“ Right to life and Health Article 19 The State has the absolute obligation to guarantee the right to life, health, and respect of the human person for all citizens without distinction, in conformity with the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Man. ”

“ Section F - Education and Teaching Article 32 The State guarantees the right to education. It sees to the physical, intellectual, moral, professional, social and civic training of the population.
Article 32-1 Education is the responsibility of the State and its territorial divisions. They must make schooling available to all, free of charge, and ensure that public and private sector teachers are properly trained.
Article 32-2 The first responsibility of the State and its territorial divisions is education of the masses, which is the only way the country can be developed. ”

“ Article 17 All Haitians, regardless of sex or marital status, who have attained twenty-one years of age may exercise their political and civil rights if they meet the other conditions prescribed by the Constitution and by law. ”

“ Article 47 No one may be compelled to take an oath except in the cases and in the manner provided for by law.
Article 48 The State shall see to it that a Civil Pension Retirement Fund is established in the public and private sectors. The fund shall receive contributions from employers and employees, in accordance with the criteria and in the manner established by law. The granting of a pension is a right and not a privilege. ”

“ Be a native-born Haitian and never have renounced Haitian nationality;
b. Have attained thirty-five (35) years of age by the election day;
c. Enjoy civil and political rights and never have been sentenced to death, personal restraint or penal servitude or the loss of civil rights for a crime of ordinary law;
d. Be the owner in Haiti of at least one real property and have his habitual residence in the country;
e. Have resided in the country for five (5) consecutive years before the date of the elections;
f. Have been relieved of this responsibilities if he has been handling public funds. ”

“ Article 267-2 The military career is a profession. Its ranking, terms of enlistment, ranks, promotions, discharges, and retirement are determined by the regulations of the Haitian Armed Forces.
Article 267-3 Military personnel are under the jurisdiction of a military court only for offenses and crimes committed in wartime or for violations of military discipline. They may not be discharged, placed on inactive service, placed on half pay, or retired early except with their consent. If such consent is not given, the party concerned may lodge an appeal with the court of competent jurisdiction. ”

“ Article 231-1 In the event that, through fault of the Executive Branch, the Budget of the Republic has not been voted upon, the President of the Republic shall immediately call a special session of the Legislative Houses for the sole purpose of voting on the Government budget.
Article 232 Autonomous agencies and enterprises and entities subsidized wholly or in part by the Public Treasury shall be governed by special budgets and salary and wage systems approved by the Executive Branch. ”

“ Article 197 The Permanent Electoral Council shall rule on all disputes arising either in elections or in the enforcement or the violation of the Electoral Law, subject to any legal prosecution undertaken against an offender or offenders before the courts of competent jurisdiction. ”

“ Article 248 A special agency to be known as THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRARIAN REFORM shall be established to organize the revision of real property structures and to implement an agrarian reform to benefit those who actually work the land. This Institute shall draw up an agrarian policy geared to optimizing productivity by constructing infrastructure aimed at the protection and management of the land. ”

“ Article 11 Any person born of a Haitian father or a Haitian mother who are themselves native-born Haitians and have never renounced their nationality possesses Haitian nationality at the time of birth. ”

“ The State shall protect private enterprises and shall endeavor to see that it develops under the conditions necessary to increase the national wealth in such a way as to ensure the participation of the largest possible number of persons in the benefits of this wealth. ”

“ Article 42-3 Cases of conflicts between civilians and military personnel, abuses, violence and crimes perpetrated against a civilian by a member of the military in the performance of his duties are under the jurisdiction of courts for ordinary law. ”

“ Article 27-1 Government officials and employees are directly liable under civil and administrative criminal law for acts carried out in violation of rights. In such cases, civil liability extends to the State as well.
Section C - Freedom of Expression Article 28 Every Haitian has the right to express his opinions freely on any matter by any means he chooses.
Article 28-1 Journalists shall freely exercise their profession within the framework of the law. Such exercise may not be subject to any authorization or censorship, except in the case of war. ”

“ Article 36-2 Nationalization and confiscation of goods, property and buildings for political reasons are forbidden. No one may be deprived of his legitimate right of ownership other than by a final judgment by a court of ordinary law, except under an agrarian reform. ”

“ Article 178 The Supreme Court does not try cases on their merits. Nevertheless, in all cases other than those submitted to a jury, when a case between the same parties is tried upon second appeal, even with an incidental plea of defense, the Supreme Court, accepting the appeal, shall not remand the case to a lower court but shall rule on the merits, sitting as a full court. ”

“ Article 12 Any Haitian, except for the privileges reserved to Haitians of origin, is subject to all the rights, duties and obligations attached to their Haitian nationality.
No Haitian can make their foreign nationality prevail on the territory of the Republic. ”

“ Article 130 In the case of the death, resignation, disqualification, judicial interdiction, or acceptance of a duty incompatible with that of a member of the Legislature, the Deputy or Senator shall be replaced in his Electoral District for only the remainder of his term by a by-election called by the Primary Electoral Assembly to be conducted by the Permanent Electoral Council in the month he vacancy occurs. ”

“ They may in no case engage in the business of renting real estate. However, foreign companies engaged in real estate promotion shall receive the benefits of a special status regulated by law.
Article 55-2 The right to own real property shall be accorded also to aliens residing in Haiti and to foreign companies for the needs of their agricultural, commercial, industrial, religious, humanitarian or educational enterprises, within the limits and under the conditions prescribed by law.
Article 55-3 No alien may be the owner of a building bounded by the Haitian land border. ”

“ Article 26-2 If the arrest is judged to be illegal, the judge shall order the immediate release of the arrested person and that order shall be enforceable immediately, regardless of any appeal to a higher court or the supreme court for an order forbidding enforcement of the judgment.
Article 27 Any violation of the provisions on individual liberty are arbitrary acts. Injured parties may, without prior authorization, appeal to the competent courts, to bring suit against the authors and perpetrators of these arbitrary acts, regardless of their rank or the body to which they belong. ”

“ Article 50 Under the Constitution and the law, a jury is established in criminal cases for violent crimes and political offenses.
Article 51 The law may not be made retroactive except in criminal cases when it favors the accused.
Chapter III - Duties of the Citizen Article 52 Citizenship entails civic duties. Every right is counterbalanced by a corresponding duty.
Article 52-1 Civic duties are the citizen's moral, political, social and economic obligations as a hole to the State and the country. ”