrait coupable d'acte de torture, de sévices ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants dans l'exercice ou à l'occasion de l'exercice de ses fonctions, soit de sa propre initiative, soit sur instruction, sera puni conformément à la loi.
… (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
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(3) The State shall direct its policy towards ensuring that –
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(f) children, young persons and the aged are protected against any exploitation whatsoever, and against moral and material neglect;
… (Sec. 17)