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Article 13 of the Constitution (Equal Rights and Equal Protection of the Law)
Type of Measure
Laws > Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence
Violence against women and girls
Year
2005
Brief Description
Article 13 of the Constitution of the Republic of Burundi in 2005 includes the following provisions: All Burundians are equal in [their] merits and dignity. All citizens enjoy the same rights and have right to the same protection of the law. No Burundian may be excluded from the social, economical or political life of the nation because of their race, of their language, of their religion, of their sex or of their ethnic origin.
Source of Information
Constitution of the Republic of Burundi 2005, UN Women Constitutional Database.
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