constituteproject.org PDF generated: 18 Apr 2016, 15:29 1. OF THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND OF THE CITIZEN • Human dignity Article 21 Human dignity is respected and protected. All threat [atteinte] to human dignity is punished by the penal code. Article 22 • General guarantee of equality All citizens are equal before the law, which assures them an equal protection. • Equality regardless of gender • Equality regardless of skin color • Equality regardless of creed or belief • Equality regardless of social status • Equality regardless of origin • Equality regardless of race • Equality regardless of language • Equality regardless of religion • Equality for persons with disabilities No one may be subject to discrimination notably because of their origin, of their race, of their ethnicity, of their sex, of their color, of their language, of their social situation of their religious, philosophical or political convictions or because of a physical or mental handicap or because they are carriers of the HIV/AIDS or of any other incurable disease. • Ultra-vires administrative actions Article 23 No one shall be treated in an arbitrarily manner by the State or its organs. The State has the obligation to indemnify any person [made a] victim of arbitrary treatment by its act or of [the] act of its organs. • Right to life Article 24 Every woman, every man has the right to life. • Prohibition of cruel treatment • Freedom of movement • Prohibition of torture Article 25 Every woman, every man has the right to the freedom of their person, notably to the physical and psychical integrity and to the freedom of movement. No one shall be submitted to torture, or to cruel, inhuman or degrading penalties or treatments. • Prohibition of slavery Article 26 No one shall be held in slavery or in servitude. Slavery and trafficking in slaves are prohibited in all their forms. Article 27 The State sees[,] within the measure of possible[,] that all citizens dispose of the means to lead [mener] an existence in accordance with human dignity. Article 28 Every woman, every man has the right to respect for their private life and for their family life, for their domicile and their personal communications. Burundi 2005 Page 8