Cameroon
Chapter II
Duties
Article 27
1. Every individual shall have duties towards his family and society, the State and other legally
recognized communities and the international community.
2. The rights and freedoms of each individual shall be exercised with due regard to the rights of others,
collective security, morality and common interest.
Article 28
Every individual shall have the duty to respect and consider his fellow beings without discrimination,
and to maintain relations aimed at promoting, safeguarding and reinforcing mutual respect and tolerance.
Article 29
The individual shall also have the duty:
1. to preserve the harmonious development of the family and to work for the cohesion and respect of the
family; to respect his parents at all times, to maintain them in case of need : -
2. to serve his national community by placing his physical and intellectual abilities at its service;
3. not to compromise the security of the State whose national or resident he is;
4. to preserve and strengthen the national solidarity, particularly when the latter is threatened;
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