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Protection from Violence
Sudan
- English(1) Slavery and human trafficking shall be prohibited in all forms. No person shall be enslaved or subjected to forced labor.
(2) No person shall be compelled to perform work by force except as a punishment following conviction by a competent court. (Art. 46) - Arabic1. يحظر الرق والاتجار بالبشر بجميع أشكاله، ولا يجوز استرقاق آخر او اخضاعه للسخرة.
2. لا يجوز إرغام احد علي ادأء عمل قسراً إلا كعقوبة تترتب علي الإدانة بوساطة محكمة مختصة. (الماده 47)
Protection from Violence
Belgium
- EnglishEach child is entitled to have his or her moral, physical, mental and sexual integrity respected.
… (Art. 22bis) - DutchElk kind heeft recht op eerbiediging van zijn morele, lichamelijke, geestelijke en seksuele integriteit.
... (Art. 22bis) - FrenchChaque enfant a droit au respect de son intégrité morale, physique, psychique et sexuelle.
… (Art. 22bis) - GermanJedes Kind hat ein Recht auf Achtung vor seiner moralischen, körperlichen, geistigen und sexuellen Unversehrtheit.
… (Art. 22bis)
Protection from Violence
New Zealand
- English(1) It is unlawful for a person (in the course of that person’s involvement in any of the areas to which this subsection is applied by subsection (2)) to treat adversely any other person, or to make an implied or overt threat to treat adversely any other person, on the ground that the other person is, or is suspected or assumed or believed to be, a person affected by domestic violence.
(2) The areas to which subsection (1) applies are—
(a) the making of an application for employment:
(b) employment, which term includes unpaid work.
(3) In this section, an employer treats adversely an employee if the employer—
(a) dismisses that employee, in circumstances in which other employees employed by that employer on work of that description are not or would not be dismissed or subjected to such detriment; or
(b) refuses or omits to offer or afford to that employee the same terms of employment, conditions of work, fringe benefits, or opportunities for training, promotion, and transfer as are made available for other employees of the same or substantially the same qualifications, experience, or skills employed in the same or substantially similar circumstances; or
(c) subjects that employee to any detriment, in circumstances in which other employees employed by that employer on work of that description are not or would not be subjected to such detriment; or
(d) retires that employee, or requires or causes that employee to retire or resign.
(4) For the purposes of this section,—child has the meaning given to it in section 8 of the Family Violence Act 2018, family violence has the meaning given to it in section 9 the Family Violence Act 2018, person affected by family violence means a person who is 1 or both of the following:
(a) a person against whom any other person is inflicting, or has inflicted, family violence:
(b) a person with whom there ordinarily or periodically resides a child against whom any other person is inflicting, or has inflicted, family violence.
(5) Subsection (1) applies regardless of how long ago the family violence occurred or is suspected or assumed or believed to have occurred, and even if the family violence occurred or is suspected or assumed or believed to have occurred before the person became an employee. (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 62A)19
Protection from Violence
Nicaragua
- English
No one will be subject to servitude. Slavery and the slave trade of any nature, are prohibited in all their forms. (Art. 40)
- Spanish
Nadie será sometido a servidumbre. La esclavitud y la trata de cualquier naturaleza, están prohibidas en todas sus formas. (Art. 40)
Protection from Violence
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- EnglishThe human person is sacred. The State has the obligation to respect it and to protect it.
All persons have the right to life, to physical integrity as well as to the free development of their personality, under respect for the law, of public order, of the rights of others and of public morality.
No one may be held in slavery or in an analagous condition.
No one may be subjected to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
No one may be subjected to forced or compulsory labor. (Art. 16) - FrenchLa personne humaine est sacrée. L’Etat a l’obligation de la respecter et de la protéger.
Toute personne a droit à la vie, à l’intégrité physique ainsi qu’au libre développement de sa personnalité dans le respect de la loi, de l’ordre public, du droit d’autrui et des bonnes moeurs.
Nul ne peut être tenu en esclavage ni dans une condition analogue.
Nul ne peut être soumis à un traitement cruel, inhumain ou dégradant.
Nul ne peut être astreint à un travail forcé ou obligatoire. (Art. 16)
Protection from Violence
Georgia
- English1. Human dignity shall be inviolable and shall be protected by the State.
2. Torture, inhuman or degrading treatment, and the use of inhuman or degrading punishment shall be prohibited. (Art. 9) - Georgian1. ადამიანის ღირსება ხელშეუვალია და მას იცავს სახელმწიფო.
2. დაუშვებელია ადამიანის წამება, არაადამიანური ან დამამცირებელი მოპყრობა, არაადამიანური ან დამამცირებელი სასჯელის გამოყენება. (მუხლი 9)
Protection from Violence
Uganda
- English1. No person shall be held in slavery or servitude.
2. No person shall be required to perform forced labour.
… (Art. 25)
Protection from Violence
Estonia
- EnglishEveryone has the right to liberty and security of person.
… (Sec. 20) - EstonianIgaühel on õigus vabadusele ja isikupuutumatusele.
… (§ 20)
Protection from Violence
Saint Lucia
- EnglishWhereas every person in Saint Lucia is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms, that is to say, the right, whatever his or her race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest, to each and all of the following, namely—
(a) life, liberty, security of the person, equality before the law and the protection of the law;
… (Sec. 1)
Protection from Violence
Egypt
- EnglishAll forms of slavery, oppression, forced exploitation of human beings, sex trade, and other forms of human trafficking are prohibited and criminalized by Law. (Art. 89)
- Arabicتُحظر كلّ صور العبودية والاسترقاق والقهر والاستغلال القسرى للإنسان، وتجارة الجنس، وغيرها من أشكال الاتّجار فى البشر، ويجرّم القانون كل ذلك. (المادّة 89)