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Article 25
The penalty is personal. No one may be held responsible and prosecuted for an act
not committed by them.

Article 26
Customary and traditional rules concerning collective criminal responsibility are
prohibited.
• Freedom of assembly
• Freedom of association
• Freedom of expression
• Freedom of religion
• Freedom of opinion/thought/conscience
• Freedom of press

Article 27
The freedoms of opinion and of expression, of communication, of conscience, of
religion, of the press, of association, of assembly, of movement, of demonstration and
of procession are guaranteed to all.
They may only be limited for the respect of the freedoms and the rights of others and
by the imperative to safeguard the public order and good morals.
The law determines the conditions of [their] exercise.

• Right to join trade unions

Article 28
The syndical freedom is recognized.
Every citizen is free to affiliate with the trade union of their choice.

• Right to strike

Article 29
The right to strike is recognized.
It is exercised within the framework of the laws which regulate it.

• Right to form political parties

Article 30
The dissolution of associations, political parties and trade unions may only intervene
within the conditions provided for by their statutes or by judicial means .

Article 31
The access to public employment is guaranteed to every Chadian without
discrimination whatever, under reserve of the specific conditions of each job .
• Right to equal pay for work

Article 32
The State recognizes to all citizens the right to work.
It guarantees to workers the just compensation for their services or for their
production.
No one may be discriminated against in their work because of their origins, of their
opinions, of their beliefs, of their sex or of their marital status

• Right to culture

Article 33
Every Chadian has the right to culture.

Chad 1996 (rev. 2005)

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