PART IIFUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, DUTIES AND FREEDOMS
CHAPTER 1GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Article 66
All citizens are equal before the law. They shall enjoy the same rights, and shall be subject to the same duties
regardless of color, race, sex, ethnic origin, place of birth, religion, educational level, social position, the legal status
of their parents, or their profession.
Article 67
Men and women shall be equal before the law in all spheres of political, economic, social and cultural affairs.
Article 68
Disabled citizens shall enjoy fully the rights enshrined in the Constitution and shall be subject to the same duties, with
the exclusion of those rights and duties which their disability prevents them from undertaking.
Article 69
All acts intended to undermine national unity, disturb social harmony, or create divisions or situations of privilege or
discrimination based on color, race, sex, ethnic origin, place of birth, religion, educational level, social position,
physical or mental ability, the legal status of one's parents, or one's profession shall be punished according to law.
Article 70
1. All citizens shall have the right to life. All shall have the right to physical integrity and may not be subjected to
torture or to cruel or inhuman treatment.
2. In the Republic of Mozambique there shall be no death penalty.
Article 71
All citizens shall have the right to their honor, good name and reputation, as well as the right to privacy and to defend
their public image.
Article 72
All citizens shall have the right to live in, and the duty to defend, a balanced natural environment.
CHAPTER 2RIGHTS, DUTIES AND FREEDOMS
Article 73
1. All citizens shall have the right and the duty to participate in the process of extending and consolidating democracy
at all levels of State and society.
2. Citizens 18 years of age and over shall have the right to vote and to be elected to office, with the exception of
those legally deprived of this right.
3. The right to vote shall be personal and shall constitute a civic duty.
Article 74
1. All citizens shall have the right to freedom of expression and to freedom of the press as well as the right to
information.
2. Freedom of expression, which includes the right to disseminate one's opinion by all legal means, and the right to
information, shall not be limited by censorship.
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