B- Areas of intervention The areas of intervention in the areas of civil and political, economic and social rights. 1. Civil and political a) The principle of non-discrimination (article 2 of the ACHPR) Article 8 of the Constitution of 20 January 2002 lays down that: « All citizens shall be equal before the law. No discrimination shall be based on origin, social or material situation, racial, ethnical, or departmental affiliation, sex, education, language, religion, philosophy, or place of abode, notwithstanding articles 68 and 69. Women shall have the same rights as men. The law guarantees and ensures the protection and representation of women in all political, elective and administrative spheres». The first paragraph of Article 25 of the Charter on Rights and Liberties adopted on 29th May, 1991 at the National Sovereign Conference, focuses on the specific case of Congolese children: « Any child irrespective of their race, colour, sex, religion, national social origin, fortune, or birth shall be entitled to every protection measures from his/her family, society, and State consistent with his/her condition as minor.» b) The right to equality (article 3 of the ACHPR) The right to equality is mentioned in article 1 of the United Nations Charter : « All human beings shall be born free and equal before the law. They shall be entitled, without any distinction whatsoever to the same dignity and shall be equal before the law.» The first paragraph of Article 8 of the Constitution of 20th January stipulates as follows: « All citizens shall be equal before the law». At the end of the National Sovereign Conference, the Constitution of the Republic of Congo, adopted following the 15th March, 1992 Referendum enshrined the principle of equality of its citizens in its Article 11. «The State shall promote equality of its citizens before the law irrespective of their origin, social or material status, racial, ethnic and regional affiliation, sex, education, language, attitude to religion and philosophy, place of residence. The State shall respect all rights and liberties in so far as they are consistent with public order and decency. Etc.». 14