Constitution of the Republic of Cabo Verde 1992, as amended to 2010
Religious Law
  • English
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    2. The Republic of Cabo Verde shall, in the organization of political power, recognize and respect the unitary nature of the State, the republican form of the government, pluralist democracy, the separation and interdependence of powers, the separation of Church and State, … (Art. 2)
  • Portuguese
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    2. A República de Cabo Verde reconhece e respeita, na organização do poder político, a natureza unitária do Estado, a forma republicana de governo, a democracia pluralista, a separação e a interdependência dos poderes, a separação entre as Igrejas e o Estado, … (Art. 2)
Religious Law
  • English
    1. Everyone shall have the right to enter into matrimony, in civil or religious form.
    2. The law shall regulate the requirements, the civil effects of marriage and its dissolution, irrespective of the form of its celebration.
    … (Art. 47)
  • Portuguese
    1. Todos têm direito de contrair casamento, sob forma civil ou religiosa.
    2. A lei regula os requisitos e os efeitos civis do casamento e da sua dissolução, independentemente da forma de celebração.
    … (Art. 47)
Religious Law
  • English

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    3. Churches and other religious communities shall be separate from the State
    … (Art. 49)

  • Portuguese

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    3. As igrejas e outras comunidades religiosas estão separadas do Estado
    … (Art. 49)

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Constitution of the Republic of Cabo Verde 1992, as amended to 2010 (English). In-house translation by UN Women (2016). According to Art. 9(1): "The official language shall be Portuguese."

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Constitution of the Republic of Cabo Verde 1992, as amended to 2010 (Portuguese).

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Art. 290 refers to laws revising the Constitution.