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Protection from Violence
- EnglishEach has the right to life and to physical and moral integrity. There may not be derogation of this principle except in application of a law.
No one may be subjected either to torture, or to rape [viol], or to cruel, inhuman, degrading or humiliating acts or treatment.
… (Art. 3) - FrenchChacun a droit à la vie et à l’intégrité physique et morale. Il ne peut être dérogé à ce principe qu’en application d’une loi.
Nul ne sera soumis ni à la torture, ni au viol, ni à des sévices ou traitement cruels, inhumains, dégradants ou humiliants.
… (Art. 3)
Protection from Violence
- English
1. The Government shall protect and strengthen the sovereignty of the Kingdom, provide good governance, and ensure peace, security, well-being and happiness of the people.
… (Art. 20) - Dzongkha
༡) གཞུང་གིས་ རྒྱལ་ཁབ་རང་བཙན་གྱི་ཉེན་སྐྱོབ་དང་མཐའ་བཙན་ གཞུང་སྐྱོང་ལེགས་ལྡན་ མི་སེར་གྱི་ཞི་བདེ་དང་ བདེ་སྲུང་ བདེ་སྐྱིད་ དགའ་སྐྱིད་ཡོདཔ་ངེས་གཏན་བཟོ་དགོ།
་་་༼རྩ་ཚན་༢༠༽
Protection from Violence
- English(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of expression, …
(2) The right in subsection (1) does not extend to –
(a) propaganda for war;
(b) incitement of imminent violence; or
(c) advocacy of hatred that is based on race, ethnicity, gender or religion, and that constitutes incitement to cause harm. (Sec. 16)
Protection from Violence
- English(1) To enjoy the protection of law and to be treated in accordance with law is the inalienable right of every citizen. Wherever he may be, and of every other person for the time being within Pakistan.
(2) In particular--
(a) no action detrimental to the life, liberty, body, reputation or property of any person shall be taken except in accordance with law;
… (Art. 4) - Urdu(١) ہر شہری خواہ کہیں بھی ہو، اور کسی بھی دوسرے شخص جو فی الوقت پاکستان میں ہو، یہ ناقابل انتقال حق ہے کہ اسے قانون کا تحفظ حاصل ہو اور اس کے ساتھ قانون کے مطابق سلوک کیا جائے۔
(۲) خصوصا۔۔
(الف)کوئی ایسی کاروائی نہ کی جائے جو کسی شخص کی جان، آزادی، جسم، شہرت یا املاک کے لیے مضر ہو، سوائے جب کہ قانون اس کی اجازت دے؛
…(آرٹیکل۴)
Protection from Violence
- 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
- EnglishThe Constitution assures to all persons:
1. The right to life and to the physical and psychological integrity of the person.
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2. … In Chile there are no slaves, and [any] one that sets foot on its territory becomes free.
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7. The right to personal freedom and to individual security.
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15. …
The Political Constitution guarantees political pluralism. The parties, movements or other forms of organization of which the objectives, acts or conduct do not respect the basic principles of the democratic and constitutional regime, advocate [procuren] the establishment of a totalitarian system, as well as those which use violence, or advocate or incite it as a method of political action, are unconstitutional. It will correspond to the Constitutional Tribunal to declare such unconstitutionality.
… (Art. 19) - SpanishLa Constitución asegura a todas las personas:
1º.- El derecho a la vida y a la integridad física y psíquica de la persona.
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2º.- … En Chile no hay esclavos y el que pise su territorio queda libre.
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7º.- El derecho a la libertad personal y a la seguridad individual.
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15º.- …
La Constitución Política garantiza el pluralismo político. Son inconstitucionales los partidos, movimientos u otras formas de organización cuyos objetivos, actos o conductas no respeten los principios básicos del régimen democrático y constitucional, procuren el establecimiento de un sistema totalitario, como asimismo aquellos que hagan uso de la violencia, la propugnen o inciten a ella como método de acción política. Corresponderá al Tribunal Constitucional declarar esta inconstitucionalidad.
… (Art. 19)
Protection from Violence
- EnglishWar crimes, crimes against humanity, [and] the crime of genocide, are punished within the conditions determined by the law. They are imprescriptible. (Art. 12)
- FrenchLes crimes de guerre, les crimes contre l’humanité, le crime de génocide, sont punis dans les conditions déterminées par la loi. Ils sont imprescriptibles. (Art. 12)
Protection from Violence
- English...
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subarticles (1) and (4), it shall not be lawful for any political party to be registered which according to its constitution or policy –
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(c) accepts or advocates for the use of the force or violent confrontation as means of attaining its political goals;
… (Art. 20)
Protection from Violence
- 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
- 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)