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2 | Afghanistan | CHAPTER I ARTICLE 6 | The state shall be obligated to create a prosperous and progressive society based on social justice, preservation of human dignity, protection of human rights, realization of democracy, attainment of national unity as well as equality between all peoples and tribes and balance development of all areas of the country. | 2004 | human | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | CHAPTER II ARTICLE 24 | Liberty is the natural right of human beings. This right has no limits unless affecting others freedoms as well as the public interest, which shall be regulated by law. Liberty and human dignity are inviolable. The state shall respect and protect liberty as well as human dignity. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | CHAPTER II ARTICLE 29 | Persecution of human beings shall be forbidden. No one shall be allowed to or order torture, even for discovering the truth from another individual who is under investigation, arrest, detention or has been convicted to be punished. Punishment contrary to human dignity shall be prohibited. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Albania | preamble | with a pledge to protect human dignity and personhood, as well as for the prosperity of the whole nation, for peace, well-being, culture and social solidarity, | 1998 (rev. 2016) | human | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Article 3 | The independence of the state and the integrity of its territory, dignity of the individual, human rights and freedoms, social justice, constitutional order, pluralism, national identity and inheritance, religious coexistence, as well as coexistence with, and understanding of Albanians for, minorities are the bases of this state, which has the duty of respecting and protecting them. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Article 28 | 5. Every person who has been deprived of liberty pursuant to Article 27, has the right to humane treatment and respect for his dignity. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Algeria | preamble | Stretching back over thousands of years, their history is marked by a progression of exertion and struggle that has turned Algeria into an everlasting seedbed of freedom and a land of glory and dignity. | 1989 (reinst. 1996, rev. 2020) | other | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Article 29 | The State shall attend to preserving the identity and dignity of its citizens residing abroad, consolidating their ties with the Nation and mobilising their contribution to the development of their motherland. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Article 39 | Any form of physical or moral violence or violation of dignity shall be prohibited and punishable by law. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Article 54 | This freedom [of the press] shall not be exploited to infringe upon the dignity, liberty, and rights of others. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Article 77 | The living conditions of citizens below the legal working age and those who cannot work or can never work again shall be guaranteed by the State within a framework of respect for human dignity. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Article 78 | This freedom [Freedom of intellectual creativity] may not be infringed except if it violates the dignity of individuals. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Article 84 | The State shall guarantee the respect for the symbols of the Revolution, the memory of the Shouhada’ and the dignity of their dependants and that of the Mujahidin. | other | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Andorra | TITLE I ARTICLE 1, 2 | The Constitution proclaims that the action of the Andorran State is inspired by the principles of respect and promotion of liberty, equality, justice, tolerance, defence of human rights and dignity of the person. | 1993 | human | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | TITLE II CHAPTER I ARTICLE 4 | The Constitution recognises human dignity to be inalienable and therefore guarantees the inviolable and imprescriptible rights of the individual, which constitute the foundation of political order, social peace and justice. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | TITLE II CHAPTER III ARTICLE 20, 1 | All persons have the right to education, which shall be oriented towards the dignity and full development of the human personality, thus strengthening the respect for freedom and the fundamental rights. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | TITLE II CHAPTER V ARTICLE 29 | All persons have the right to work, to their promotion through work, and to just income which shall guarantee a living befitting human dignity for themselves and their families, as well as to the reasonable limitation of the working day, weekly rest and paid vacation. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Angola | preamble | Noting that the Constitution of the Republic of Angola is linked to, and a direct part of, the long and enduring struggle of the Angolan people, first to resist colonial occupation, then to achieve the independence and the dignity of a sovereign state, and later to build a democratic state based on the rule of law and a just society in Angola; […] Determined to build together a just and progressive society that respects life, equality, diversity and human dignity; […] Faithful to the deepest wishes of the Angolan people for stability, dignity, liberty, development and the building of a modern, prosperous, inclusive, democratic and just country; | 2010 | human | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | TITLE I ARTICLE 1 | Angola shall be a sovereign and independent Republic, based on the dignity of the individual and the will of the Angolan people, whose primary objective shall be to build a free, just, democratic, solidary society of peace, equality and social progress. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | TITLE I ARTICLE 7 | The validity and legal force of custom which does not contradict the Constitution and does not threaten human dignity shall be recognised. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | TITLE II CHAPTER II SECTION I ARTICLE 31, 2 | The state shall respect and protect the human person and human dignity. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | TITLE II CHAPTER II SECTION I ARTICLE 32, 2 | The law shall establish effective guarantees against the procurement and use of information relating to individuals and families in a manner which is abusive or offends against human dignity. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
24 | TITLE III CHAPTER I ARTICLE 89, 1 | The organisation and regulation of economic activities shall be based on a general guarantee of overall economic rights and freedoms in general, and an appreciation of work, human dignity and social justice, in accordance with the following fundamental principles: | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
25 | TITLE IV CHAPTER III SECTION II ARTICLE 152, 2 | 2. Members shall always lose their seat if : […] d.They have been sanctioned for indecorous behaviour harmful to the duties and dignity of parliamentary office, following disciplinary proceedings introduced under the terms of the appropriate regulations of the National Assembly; | official | |||||||||||||||||||||
26 | TITLE VI CHAPTER III ARTICLE 223, 2 | Recognition of the institutions of the traditional authorities shall oblige public and private entities to respect, in their relations with these institutions, the values and norms of customary law that are observed within traditional political and community organisations and do not conflict with the Constitution or the dignity of the human person. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
27 | TITLE VII CHAPTER II ARTICLE 236 | Alterations to the Constitution must respect: a.The dignity of the human person; | 2010 | human | ||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Antigua and Barbuda | preamble | WHEREAS the People of Antigua and Barbuda- a.proclaim that they are a sovereign nation founded upon principles that acknowledge the supremacy of God, the dignity and worth of the human person, the entitlement of all persons to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, the position of the family in a society of free men and women and free institutions; | 1981 | human | |||||||||||||||||||
29 | Armenia | CHAPTER 1 ARTICLE 3 | A human being, his/her dignity, fundamental rights and freedoms are an inalienable and ultimate value. | 1995 (rev. 2005) | human | |||||||||||||||||||
30 | CHAPTER 2 ARTICLE 14 | No one shall be subjected to torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Arrested, detained or incarcerated persons shall be entitled to humane treatment and the respect of their dignity. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
31 | CHAPTER 2 ARTICLE 17 | human | ||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | CHAPTER 2 ARTICLE 47 | Everyone shall be obliged to honor the Constitutions and the laws, to respect the rights, freedoms and dignity of others. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Azerbaijan | ARTICLE 13. PROPERTY | III. The property cannot be used against human rights and civil liberties, against interests of the society and State, against human dignity. | 1995 (rev. 2016) | human | |||||||||||||||||||
34 | ARTICLE 18. RELIGION AND THE STATE | II. The spread and propaganda of religions (religious movements) which humiliate human dignity and contradict the principles of humanity are banned. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
35 | ARTICLE 24. MAIN PRINCIPLES CONCERNING HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES
| I. Human dignity is protected and respected. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
36 | ARTICLE 46. PROTECTION OF HONOR AND DIGNITY | I. Everyone has the right to protect his or her honor and dignity. II. The State shall protect personal dignity. Nothing can justify humiliation of personal dignity. III. Nobody can be tortured or tormented, nobody shall suffer a treatment or punishment humiliating to human dignity. Nobody can be experimented upon-medically, scientifically or in any other way-without his or her consent. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
37 | ARTICLE 68. THE RIGHT TO PROTECTION AGAINST ARBITRARINESS AND BEING TREATED WITH DIGNITY
| I. Everyone has the right to being treated by public bodies with dignity that rules out arbitrariness. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
38 | ARTICLE 103. OATH OF ALLEGIANCE OF THE PERSON ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN | I. The person who has been elected President of the Republic of Azerbaijan within three days starting from the announcement day of the Presidential election results with the participation of judges of the Constitutional Court takes the following oath: "While executing the power of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan I swear to observe the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan, defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the State, to serve the people in a dignified manner." | official | |||||||||||||||||||||
39 | ARTICLE 106. IMMUNITY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN
| The honor and dignity of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan shall be protected by law. | official | |||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Bahrain | Article 13 | a. Work is the duty of every citizen, is required by personal dignity and is dictated by the public good. Every citizen has the right to work and to choose the type of work within the bounds of public order and decency. | 2002 (rev. 2017) | other | |||||||||||||||||||
41 | Article 18 | People are equal in human dignity, and citizens are equal before the law in public rights and duties. There shall be no discrimination among them on the basis of sex, origin, language, religion or creed. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
42 | Article 19 | d. No person shall be subjected to physical or mental torture, or inducement, or undignified treatment, and the penalty for so doing shall be specified by law. Any statement or confession proved to have been made under torture, inducement, or such treatment, or the threat thereof, shall be null and void. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
43 | Bangladesh | PART II 11 | The Republic shall be a democracy in which fundamental human rights and freedoms and respect for the dignity and worth of the human person shall be guaranteed and in which effective participation by the people through their elected representatives in administration at all levels shall be ensured. | 1972 (reinst. 1986, rev. 2014) | human | |||||||||||||||||||
44 | SCHEDULE 7 | We the elected representatives of the people of Bangladesh, as honour bound by the mandate given to us by the people of Bangladesh whose will is supreme duly constituted ourselves into a Constituent Assembly, and […] •in order to ensure for the people of Bangladesh equality, human dignity and social justice, | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
45 | Barbados | preamble | Now, therefore, the people of Barbados a. proclaim that they are a sovereign nation founded upon principles that acknowledge the supremacy of God, the dignity of the human person, their unshakeable faith in fundamental human rights and freedoms and the position of the family in a society of free men and free institutions; | 1966 (rev. 2007) | human | |||||||||||||||||||
46 | Belarus | SECTION 2 ARTICLE 25 | The State shall safeguard personal liberty, inviolability and dignity. The restriction or denial of personal liberty is possible in the instances and under the procedure specified in law. | 1994 (rev. 2004) | human | |||||||||||||||||||
47 | SECTION 2 ARTICLE 28 | Everyone shall be entitled to protection against unlawful interference with one's private life, including encroachments on the privacy of one's correspondence and telephone and other communications, and on one's honour and dignity. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
48 | SECTION 2 ARTICLE 34 | The use of information may be restricted by legislation with the purpose to safeguard the honour, dignity, personal and family life of the citizens and the full implementation of their rights. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
49 | SECTION 2 ARTICLE 42 | Employees shall be guaranteed a just share of remuneration for the economic results of their labour in accordance with the quantity, quality and social significance of such work, but it shall not be less than the level which shall ensure them and their families a life of independence and dignity. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
50 | SECTION 2 ARTICLE 50 | Insults to ethnic dignity shall be prosecuted by law. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
51 | SECTION 2 ARTICLE 53 | Everyone shall respect the dignity, rights, liberties and legitimate interests of others. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
52 | SECTION 2 ARTICLE 60 | To defend their rights, liberties, honour and dignity, citizens shall be entitled in accordance with the law to recover, through the courts, both property damage and financial compensation for moral injury. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
53 | SECTION 4 CHAPTER 3 ARTICLE 79 | The President shall enjoy immunity, and his honour and dignity shall be protected by the law. | official | |||||||||||||||||||||
54 | Belgium | TITLE II ARTICLE 23 | Everyone has the right to lead a life in keeping with human dignity. | 1831 (rev. 2014) | human | |||||||||||||||||||
55 | Belize | preamble | WHEREAS the people of Belize- a. affirm that the Nation of Belize shall be founded upon principles which acknowledge the supremacy of God, faith in human rights and fundamental freedoms, the position of the family in a society of free men and free institutions, the dignity of the human person and the equal and inalienable rights with which all members of the human family are endowed by their Creator; […] e. require policies of state which protect and safeguard the unity, freedom, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Belize; which eliminate economic and social privilege and disparity among the citizens of Belize whether by race, ethnicity, colour, creed, disability or sex; which ensures gender equality; which protect the rights of the individual to life, liberty, basic education, basic health, the right to vote in elections, the right to work and the pursuit of happiness; which protect the identity, dignity and social and cultural values of Belizeans, including Belize's indigenous peoples; which preserve the right of the individual to the ownership of private property and the right to operate private businesses; which prohibit the exploitation of man by man or by the state; which ensure a just system of social security and welfare; which protect the environment; which promote international peace, security and co-operation among nations, the establishment of a just and equitable international economic and social order in the world with respect for international law and treaty obligations in the dealings among nations; | 1981 (rev. 2011) | human | |||||||||||||||||||
56 | PART II, 3 | 3. Whereas every person in Belize is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, the right, whatever his race, place of origin, political opinions, 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, namely- […] c.protection for his family life, his personal privacy, the privacy of his home and other property and recognition of his human dignity; and | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
57 | Benin | preamble | WE, THE BÉNINESE PEOPLE […] •Express our firm will to defend and safeguard our dignity in the eyes of the world and to find again the place and role as pioneer of democracy and of the defense of human rights which were formerly ours; •Solemnly affirm our determination by this present Constitution to create a State of law and pluralistic democracy in which the fundamental human rights, public liberties, the dignity of the human being, and justice shall be guaranteed, protected and promoted as the condition necessary for the genuine harmonious development of each Béninese in his temporal and cultural dimension as well as in his spiritual | 1990 | human | |||||||||||||||||||
58 | TITLE IX ARTICLE 148 | The Republic of Bénin may conclude with other States agreements of cooperation or of association based on the principles of equality, of mutual respect for sovereignty, of reciprocal advantages and of national dignity. | other | |||||||||||||||||||||
59 | Bhutan | ARTICLE 93 | The State shall endeavour to create a civil society free of oppression, discrimination and violence, based on the rule of law, protection of human rights and dignity, and to ensure the fundamental rights and freedoms of the people. | 2008 | human | |||||||||||||||||||
60 | ARTICLE 1020 | Every member of Parliament shall maintain the decorum and dignity of the House and shall desist from acts of defamation and use of physical force. | official | |||||||||||||||||||||
61 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | preamble | A State based on respect and equality for all, on principles of sovereignty, dignity, interdependence, solidarity, harmony, and equity in the distribution and redistribution of the social wealth, where the search for a good life predominates; based on respect for the economic, social, juridical, political and cultural pluralism of the inhabitants of this land; and on collective coexistence with access to water, work, education, health and housing for all. | 2009 | human | |||||||||||||||||||
62 | PART I TITLE I CHAPTER II ARTICLE 8, II | The State is based on the values of unity, equality, inclusion, dignity, liberty, solidarity, reciprocity, respect, interdependence, harmony, transparency, equilibrium, equality of opportunity, social and gender equality in participation, common welfare, responsibility, social justice, distribution and redistribution of the social wealth and assets for well being. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
63 | PART I TITLE I CHAPTER II ARTICLE 9 | The following are essential purposes and functions of the State, in addition to those established in the Constitution and the law: […] 2.To guarantee the welfare, development, security and protection, and equal dignity of individuals, nations, peoples, and communities, and to promote mutual respect and intra-cultural, inter-cultural and plural language dialogue. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
64 | PART I TITLE II CHAPTER III SECTION I ARTICLE 21 | Bolivians have the following rights: […] 2.To privacy, intimacy, honor, their self image and dignity. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
65 | PART I TITLE II CHAPTER III SECTION I ARTICLE 22 | The dignity and freedom of persons is inviolable. It is the primary responsibility of the State to respect and protect them. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
66 | PART I TITLE II CHAPTER III SECTION I ARTICLE 23, II | The imposition of measures depriving the liberty of adolescents shall be avoided. Every adolescent who is deprived of liberty shall receive preferential treatment on the part of the judicial, administrative and police authorities. They shall assure at all times respect for the dignity of the adolescent and their anonymity. The detention shall be carried out in premises distinct from those assigned to adults, taking into account the needs of his or her age. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
67 | PART I TITLE II CHAPTER V SECTION IX ARTICLE 73, I | Every person who is submitted to any form of deprivation of liberty shall be treated with the respect due to human dignity. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
68 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | preamble | Based on respect for human dignity, liberty, and equality, [...] | 1995 (rev. 2009) | human | |||||||||||||||||||
69 | Brazil | TITLE I Article 1 | The Federative Republic of Brazil, formed by the indissoluble union of States and Counties (municípios), as well as the Federal District, is a Democratic State of Law founded upon: […] III. human dignity; | 1988 (rev. 2017) | human | |||||||||||||||||||
70 | Article 170 | The economic order, founded on the appreciation of the value of human labor and free enterprise, is intended to assure everyone a dignified existence, according to the dictates of social justice, observing the following principles: [...] | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
71 | TITLE VIII CHAPTER VII Art 226 §7° | Based upon the principles of human dignity and responsible parenthood, couples are free to decide on family planning; it is incumbent upon the State to provide educational and scientific resources for the exercise of this right, prohibiting any coercion on the part of official or private institutions. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
72 | TITLE VIII CHAPTER VII Art 227 | It is the duty of the family, the society and the Government to assure children, adolescents, and youths, with absolute priority, the rights to life, health, nourishment, education, leisure, professional training, culture, dignity, respect, liberty and family and community harmony, in addition to safeguarding them against all forms of negligence, discrimination, exploitation, violence, cruelty and oppression. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
73 | TITLE VIII CHAPTER VII Art 230 | The family, society and the State have a duty to assist the elderly, assuring their participation in the community, defending their dignity and well-being, and guaranteeing their right to life. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
74 | Brunei Darussalam | PART VIII 572 | The Civil List shall be reasonable, adequate and suitable to the rank, position and dignity of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, His Consort and other members of the Royal Family, and shall not be directly or indirectly diminished during His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan’s reign. | 1959 (rev. 2006) | official | |||||||||||||||||||
75 | Bulgaria | preamble | We, the Members of the Seventh Grand National Assembly, guided by our desire to express the will of the people of Bulgaria, by pledging our loyalty to the universal human values of liberty, peace, humanism, equality, justice and tolerance; by holding as the highest principle the rights, dignity and security of the individual; [...] | 1991 (rev. 2015) | human | |||||||||||||||||||
76 | Chapter I Article 4, 2 | The Republic of Bulgaria shall guarantee the life, dignity and rights of the individual and shall create conditions conducive to the free development of the individual and of civil society. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
77 | Chapter I Article 6, 1 | All persons are born free and equal in dignity and rights. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
78 | Chapter I ARTICLE 32, 1 | The privacy of citizens shall be inviolable. Everyone shall be entitled to protection against any unlawful interference in his private or family affairs and against encroachments on his honour, dignity and reputation. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
79 | Burkina Faso | preamble | We, the Sovereign People of Burkina Faso: […] • COMMITTED to preserve those acquired and animated by a will to construct a State of law guaranteeing the exercise of collective and individual rights, liberty, dignity, security, well-being, development, equality and justice as the fundamental values of a pluralist society of progress and free from all prejudice; | 1991 (rev. 2012) | human | |||||||||||||||||||
80 | Burundi | TITLE I, 2 Article 13 | All Burundi people are equal in merit and dignity. All the citizens enjoy the same rights and have the right to the same legal protection. No Burundi citizen may be excluded from the social, economic, or political life of the nation due to his or her race, language, religion, gender or ethnic origin. | 2005 | human | |||||||||||||||||||
81 | TITLE I, 2 Article 14 | All Burundi citizens have the right to live in Burundi in peace and security. They may live together in harmony, while respecting each other’s human dignity and tolerating their differences. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
82 | TITLE II, 1 Article 21 | Human dignity is respected and protected. All violations of human dignity are punishable by the penal code. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
83 | TITLE II, 1 Article 27 | The State ensures, to the extent possible, that all citizens dispose of the means to carry out an existence of human dignity. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
84 | TITLE II, 1 Article 52 | All persons are entitled to obtain the satisfaction of their economic, social and cultural rights indispensable to their dignity and to the free development of their persons, due to the national effort and the proper management of the country’s resources. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
85 | TITLE X Article 252 | The Corps of Defense and of Security respect the rights and the dignity of their members within the framework of the normative constraints of discipline and instruction. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
86 | Cambodia | Chapter III Article 38 | The law protects the life, honor and dignity of citizens. | 1993 (rev. 2008) | human | |||||||||||||||||||
87 | Cape Verde | preamble | Assuming the principle of popular sovereignty, this Constitutional text consecrates a Democratic State with a vast list of rights, liberties, and guarantees to citizens, the concept of the dignity of the human being as the absolute value which is supreme over the State itself, a system of government with a balance of power between the various national institutions, a strong and independent judiciary, local authorities whose officeholders shall be elected by the communities to whom they are responsible, a Public Administration at the service of the citizens and conceived as an instrument of development, and a system of defense of the Constitution characteristic of a pluralistic democracy. | 1980 (rev. 1992) | human | |||||||||||||||||||
88 | PART I TITLE I Article 11 | Cape Verde is a sovereign, unitary, and democratic Republic, which guarantees respect for the dignity of the human being and recognizes the inviolability and inalienability of Human Rights as the basis of all human community, peace and justice. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
89 | PART V TITLE V CHAPTER I Article 226 | Court sessions shall be public unless the Court decides otherwise under provisions of the law with a view to safeguarding the dignity and privacy of persons or of its own functioning. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
90 | Central African Republic | preamble | Animated by the desire to assure to Man his dignity within respect for the principle of "ZO KWE ZO" declared by the Founding Father of the Central African Republic, Barthélemy BOGANDA; | 2016 | human | |||||||||||||||||||
91 | ARTICLE 24 | Its motto is: Unité - Dignité - Travail [Unity - Dignity - Work]. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
92 | ARTICLE 38 | [...] "I ........, swear before God and before the Nation to observe the Constitution scrupulously, to guarantee the independence and the sustainability of the Republic, to safeguard the integrity of the territory, to preserve the peace, to consolidate the national unity, to assure the well-being of the Central African People, to fulfill conscientiously the duties of my office without any consideration of ethnic, regional, or religious order, of never exercising the powers conferred upon me by the Constitution for personal ends nor to revise the number and the duration of my mandate and in all [matters] only to be guided by the national interest and dignity of the Central African People". | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
93 | Chad | preamble | Consequently, We the Chadian People: • Affirm by this Constitution our desire to live together with respect for ethnic, religious, regional and cultural diversities, to build a State of law and one united Nation founded on public freedoms and the fundamental rights of Man, the dignity of the human person and political pluralism, on the African values of solidarity and fraternity; | 1996 (rev. 2005) | human | |||||||||||||||||||
94 | preamble | This institutional and political crisis that has destabilized Chad for more than three decades has only galvanized the determination of the Chadian people to achieve the building of one nation, of dignity, of freedom, of peace and of prosperity. | human | |||||||||||||||||||||
95 | Title VII Article 164 | "I swear to faithfully fulfill the duties of my office, in strict respect for its obligations of neutrality and of reserve, to see to respect for the Constitution and to conduct myself with dignity and loyalty in the accomplishment of my mission." | official | |||||||||||||||||||||
96 | Title XIV Article 217 | The Republic of Chad may conclude with other States agreements of cooperation or of association on the basis of the principles of equality, of mutual respect of sovereignty, of territorial integrity, of reciprocal benefits and of national dignity. | other | |||||||||||||||||||||
97 | Chile | Chapter I Article 1 | Persons are born free and equal in dignity and rights. | 1980 (rev. 2015) | human | |||||||||||||||||||
98 | Chapter IV President of the Republic Article 30 | He who has held this office for the entire term, shall assume, immediately and of right, the official dignity of Former President of the Republic. […] [This dignity] will not be reached by the citizen who fills the position of President of the Republic because of vacancy of the office or he who has been convicted in a political trial against him. | official | |||||||||||||||||||||
99 | China | preamble | This Constitution affirms the achievements of the struggles of the Chinese people of all nationalities and defines the basic system and basic tasks of the state in legal form; it is the fundamental law of the state and has supreme legal authority. The people of all nationalities, all state organs, the armed forces, all political parties and public organizations and all enterprises and undertakings in the country must take the Constitution as the basic norm of conduct, and they have the duty to uphold the dignity of the Constitution and ensure its implementation. | 1982 (rev. 2004) | official | |||||||||||||||||||
100 | CHAPTER I Article 5 | The state upholds the uniformity and dignity of the socialist legal system. | official |