CHAPTER 2
Article 2
Every individual shall be entitled to the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms
recognized and guaranteed in the present Charter without distinction of any kind
such as race, ethnic group, colour, sex, language, religion, political or any other
opinion, national and social origin, fortune, birth or other status.
87.
The State party has taken the following legislative, judicial and
administrative measures to implement the provisions of Article 2:
A.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
The Constitution
88.
Article 11 of the Constitution, Chapter 1 recognizes and declares that
every person in Zambia is entitled to all fundamental rights and freedoms.
Article 11 reads:
“It is recognized and declared that every person in Zambia has been and shall
continue to be entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual,
that is to say, the right, whatever his race, place of origin, political opinions,
colour, creed, sex or marital status, but subject to the limitations contained in
this Part, to each and all of the following, namely:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
life, liberty, security of the person and the protection of the law;
freedom of conscience, expression, assembly, movement and
association;
protection of young persons from exploitation;
Protection for the privacy of his home and other property
without compensation.
and the provisions of this part shall have effect for the purpose of affording
protection to these rights and freedoms subject to such limitations of that
protection as are contained in this Part, being limitations designed to ensure that
the enjoyment of the said rights and freedoms by any individual does not
prejudice the rights and freedoms of others or the public interest.”
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