6.12.2009

Article 14 of the New Constitution of Bolivia


Article 14.

I.
All human beings have personality and legal capacity in accordance to the laws and enjoy the rights recognized by this Constitution, without any distinction.

II. The State prohibits and sanctions any form of discrimination founded on a reason of sex, color, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, origin, culture, nationality, citizenship, language, religious creed, ideology, political or philosophical affiliation, marital status, economic or social condition, type of occupation, grade of instruction, disability, pregnancy, or others that have as an objective or result in annulling or reducing the recognition, enjoyment and exercise, in conditions of equality, of the rights of every person.

III. The State guarantees to every person and collectivity, without any discrimination, the free and efficient exercise of the rights established in this Constitution, the laws and the international treaties of human rights.

IV. While exercising their rights, nobody will be obligated to do what this Constitution and the laws don't mandate, or deprive themselves from what they don’t prohibit.

V. The Bolivian laws apply to every person, natural or legal, Bolivian or foreign, within the Bolivian territory.

VI. Foreign males and females within the Bolivian territory have the rights and must comply with the duties established in this Constitution, apart from the restrictions contained herein.

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