(Youth)
1. In order to ensure the effective fulfilment of their economic, social and cultural rights, young people
shall enjoy special protection, particularly:
a) In education, vocational training and culture;
b) In access to their first job, at work and in relation to social security;
c) In access to housing;
d) In physical education and sport;
e) In the use of their free time.
2. The priority objectives of the youth policy must be the development of young people’s personality, the
creation of the conditions needed for their effective integration into the active life, a love of free creativity
and a sense of community service.
3. In cooperation with families, schools, enterprises, residents’ organisations, cultural associations and
foundations and cultural and recreational groups, the state shall foster and support youth organisations in
the pursuit of the said objectives, as well as international youth exchanges.
Article 71
(Disabled citizens)
1. Citizens with physical or mental disabilities fully enjoy the rights and are subject to the duties
enshrined in the Constitution, save for the exercise or fulfilment of those for which their condition renders
them incapable.
2. The state undertakes to implement a national policy for the prevention of disability and the treatment,
rehabilitation and integration of disabled citizens and the provision of support to their families, to educate
society in such a way as to make it aware of the duties of respect and solidarity towards them, and to
undertake the charge of ensuring that their rights are effectively fulfilled, without prejudice to the rights
and duties of their parents or guardians.
3. The state shall support disabled citizens’ organisations.
Article 72
(The elderly)
1. The elderly have the right to economic security and to conditions in terms of housing and family and
community life that respect their personal autonomy and avoid and overcome isolation or social
marginalisation.
2. The policy for the elderly shall include measures of an economic, social and cultural nature that tend to
provide elderly persons with opportunities for personal fulfilment by means of an active participation in
community life.
CHAPTER III
Cultural rights and duties