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Article 48
The right to decent housing, the right of access to drinking water and to electric
energy are guaranteed. The law establishes the modalities of the exercise of these
rights.
• State support for the elderly
• State support for the disabled
Article 49
The elderly person and the handicapped person have the right to specific measures
of protection concerning their physical, intellectual and moral needs.
The State has the duty to promote the presence of handicapped persons within
national, provincial and local institutions.
An organic law determines the modalities of application of this right.
Chapter 3: Of Collective Rights
Article 50
The State protects the legitimate rights and interests of Congolese who are both
inside and outside the country.
Under reserve of reciprocity, any foreigner who finds himself legally on the national
territory enjoys the same rights and freedoms as a Congolese, the political rights
excepted.
They benefit from the protection granted to persons and their assets under the
conditions determined by the treaties and the laws.
They are required to conform to the laws and regulations of the Republic.
• Integration of ethnic communities
Article 51
The State has the duty to assure and to promote the peaceful and harmonious
coexistence of all the ethnic groups of the country.
It assures equally the protection and the promotion of vulnerable groups and of all
minorities.
It sees to their development.
• General guarantee of social security
Article 52
All Congolese have the right to peace and to security, both on the national as well as
on the international level [plan].
• Terrorism
• Protection of environment
No individual or group of individuals may use a part of the national territory as a base
of operation for subversive or terrorist activities against the Congolese State or any
other State.
Article 53
All persons have the right to a healthy environment and [one] propitious for their
integral development.
They have the duty to defend it.
The State sees to the protection of the environment and the health of the population.
Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 2005 (rev. 2011)
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