64 - Rebuilding the stock of 300,000 houses destroyed by the war in the rural areas, - Creation of village level consolidation Associations, - Restructuring and cleaning up of certain poor population zones in BUJUMBURA and in the secondary Towns, - Sensitization of the population on the use of local construction materials and - Sensitization on the formation of domestic savings to finance the Housing. Article 25: Measures taken to promote the rights and freedoms contained in the Charter State Parties to the present Charter shall have the duty to promote and ensure through teaching, education and publication, the respect of the rights and freedoms contained in the present Charter and to see to it that these freedoms and rights as well as corresponding obligations and duties are understood. In the effort to promote and guarantee the rights and freedoms contained in the Charter, the Government of Burundi implemented several measures including: - The teaching of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the primary school level, - At the secondary school level, there are courses on civic education which are based on human rights, - At the higher education level, courses are taught on human rights and the history of education. A Ministry responsible for Human Rights and Gender was created for human rights promotion and protection. - Within this Ministry decentralized institutions in the Provinces known as Family Development Centres (CDF) were created and charged with the promotion and popularization of Women’s and Child Rights, - A radio programme on human rights is broadcast every Saturday from 16h.00. Article 26: The Independence of the Judiciary « State Parties to the present Charter shall have the duty to guarantee the independence of the Courts and shall allow the establishment and improvement of appropriate national institutions entrusted with the promotion and protection of the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the present Charter». The implementation of this provision of the Charter by Burundi can be seen in the following: - The sacrosanct principle of the separation of powers advocated by Montesquieu is recaptured in the Constitution of the Republic of Burundi of 18 March 2005 :

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