Article 35
(Family, marriage and filiation)
1. The family is the basic nucleus of social organisation and shall be the object
of special protection by the state, whether based on marriage or on a de facto
union between a man and a woman.
2. Everyone shall have the right to freely found a family under the terms of the
Constitution and the law.
3. Men and women shall be equal within the family, in society and before the
state, enjoying the same rights and being responsible for the same duties.
4. The law shall regulate the requirements for, and the effects of, marriage and
de facto union, as well their dissolution.
5. Children shall be equal before the law and any discrimination or the use of
any discriminatory nomenclature with regard to filiation shall be prohibited.
6. It shall be an absolute priority of the family, the state and society to protect
the rights of the child, namely their full and balanced upbringing, health care,
education and living conditions .
7. The state, in collaboration with the family and society, shall promote the full
and balanced development of young people and adolescents, and the creation
of conditions for the fulfilment of their political, economic, social and
cultural rights and shall foster youth organizations established for economic,
cultural, artistic, recreational, sporting, environmental, scientific, educational,
patriotic and international youth exchange purposes.
Article 36
(Right to physical freedom and personal security)
1. Everyone shall have the right to physical freedom and individual security.
2. No-one may be deprived of their freedom, except in cases prescribed by the
Constitution and the law.
3. The right to physical freedom and individual security shall also involve:
a) The right not to be subjected to any form of violence by public or private
entities;
b) The right not to be tortured or treated or punished in a cruel, inhumane or
degrading manner;
c) The right to fully enjoy physical and mental integrity;
d) The right to protection and control over one’s own body;
e) The right not to be submitted to medical or scientific experiments without
prior informed and duly justified consent.
Article 37
(Right to property, requisitions and expropriations)
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