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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
Estonia
- EnglishEveryone has the right to liberty and security of person.
… (Sec. 20) - EstonianIgaühel on õigus vabadusele ja isikupuutumatusele.
… (§ 20)
Protection from Violence
Lesotho
- English1. No person shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading punishment or other treatment.
… (Sec. 8)
Protection from Violence
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- EnglishLatifundio and double title are prohibited because they are contrary to the collective interest and development of the country. Latifundio is understood to mean the non-productive holding of land; the land that does not fulfill a social economic function; the exploitation of land that applies a system of servitude, quasi-slavery and slavery in labor relations; or the property that surpasses the maximum surface area established in the law. In no case may the maximum surface exceed five thousand hectares. (Art. 398)
- SpanishSe prohíbe el latifundio y la doble titulación por ser contrarios al interés colectivo y al desarrollo del país. Se entiende por latifundio la tenencia improductiva de la tierra; la tierra que no cumpla la función económica social; la explotación de la tierra que aplica un sistema de servidumbre, semiesclavitud o esclavitud en la relación laboral o la propiedad que sobrepasa la superficie máxima zonificada establecida en la ley. La superficie máxima en ningún caso podrá exceder de cinco mil hectáreas. (Art. 398)
Protection from Violence
Cyprus
- 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
Iraq
- EnglishFirst:
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C. All forms of psychological and physical torture and inhumane treatment are prohibited. Any confession made under force, threat, or torture shall not be relied on, and the victim shall have the right to seek compensation for material and moral damages incurred in accordance with the law.
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Third: Forced labor, slavery, slave trade, trafficking in women or children, and sex trade shall be prohibited. (Art. 37) - Arabicأولاً:
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ج ـ يحرّم جميع أنواع التعذيب النفسي والجسدي والمعاملة غير الإنسانية، ولا عبرة بأي اعتراف انتزع بالإكراه أو التهديد أو التعذيب، وللمتضرر المطالبة بالتعويض عن الضرر المادي والمعنوي الذي أصابه وفقاً للقانون.
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ثالثاً :ـ يحرم العمل القسري (السخرة)، والعبودية وتجارة العبيد (الرقيق)، ويحرم الاتجار بالنساء والأطفال، و الاتجار بالجنس. (المادة 37)
Protection from Violence
Latvia
- English...
Forced labour is prohibited.
... (Art. 106) - Latvian...
Piespiedu darbs ir aizliegts.
... (Art. 106)
Protection from Violence
Tonga
- EnglishNo person shall serve another against his will except he be undergoing punishment by law and any slave who may escape from a foreign country to Tonga (unless he be escaping from justice being guilty of homicide or theft or any great crime or involved in debt) shall be free from the moment he sets foot on Tongan soil for no person shall be in servitude under the protection of the flag of Tonga. (Clause 2)
- Tongan‘E ‘ikai ngaue fakatamaio‘eiki ‘e ha taha ki ha toko taha kapau ‘oku ‘ikai te ne loto ki ai ngata pe ‘i he ‘ene mo‘ua ki he lao pea ka hola ha popula mei ha fonua kehe ki Tonga ni (kapau ‘oku ‘ikai ko e hola mei he lao ‘o ha fonua ko e me‘a ‘i he ‘ene fakapo pe kaiha‘a pe ‘i he fai ha me‘a lahi pehē pe ha mo‘ua) te ne tau‘atāina leva ‘i he ‘ene tu‘uta ki Tonga ni koe‘uhi ‘e ‘ikai ‘aupito nofo fakapopula ha toko taha ‘oku nofo ‘i he malumalu ‘o e fuka ‘o Tonga. (Kupu 2)
Protection from Violence
Mali
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Work is a duty for every citizen[,] but no one can be constrained to [do] a specific task [travail déterminé] except in the case of the accomplishment of an exceptional service of general interest, [which is] equal for all within the conditions determined by the law. (Art. 19) - French…
Le travail est un devoir pour tout citoyen mais nul ne peut être contraint à un travail déterminé que dans le cas d'accomplissement d'un service exceptionnel d'intérêt général, égal pour tous dans les conditions déterminées par la loi. (Art. 19)
Protection from Violence
Cuba
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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)