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Article 3: [Equality before the law]
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General guarantee of equality
1.
All persons shall be equal before the law.
2.
Men and women shall have equal rights. The state shall promote the actual
implementation of equal rights for women and men and take steps to eliminate
disadvantages that now exist.
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Provision for matrimonial equality
3.
No person shall be favoured or disfavoured because of sex, parentage, race,
language, homeland and origin, faith, or religious or political opinions. No person
shall be disfavoured because of disability.
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Equality regardless of gender
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Equality regardless of political party
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Equality regardless of parentage
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Equality regardless of origin
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Equality regardless of race
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Equality regardless of language
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Equality regardless of religion
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Equality for persons with disabilities
Article 4: [Freedom of faith and conscience]
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Freedom of religion
1.
Freedom of faith and of conscience, and freedom to profess a religious or
philosophical creed, shall be inviolable.
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Inalienable rights
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Freedom of opinion/thought/conscience
2.
The undisturbed practice of religion shall be guaranteed.
3.
No person shall be compelled against his conscience to render military service
involving the use of arms. Details shall be regulated by a federal law.
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Right to conscientious objection

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Article 5: [Freedom of expression, arts and sciences]
1.
Every person shall have the right freely to express and disseminate his opinions
in speech, writing and pictures, and to inform himself without hindrance from
generally accessible sources. Freedom of the press and freedom of reporting by
means of broadcasts and films shall be guaranteed. There shall be no censorship.
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Freedom of expression
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Freedom of press
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Radio
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Telecommunications
2.
These rights shall find their limits in the provisions of general laws, in provisions
for the protection of young persons, and in the right to personal honour.
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Right to protect one's reputation
3.
Arts and sciences, research and teaching shall be free. The freedom of teaching
shall not release any person from allegiance to the constitution.
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Right to academic freedom
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Reference to art