Principles of peace and security for all Sample Clauses

Principles of peace and security for all. 1. All Burundian citizens have the right to live in peace and security without any discrimination whatsoever. 2. The sovereignty of the people through the Constitution and the laws that stem from it shall be respected by all. 3. The institutions have the primary duty to guarantee: a. The security of all citizens; b. The protection of the inalienable rights of the human person, starting with the right to life, and the rights embodied inter alia in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in the international conventions to which Burundi is a party; c. The protection of all the ethnic communities of the population through specific mechanisms for the prevention of coups d'état, segregation and genocide; d. Respect for the law and combating of impunity; e. Good governance; f. Sovereignty of the State and integrity of the national territory. 4. Any foreign intervention other than under international conventions shall be prohibited. All recourse to foreign forces shall be prohibited, except when authorized by the institutions empowered to do so. 5. All Burundian citizens shall be under an obligation to respect the right of their fellow citizens to peace and security, as well as to respect public order. 6. The prerequisites for the establishment and maintenance of peace and security are: a. Unity within the defence and security forces; b. Political neutrality of the defence and security forces; c. The professional, civic and moral qualities of the defence and security forces; d. Neutrality and independence of the magistracy; e. Control of illegal possession and use of weapons. 7. The use of force as a means of access to and retention of power shall be rejected. 8. The defence and security forces belong to all the people of Burundi. They shall be an instrument for the protection of all the people, and all the people must identify with them. 9. The establishment of militias and terrorist and genocidal organizations, the practice of terrorism and genocide and incitement to those practices shall be prohibited. 10. Political organizations shall promote inclusion; exclusion on ethnic, sexual, regional and religious grounds shall be prohibited. 11. The ideals of peace and national unity shall be promoted and developed within the political parties, and propagation of the ideologies of exclusion, racism and genocide shall be prohibited. 12. The principle of participation of all components of society in the management of all the organs of the State, as well as equalit...
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