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Protection from Violence
- EnglishThe State shall create the conditions for the integral protection of its inhabitants throughout their lives, conditions that shall ensure the rights and principles enshrined in the Constitution, in particular that of equality in diversity and nondiscrimination and shall give priority to actions for those groups who require special consideration because of the persistence of inequalities, exclusion, discrimination or violence or by virtue of their age, health, or disabilities.
Integral protection shall function by means of specialized systems in accordance with the law. The specialized systems shall be guided by their specific principles and by those of the national system of social inclusion and equity.
… (Art. 341) - SpanishEl Estado generará las condiciones para la protección integral de sus habitantes a lo largo de sus vidas, que aseguren los derechos y principios reconocidos en la Constitución, en particular la igualdad en la diversidad y la no discriminación, y priorizará su acción hacia aquellos grupos que requieran consideración especial por la persistencia de desigualdades, exclusión, discriminación o violencia, o en virtud de su condición etaria, de salud o de discapacidad.
La protección integral funcionará a través de sistemas especializados, de acuerdo con la ley. Los sistemas especializados se guiarán por sus principios específicos y los del sistema nacional de inclusión y equidad social.
… (Art. 341)
Protection from Violence
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4. Armed associations or associations of a military or para-military type as well as those that aim at promoting violence, racism, xenophobia or dictatorship or at pursuing goals contrary to criminal law, shall be prohibited.
… (Art. 52) - Portuguese…
4. São proibidas as associações armadas ou de tipo militar ou paramilitar, e as que se destinam a promover a violência, o racismo, a xenofobia ou a ditadura ou que prossigam fins contrários à lei penal.
… (Art. 52)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishNo child below the age of fourteen years shall be employed to work in any factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous employment. (Art. 24)
- Hindiचौदह वर्ष से कम आयु के किसी बालक को किसी कारखाने या खान में काम करने के लिए नियोजित नहीं किया जाएगा या किसी अन्य परिसंकटमय नियोजन में नहीं लगाया जाएगा। (अनुच्छेद 24)
Protection from Violence
- English
Whereas every person in Sierra Leone is entitled to the fundamental human rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, has the right, whatever his race, tribe, place of origin, political opinion, 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—
a. life, liberty, security of person,
… (Sec. 15)
Protection from Violence
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(2) Every person shall have the right to life and physical integrity.
… (Art. 2) - German…
(2) Jeder hat das Recht auf Leben und körperliche Unversehrtheit.
… (Art. 2)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishAny unnecessary force or restraint in the apprehension of a person or in keeping him under arrest, or any psychological pressure or physical brutality, especially during interrogation, is forbidden. (Art. 25)
- FrenchToute rigueur ou contrainte qui n'est pas nécessaire pour appréhender une personne ou la maintenir en détention, toute pression morale ou brutalité physique notamment pendant l'interrogation sont interdites. (Art. 25)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishNo one may be held in slavery or servitude. (Art. 21)
- Arabicلا يجوز احتجاز أحد في الرق أو العبودية. (المادة 21)
- FrenchNul ne peut être tenu en esclavage ou en servitude. (Art. 21)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishNo person shall be held in bondage of any kind. Involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime, is prohibited. (Art. 18)
- Japanese何人も、いかなる奴隷的拘束も受けない。又、犯罪に因る処罰の場合を除いては、その意に反する苦役に服させられない。 (第18条)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishAll levels of government shall:
a. adopt policies and provide facilities for the welfare of children and youth and ensure that they develop morally and physically, and are protected from moral and physical abuse and abandonment;
… (Art. 40)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishThe human person shall be inviolable.
Human dignity shall be protected by law.
It shall be prohibited to torture or injure a human being, degrade his dignity, subject him to cruel treatment, or to establish such punishments.
No one may be subjected to scientific or medical experimentation without his knowledge and free consent. (Art. 21) - LithuanianŽmogaus asmuo neliečiamas.
Žmogaus orumą gina įstatymas.
Draudžiama žmogų kankinti, žaloti, žeminti jo orumą, žiauriai su juo elgtis, taip pat nustatyti tokias bausmes.
Su žmogumi, be jo žinios ir laisvo sutikimo, negali būti atliekami moksliniai ar medicinos bandymai. (21 straipsnis)