Country Malta
Year 2014
Type of Measure Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence Violence against women and girls

Brief Description


Article 36 of the Constitution adopted in 1964, and amended in 2014, includes the following provisions:  (1) No person shall be subjected to inhuman or degrading punishment or treatment.
(3) (a) No law shall provide for the imposition of collective Punishments.

Source of Information

Constitution of Malta 1964 (amended in 2014), UN Women Constitutional Database

 

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