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The Preamble of the Constitution
Type of Measure
Laws > Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence
Violence against women and girls
Year
2005
Brief Description
The Preamble of the Constitution of the Republic of Burundi in 2005 includes the following provisions: Reaffirming our unwavering [inébranlable] determination to put an end to the profound causes of the continuous state of the ethnic and political violence, of genocide and of exclusion, of effusion of blood, of insecurity and of political instability, which have plunged the People into distress and suffering and compromise gravely the perspectives for economical development and the realization of equality and of social justice in our country.
Source of Information
Constitution of the Republic of Burundi 2005, UN Women Constitutional Database.
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