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Protection from Violence
Romania
- English…
(3) The exploitation of minors, their employment in activities that might be harmful to their health, or morals, or might(delete) endanger their life and normal development are prohibited.
(4) Minors under the age of fifteen may not be employed for any paid labour.
… (Art. 49) - Romanian…
(3) Exploatarea minorilor, folosirea lor în activităţi care le-ar dăuna sănătăţii, moralităţii sau care le-ar pune în primejdie viaţa ori dezvoltarea normală sunt interzise.
(4) Minorii sub vârsta de 15 ani nu pot fi angajaţi ca salariaţi.
... (Art. 49)
Protection from Violence
Chad
- EnglishAny propaganda of ethnic, tribal, regional or religious [confessionnel] character tending to infringe the national unity or the secularity of the State is prohibited. (Art. 5)
- Arabicيُحظر أي دعاية ذات طابع إثني أو قبلي أو إقليمي أو طائفي تميل إلى التعدي على الوحدة الوطنية أو على علمانية الدولة. (المادة 5)
- FrenchToute propagande à caractère ethnique, tribal, régional ou confessionnel tendant à porter atteinte à l'unité nationale ou à la laïcité de l'Etat est interdite. (Art. 5)
Protection from Violence
South Sudan
- English1. Slavery and slave trade in all form are prohibited. No person shall be held in slavery or servitude.
2. No person shall be required to perform forced or compulsory labour except as a penalty upon conviction by a competent court of law. (Art. 13)
Protection from Violence
Mexico
- EnglishThe punishments of death, of mutilation, of public humiliation [infamia], of branding, of flogging, of beating, of torture of any kind, excessive fines, the confiscation of assets and any other unusual or extreme [penalties,] are prohibited.
Any punishment must be proportional to the crime that [it] sanctions and of good juridical affect.
… (Art. 22) - SpanishQuedan prohibidas las penas de muerte, de mutilación, de infamia, la marca, los azotes, los palos, el tormento de cualquier especie, la multa excesiva, la confiscación de bienes y cualesquiera otras penas inusitadas y trascendentales. Toda pena deberá ser proporcional al delito que sancione y al bien jurídico afectado.
... (Art. 22)
Protection from Violence
Singapore
- English(1) No person shall be held in slavery.
(2) All forms of forced labour are prohibited, but Parliament may by law provide for compulsory service for national purposes.
… (Art. 10)
Protection from Violence
Slovakia
- English
(1) No one may be subjected to forced labour or services.
… (Art. 18) - Slovak
(1) Nikoho nemoţno poslať na nútené práce alebo nútené sluţby.
… (Čl. 18)
Protection from Violence
Congo
- EnglishThe State has the obligation to protect children and adolescents against economical or social exploitation.
Work by children of less than sixteen (16) years is prohibited. (Art. 40) - FrenchL’Etat a l’obligation de protéger les enfants et les adolescents contre l’exploitation économique ou sociale.
Le travail des enfants de moins de seize (16) ans est interdit. (Art. 40)
Protection from Violence
Togo
- EnglishThe State recognizes and guarantees within the conditions established by the law, the exercise of the freedoms of association, of assembly and of peaceful demonstration without instruments of violence. … (Art. 30)
- FrenchL'Etat reconnaît et garantit dans les conditions fixées par la loi, l'exercice des libertés d'association, de réunion et de manifestation pacifique et sans instruments de violence. … (Art. 30)
Protection from Violence
Paraguay
- EnglishThe political parties and movements, in their functioning, may not:
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2. establish structures which, directly or indirectly, imply the use of, or a call for, violence as [a] methodology of the political activity [quehacer], and
3. constitute themselves with the goals [fines] of substituting by the force the regime of freedom and democracy, or of endangering the existence of the Republic. (Art. 126) - SpanishLos partidos y los movimientos políticos, en su funcionamiento, no podrán:
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2. establecer estructuras que, directa o indirectamente, impliquen la utilización o la apelación a la violencia como metodología del quehacer político, y
3. constituirse con fines de sustituir por la fuerza el régimen de libertad y de democracia, o de poner en peligro la existencia de la República. (Art. 126)
Protection from Violence
Timor-Leste
- English1. Everyone is guaranteed freedom of association provided that the association is not intended to promote violence and is in accordance with the law.
… (Sec. 43) - Tetum1. Ema hotu-hotu hetan liberdade ba asosiasaun, ho hanoin ida ne’ebé la hala’o violénsia no halo tuir lei haruka.
… (Art. 43) - Portuguese1. A todos é garantida a liberdade de associação, desde que não se destine a promover a violência e seja conforme com a lei.
… (Art. 43)