27 The 27th December 2004 Constitution pays close attention to the respect for life and the protection of the individual, notably: Article 1: « The human being is sacred and inviolable. All State Officials, all organizations are under the absolute obligation to respect it »; - Article 3 clearly specifies that: « Every person has a right to life and to physical integrity. These rights cannot be violated except where the Law is to be applied. No one shall be subjected to torture, rape, or to cruel, inhuman, degrading or humiliating treatment. Any individual, State Official, or Organisation guilty of such acts shall be punished in conformity with the Law ». The Central African Republic, in showing its firm determination to consolidate the rule of law and the development of the individual, condemns the exploitation of man in all its forms by ratifying several international human rights instruments. 4/ The Principle of the Right to Liberty: Art. 6. Charter In order to combat injustice in all its forms and to restore liberty to the individual, the CAR re-affirmed its attachment to the principle of Liberty enshrined in Article 6 of the Charter. It is in this sense that from 1959 to 1976 the principle of the right to liberty had been recognised by all the previous Constitutions. The 5th February 1981 Constitution, in its Article 2, parag. 2 stipulates: « the liberty of the individual is inviolable » The principle of liberty had been solemnly re-affirmed in the preamble to the Constitution of the 28th November 1986 in the following terms: « Man and Woman are born free and equal before the Law » « the Republic is determined to develop the rule of law which would guarantee its inhabitants the security of their persons and their property, which would protect the weakest and allow each individual to freely exercise his/her rights ». The Constitution of the 14th January 1995, for its part, solemnly proclaimed in its preamble: « …resolved, to develop the rule of law based on genuine pluralist democracy… and with the full exercise of fundamental rights and liberties ». The principle of liberty is outlined in Article 2, parag. 2 of the same Constitution in the following terms: « every individual has a right to the free development of his/her personality… . » The Constitution of the 27th December 2004, in its Article 2, parag. 2 and Article 4, raised the principle of liberty. ¼ Article 2, parag. 2 stipulates: « every individual has the right to the free development of his/her personality on condition that he/she does not violate another person’s rights, nor break the law ». ¼ Article 4, parag. 1 stipulates « the liberty of the individual is inviolable».