CHAPTER I
Personal rights, freedoms and guarantees
Article 24
(Right to life)
1. Human life is inviolable.
2. In no case shall there be the death penalty.
Article 25
(Right to personal integrity)
1. Every person’s moral and physical integrity is inviolable.
2. No one may be subjected to torture or to cruel, degrading or inhuman treatment or punishment.
Article 26
(Other personal rights)
1. Everyone is accorded the rights to personal identity, to the development of personality, to civil
capacity, to citizenship, to a good name and reputation, to their image, to speak out, to protect the privacy
of their personal and family life, and to legal protection against any form of discrimination.
2. The law shall lay down effective guarantees against the improper procurement and misuse of
information concerning persons and families and its procurement or use contrary to human dignity.
3. The law shall guarantee the personal dignity and genetic identity of the human person, particularly in
the creation, development and use of technologies and in scientific experimentation.
4. Deprivation of citizenship and restrictions on civil capacity may only occur in the cases and under the
terms that are provided for by law, and may not be based on political motives.
Article 27
(Right to freedom and security)
1. Everyone has the right to freedom and security.
2. No one may be wholly or partially deprived of their freedom, except as a consequence of a judicial
conviction and sentence imposed for the practice of an act that is legally punishable by a prison term or
the judicial imposition of a security measure.
3. The following cases of deprivation of freedom for the period and under the conditions laid down by
law are exceptions to this principle:
a) Detention in flagrante delicto;