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However, in some countries such as Lebanon, where candidates for elective office were required to be of a particular religious persuasion, public files met the need for vetting.

Anyone who receives, deposits, trades in, converts or transfers money, securities, property or other financial resources in the knowledge that they are derived from activities related to drug trafficking, fraud, illicit arms trafficking, trafficking in persons, kidnapping, extortion, embezzlement, corruption of public servants, terrorist acts, theft or international trafficking in vehicles, as provided for under Panamanian criminal law, with the aim of hiding or concealing their illicit origin or of helping to evade the legal consequences of such crimes shall be sentenced to 5 to 12 years’ imprisonment and a fine of 100 to 200 days.

Additional measures would be taken to increase the ratio of women in public offices and to promote them to important positions of State and public institutions; comprehensive laws aimed at guaranteeing the rights of children and women would also be adopted.

ZENKYO relates the present question to the more general one of the basic labour rights of public personnel, which is dealt with by the ILO Committee on Freedom of Association.

[...] [...] recognized under ordinary legislation through the equality of conditions and opportunities for all candidates to public office and positions, and equality concerning [...] [...]

[...] [...] abuses from holding government posts.

[...] [...] people, including public officeholders, [...] [...]

[...] [...] of his or her duties; (b) it threatened [...] [...]

The Committee also calls on the State party to criminalize domestic violence, strictly enforce the law combating violence against women, increase the number of shelters and monitor the discharge by relevant public officials of their responsibilities when dealing with victims of domestic violence.

[...] [...] to the highest positions in the executive [...] [...]

The new Constitution (ratified on 7 August 2008) guarantees civil and political rights and fundamental freedoms including, inter alia: the right to life; right to nondiscrimination; right to fair and public trials; protection from arbitrary detention; right to bail; freedom from forced confession; right to legal aid; prohibition of torture or degrading treatment; right to appeal; access to compensation for unlawful arrest or detention; right to vote (voting age reduced to 18) and to hold public office; freedom of opinion and expression; right to privacy; right to information; freedom of association; freedom of assembly; freedom of movement; and provision of special protection to vulnerable groups, including children, adolescents, elders, and people with special needs.

Together with UNDP, UNODC started methodological work aimed at building capacity for the development of integrity surveys for public officials in Iraq.

[...] [...] exercise of their official functions, they inflict severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, on an individual in order to obtain information or a confession from the tortured individual or a third party, or to inflict punishment for an act which that individual has or is suspected of having committed, or to coerce them into engaging or not engaging in a specific act.

The Government will create a conducive environment for conducting the referendum by taking a number of measures and procedures, including the lifting of the state of emergency in Darfur and guaranteeing the freedom of assembly and expression and allowing campaigning for either option (region or states).

The Committee calls upon the State party to ensure a full implementation of the measures outlined in the National Action Plan on Gender Equality 2007–2013, in particular those aimed at increasing the level of participation of women in the labour market as well as in the public service and to ensure equal treatment between women and men, including equal remuneration for work of equal value.

Public officials and medical personnel dealing with detainees and all professionals involved in the documentation and investigation of torture should receive training on the Manual on Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the Istanbul Protocol).

In the United Republic of Tanzania, as a positive reaction to the District Commission, use of radio to persuade women to run for office, women’s networks are encouraging them to stand for election.

[...] [...] interference with the duties of justice or law enforcement officials is punished only if committed by other public officials.

[...] [...] is performing public functions complies with the [...] [...]

Large corporations enjoyed a culture of impunity and the colonial Government had recently made thousands of public employees redundant by terminating many collective agreements.

The Federal Public Defenders Act establishes that any complaints lodged by public defenders or by detained persons or inmates in detention or prison facilities alleging torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or any other human rights violations committed by a public servant are to be reported to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, to the authority responsible for detention or prison facilities and to human rights bodies, as applicable.

[...] [...] holding public office or carrying out [...] [...]

(e ) Requests States to adopt concrete measures to prevent the violation of the human rights of migrants while in transit, including in ports and airports and at borders and migration checkpoints, to train public officials who work in those facilities and in border areas to treat migrants respectfully and in accordance with the law, and to prosecute, in conformity with applicable law, any act of violation of the human rights of migrants, inter alia, arbitrary detention, torture and violations of the right to life, including extrajudicial executions, during their transit from their country of origin to the country of destination and vice versa, including their transit through national borders

Although the provisions do not purport to mandate the enacting State to enact a code of conduct for suppliers or contractors in their relations with the procuring entity, some provisions of the code of conduct, such as those related to the concept of the “revolving door”, should indirectly establish boundaries for the behaviour of private sector entities or individuals with public officials.

In addition, campaigns had been launched [...] [...]

(i) To ensure that all public officials and [...] [...]

The assessment mission received detailed briefings from UNOCI and the United Nations country team, the World Bank, the African Development Bank and the Licorne force, and consulted with President Ouattara, Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Soro, the Ministers of the Interior, Justice and Human Rights, Finance, Planning, Civil Service and Employment, General Soumaila Bakayoko of FRCI as well as the President of the Independent Electoral Commission, the leadership of the national security, the diplomatic community, civil society, political parties, including FPI, and international and national non-governmental organizations.

Peru therefore also promotes agreements and fosters the work of non-governmental organizations; its Code of Ethics for Public Servants contains provisions aimed at eliminating all forms of discrimination against persons with disabilities, irrespective of gender.