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• Protection of stateless persons
• Freedom of movement
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Article 9
The free circulation of persons and of assets, the free choice of residence and the
right of asylum, are guaranteed within the order of the laws and regulations in force.
• Duty to serve in the military
Article 10
Every Burkinabe citizen has the duty to participate in the defense and in the
maintenance of the territorial integrity.
He is required to fulfill national service when it is required of him.
CHAPTER II: OF POLITICAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES
Article 11
All Burkinabe enjoy civil and political rights within the conditions specified by the
law.
Article 12
All the Burkinabe without any distinction, have the right to participate in the conduct
of the affairs of the State and of society.
In this capacity, they are electors and eligible within the conditions specified by the
law.
• Prohibited political parties
• Right to form political parties
Article 13
The political parties and formations create themselves freely.
They participate in the activity of political life, in the information and the education
of the people as well as in the expression of suffrage.
They conduct their activities freely within respect for the laws.
All the political parties or formations are equal in rights and in duties.
However, tribalist, regionalist, denominational, or racist political parties or
formations are not authorized.
CHAPTER III: OF ECONOMIC RIGHTS AND DUTIES
• Ownership of natural resources
Article 14
The natural wealth and resources belong to the people.
They are utilized for the amelioration of their conditions of life.
• Protection from expropriation
• Right to own property
Article 15
The right of property is guaranteed. It may not be exercised contrary to social utility
or in a manner which results in prejudice to the security, to liberty, to existence or to
the property of others.
It can only be infringed the in case of public necessity declared in the legal forms.
Burkina Faso 1991 (rev. 2012)
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