The age of majority shall be 18.
Article 25
(Foreigners and stateless persons)
1. Foreigners and stateless persons shall enjoy fundamental rights, freedoms and
guarantees and the protection of the state.
2. The following are forbidden to foreigners and stateless persons:
a) Holding office in bodies that exercise sovereign power;
b) Electoral rights, under the terms of the law;
c) Founding or serving in political parties;
d) Entitlements to participation in politics, as stipulated by law;
e) Access to a diplomatic career;
f) Entry into the armed forces, the national police force and the intelligence
and security organisations;
g) Direct state administrative functions, under the terms of the law;
h) Any other rights and duties reserved exclusively for Angolan citizens
under the Constitution and the law.
3. Rights not conferred on foreigners may be granted to citizens of regional or
cultural communities to which Angola may belong or be associated with,
through international conventions and on the basis of reciprocity, with the
exception of the right to vote and stand for election to bodies that exercise
sovereign power.
Article 26
(Scope of fundamental rights)
1. The fundamental rights established in this Constitution shall not exclude
others contained in the laws and applicable rules of international law.
2. Constitutional and legal precepts relating to fundamental rights must be
interpreted and incorporated in accordance with the Universal Declaration of
the Rights of Man, the African Charter on the Rights of Man and Peoples and
international treaties on the subject ratified by the Republic of Angola.
3. In any consideration by the Angolan courts of disputes concerning
fundamental rights , the international instruments referred to in the previous
point shall be applied, even if not invoked by the parties concerned.
Article 27
(Rules governing rights, freedoms and guarantees)
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