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Article 12
No one shall be forced into exile.
• Protection of stateless persons
• Protection from expropriation
• Right to own property
Every person persecuted by reason of his political or religious convictions, (or) by his
ethnicity, may benefit from the right of asylum in the Republic of Mali.
Article 13
The right of property shall be guaranteed. None shall be expropriated except for
public use and then only against a just and prearranged indemnification.
• Right to establish a business
Article 14
Entrepreneurial freedom shall be guaranteed within the limits of the law and
regulations then in force.
• Protection of environment
Article 15
Every person shall have the right to a healthy environment. The protection, defense
and promotion of the environment shall be obligations for all and for the State.
• Right to health care
• Right to rest and leisure
• Right to shelter
Article 16
Education, instruction, formation, work, housing, leisure, health, and social
protection shall constitute recognized rights.
Article 17
• Right to rest and leisure
• Right to work
The right to work and to rest shall be recognized and shall be equal for all.
• Right to choose occupation
• Prohibition of slavery
• Duty to work
Work shall be an obligation for every citizen but no one shall be forced into specific
occupation except in the case of accomplishment of an exceptional service of a
general (public) interest, equal for all within the conditions determined by law.
• Right to join trade unions
Article 18
The freedom of syndication shall be guaranteed. The syndicates exercise their
activities without interference and without limits except those preordained by law.
• Right to strike
Article 19
The right to strike shall be guaranteed. It shall be exercised within the limits of the
laws and regulations then in force.
Article 20
Every citizen shall have the right to education.
• Compulsory education
• Free education
Public education shall be obligatory, free and secular.
Private education shall be recognized and exercised within the conditions specified
bylaw.
Mali 1992
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