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Indigenous Peoples
- English
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The State recognizes the existence of the indigenous and Afro-descendant Peoples, who enjoy the rights, duties and guarantees consigned in the Constitution[,] and especially, those to maintain and develop their identity and culture, to have their own forms of social organization and to administer their local affairs; as well as to maintain the communal forms of ownership of their lands and the enjoyment, use and yields [disfrute] [of them], all in accordance with the law. For the communities of the Caribbean Coast the regime of autonomy is established in this Constitution.
... (Art. 5) - Spanish
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El Estado reconoce la existencia de los pueblos originarios y afrodescendientes, que gozan de los derechos, deberes y garantías consignados en la Constitución y en especial, los de mantener y desarrollar su identidad y cultura, tener sus propias formas de organización social y administrar sus asuntos locales; así como mantener las formas comunales de propiedad de sus tierras y el goce, uso y disfrute, todo de conformidad con la Ley. Para las comunidades de la Costa Caribe se establece el régimen de autonomía en la presente Constitución.
... (Art. 5)
Indigenous Peoples
- EnglishThe indigenous peoples have [the] right to communal ownership of the land [propiedad comunitaria], in [an] extension and quality sufficient for the preservation and the development of their particular [peculiares] forms of lifestyles. The State will provide them gratuitously with these lands, which will be non-seizable [inembargables], indivisible, non-transferrable, imprescriptible, not susceptible to guarantee contractual obligations nor to be leased; likewise, they will be exempt from taxes.
The removal or transfer of [the indigenous peoples] from their habitat without their express consent is prohibited. (Art. 64) - SpanishLos pueblos indígenas tienen derecho a la propiedad comunitaria de la tierra, en extensión y calidad suficientes para la conservación y el desarrollo de sus formas peculiares de vida. El Estado les proveerá gratuitamente de estas tierras, las cuales serán inembargables, indivisibles, intransferibles, imprescriptibles, no susceptibles de garantizar obligaciones contractuales ni de ser arrendadas; asimismo, estarán exentas de tributo.
Se prohibe la remoción o traslado de su hábitat sin el expreso consentimiento de los mismos. (Art. 64)