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Article 252
The Corps of Defense and of Security respect the rights and the dignity of their
members within the framework of the normative [normales] constraints of discipline
and instruction.
Article 253
The members of the Corps of Defense and of Security have the right to be informed
about the socio-political life of the country and to receive a civic education.
Article 254
All foreign intervention outside the international conventions is prohibited. All
recourse to foreign forces is prohibited, except in the case of authorization by the
President of the Republic.
Article 255
The State has the duty to put in place a pertinent policy of reforms in [the] matter of
defense and of security that reinforces the unity and the cohesion of the Burundian
People, notably by assuring the necessary ethnic, regional and gender equilibriums.
Article 256
The Corps of Defense and of Security are organized in a manner that guarantees the
unity within themselves [en leur sein], the political neutrality of the members as well
as the impartiality in the accomplishment of their missions.
Article 257
The Corps of Defense and of Security are open without discrimination to all
Burundian citizens who desire to be a part of them. Their organization is based on
volunteering and on professionalism.
During a period to be determined by the Senate, the Corps of Defense and of
Security may not include more than 50% of the members belonging to a particular
ethnic group, taking into account the necessity to assure the ethnic equilibrium and
to prevent the acts of genocide and the coups d'Etat.
Article 258
The correction of the disequilibrium within the Corps of Defense and of Security is
approached [abordée] progressively in a spirit of reconciliation and trust in order to
secure all Burundians.
Article 259
The Corps of Defense and Security are composed of professionals and are
nonpartisan.
Their members benefit from a technical, moral and civic training [formation]. This
training focuses notably on the culture of peace[,] the conduct in a pluralist
democratic political system and for the rights of Man.
Burundi 2005
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