CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE
2. With a view to guaranteeing the right to the environment within the framework
of sustainable development, the State shall adopt policies aimed at:
a) preventing and controlling pollution and erosion;
b) integrating environmental objectives with sectoral policies;
c) promoting the integration of environmental values into educational policies
and programmes;
d) guaranteeing the rational utilisation of natural resources and the
safeguarding of their capacity to regenerate, ecological stability and the
rights of future generations;
e) promoting territorial ordinance with a view to ensuring the correct location
of activities, and balanced socio-economic development.
Article 118
Traditional Authority
1. The State shall recognise and esteem traditional authority that is legitimate
according to the people and to customary law.
2. The State shall define the relationship between traditional authority and other
institutions and the part that traditional authority should play in the economic,
social and cultural affairs of the country, in accordance with the law.
Article 119
Family
1. The family is the fundamental unit and the basis of society.
2. The State shall, in accordance with the law, recognise and protect marriage as
the institution that secures the pursuit of family objectives.
3. In the context of the development of social relations based on respect for
human dignity, the State shall guarantee the principle that marriage is based on
free consent.
4. The law shall establish forms in which traditional and religious marriage shall
be esteemed, and determine the registration requirements and effects of such
marriage.
Article 120
Motherhood and Fatherhood
1. Motherhood and fatherhood shall be afforded dignity and protection.
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