Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay 1992, as amended to 2011
Religious Law
  • English

    The freedom of religion, of worship, and ideological [freedom] are recognized without any restrictions other than those established in this Constitution and in the law. No religious faith will have official character.
    The relations between the State and the Catholic Church are based on independence, cooperation, and autonomy.
    … (Art. 24)

  • Spanish

    Quedan reconocidas la libertad religiosa, la de culto y la ideológica, sin más limitaciones que las establecidas en esta Constitución y en la ley. Ninguna confesión tendrá carácter oficial.
    Las relaciones del Estado con la iglesia católica se basan en la independencia, cooperación y autonomía.
    … (Art. 24)

Religious Law
  • English

    The predominant role [protagonismo] of the Catholic Church in the historical and cultural formation of the Nation is recognized. (Art. 82)

  • Spanish

    Se reconoce el protagonismo de la Iglesia Católica en la formación histórica y cultural de la Nación. (Art. 82)

Customary Law
  • English

    The right of the indigenous peoples to preserve and to develop their ethnic identity in the respective habitat is recognized and guaranteed. They have the right, likewise, to freely apply their systems of political, social, economic, cultural, and religious organization, as well as the voluntarily subjection to their customary norms for the regulation of [their] internal coexistence [convivencia], as long as they do not infringe upon the fundamental rights established in this Constitution. Concerning conflicts of jurisdiction the indigenous customary right will be taken into account. (Art. 63)

  • Spanish

    Queda reconocido y garantizado el derecho de los pueblos indígenas a preservar y a desarrollar su identidad étnica en el respectivo hábitat. Tienen derecho, asimismo, a aplicar libremente sus sistemas de organización política, social, económica, cultural y religiosa, al igual que la voluntaria sujeción a sus normas consuetudinarias para la regulación de la convivencia interior siempre que ellas no atenten contra los derechos fundamentales establecidos en esta Constitución. En los conflictos jurisdiccionales se tendrá en cuenta el derecho consuetudinario indígena. (Art. 63)

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Chapter XII on Constitutional Guarantees.