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• National flag
The national emblem is the tricolor flag, blue, gold, red in vertical bands and of
dimensions equal, the blue being next to the pole.
• National motto
The motto of the Republic of Chad is Unité -Travail -Progrès [Unity-Work-Progress]
• National anthem
The National Anthem is La Tchadienne.
• National capital
The capital of the Republic of Chad is N'Djaména.
• Official or national languages
Article 9
The official languages are French and Arabic.
The law establishes the conditions of promotion and of development of the national
languages.
Article 10
The seals and the arms of the Republic of Chad are determined by the law.
• Requirements for birthright citizenship
• Conditions for revoking citizenship
Article 11
The conditions of acquisition and of loss of Chadian nationality are established by
the law.
Title II: Of the Freedoms, of the Fundamental
Rights and Duties
Article 12
The freedoms and the fundamental rights are recognized and their exercise
guaranteed to the citizens within the conditions and forms provided for by the
Constitution and the law.
• Equality regardless of gender
Article 13
Chadians of both sexes have the same rights and the same duties.
They are equal before the law.
• General guarantee of equality
• Equality regardless of gender
• Equality regardless of social status
• Equality regardless of political party
• Equality regardless of origin
• Equality regardless of race
• Equality regardless of religion
Article 14
The State assures to all equality before the law without distinction of origin, of race,
of sex, of religion, of political opinion or of social position.
It has the duty to see to the elimination of all the forms of discrimination with regard
to women and to assure the protection of their rights in all the domains of private
and public life.
Chad 1996 (rev. 2005)
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