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Preamble
The Representatives of the driving forces of the Nation, gathered within the
National Transition Council (NTC);
• Reference to country's history
Considering the political changes of March 24th 2013 that led to the suspension of
the Constitution of December 27th 2004 and the dissolution of the Republican
Institutions;
Considering the necessity of determining and fixing the operating rules of the State
for the Transition period;
Conscious that the foundations of peace and national unity are made solely of
tolerance and dialogue;
• International organizations
Reiterate their full accession to the Libreville Agreements of January 11th 2013, to
the decisions of the third and fourth extraordinary enlarged summits of Heads of
State and Governments of the ECCAS of April 3rd to 18th 2013, as well as those of
the Committee on the Implementation of the Libreville Agreements and the
International Contact Group on the Central African Republic of May 2nd and 3rd
2013 and engage the State as well as all of the relevant stakeholders to respect them
scrupulously;
Reassert their determination of building a State of law and a democratic nation for
the reestablishment of the constitutional order;
Reassert their unwavering opposition to the conquest of power by force and to all
forms of dictatorship and oppression, as well as all acts of division or incitement to
hatred;
• Regional group(s)
Reassert their determination to cooperate peacefully and in friendship with all
States, to work for the African Union in accordance with the Constitutive Act
adopted on July 12th 2000, to promote the peaceful resolution of disagreements
between States in respect for Justice, Equality, Liberty and the sovereignty of
people;
• International organizations
• International human rights treaties
Reassert their accession to the Charter of the United Nations, to the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights of December 10th 1948, to the International
Covenants of December 16th 1966 on economic, social and cultural rights on the
one hand, and on civil and political rights on the other;
• International human rights treaties
Reassert their commitment to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights of
June 27th 1981;
• International law
• International human rights treaties
Reassert their accession to all the international Conventions duly ratified, in
particular those relative to the prohibition of any form of discrimination against
women and those relative to the protection of children’s rights.
Title I: Of the Fundamental Bases of Society
Article 1
The human person is sacred and inviolable. All agents of the public power, all
organisations, have the absolute duty to respect and protect it.
The Republic recognizes Human Rights as the basis of any human community, of
peace and justice in the world.
Central African Republic 2013
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