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constituteproject.org PDF generated: 18 Apr 2016, 15:29 The judicial power, guardian of the public rights and freedoms, assures the respect for these rights and freedoms within the conditions specified by the law. Article 61 No one shall abuse the rights recognized by the Constitution or by the law to compromise the national unity, the peace, the democracy, the independence of Burundi, infringe the secularity of the State or violate in any other manner this Constitution. 2. OF THE FUNDAMENTAL DUTIES OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND OF THE CITIZEN Article 62 Every person has the duty to respect their compatriots and to show them consideration, without any discrimination. Article 63 Each citizen has duties toward the family and the society, toward the State and the other public collectivities. Article 64 Every Burundian has the duty to preserve and to reinforce the national unity in accordance with the Charte de l'Unité Nationale [Charter of the National Unity]. • Duty to obey the constitution Article 65 Each one is required to respect the laws and the institutions of the Republic. Article 66 Each Burundian has the duty to preserve the harmonious development of the family and to act [æuvrer] in favor of the cohesion and the respect for that family, to respect at every moment their parents, to nourish them and to assist them in case of necessity. Article 67 Each individual has the duty to respect and to consider their fellow man without any discrimination, and to maintain with them relations that permit [them] to promote, to safeguard and to reinforce respect and tolerance. Article 68 Each Burundian must see, in their relations with society, to the preservation and to the reinforcement of the Burundian cultural values and contribute to the establishment of a morally healthy society. Burundi 2005 Page 13

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