Costituzione 17 ottobre 1868

Costituzione, 17 ottobre 1868 e successivi emendamenti.

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Chapter II Luxembourgers and Their Rights

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Article 11
Basic Rights

(1) There is no distinction of orders in the State.
(2) Luxembourgers are equal before the law; they alone are eligible for civil and military service, save as the law may in particular cases otherwise provide.
(3) The State guarantees the natural rights of the individual and of the family.
(4) The law guarantees the right to work and assure to every citizen the exercise of this right.
(5) The law organizes the social security, health protection, and rest of workers and guarantee the freedom of trade unions.
(6) The law guarantees freedom of trade and industry, the exercise of the professions and of agricultural labor, subject to any restrictions that may be imposed by the legislature.

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Article 19
Freedom of Religion

Freedom of religion and of public worship as well as freedom to express one’s religious opinions are guaranteed, subject to the repression of offenses committed in the exercise of such freedoms.

Article 20
No Forced Religion

No one may be forced to take part in any way whatsoever in the acts and ceremonies of a religion or to observe its days of rest.

Article 21
Civil Marriage

Civil marriage must always precede the nuptial benediction.

Article 22
State and Church

The State’s intervention in the appointment and installation of heads of religions, the mode of appointing and dismissing other ministers of religion, the right of any of them to correspond with their superiors and to publish their acts and decisions, as well as the Church’s relations with the State shall be made the subject of conventions to be submitted to the Chamber of Deputies for the provisions governing its intervention.

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Article 26
Association

Luxembourgers enjoy freedom of association. This right shall not be made subject to any prior authorization.

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