Costituzione 29 aprile 1994

Costituzione, 29 aprile 1994.

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Art. 10

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2. The State recognizes and guarantees all its citizens the right to preserve, develop and express their ethnic, cultural, linguistic and religious identity.

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Art. 16

1. It is the foremost duty of the State to respect and protect the human person.
2. All citizens of the Republic of Moldova are equal before the law and the public authorities, without any discrimination as to race, nationality, ethnic origin, language, religion, sex, political choice, personal property or social origin.

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Art. 31

1. The freedom of conscience is guaranteed, and its manifestations should be in a spirit of tolerance and mutual respect.
2. The freedom of religious worship is guaranteed and religious bodies are free to organize themselves according to their own statutes under the rule of law.
3. In their mutual relationships religious cults are forbidden to use, express or incite to hatred or enmity.
4. Religious cults are autonomous vis-a-vis the State and shall enjoy the latter’s support, including that aimed at providing religious assistance in the army, in hospitals, prisons, homes for the elderly and orphanages.

Art. 32

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3. The law shall forbid and prosecute all actions aimed at denying and slandering the State or the people. Likewise shall be forbidden and prosecuted the instigations to sedition, war, aggression, ethnic, racial or religious hatred, the incitement to discrimination, territorial separatism, public violence, or other actions threatening constitutional order.

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Art. 35

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8. The State ensures under the law the freedom of religious education. The State ensures a lay education.
9. The priority right of choosing an appropriate educational background for children lies with the parents.

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Art. 72

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3. The purpose of the organic laws is to direct and control:

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1) the general status of religious worship;

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