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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure

Paraguay
  • English
    Private property, whose content and limits will be established by the law, attending to its economic and social function, in order to make it accessible to all[,] is guaranteed.
    … (Art. 109)
  • Spanish
    Se garantiza la propiedad privada, cuyo contenido y límites serán establecidos por la ley, atendiendo a su función económica y social, a fin de hacerla accesible para todos.
    … (Art. 109)

Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure

Paraguay
  • English
    The 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.
    … (Art. 64)
  • Spanish
    Los 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.
    … (Art. 64)

Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure

Paraguay
  • English
    Agrarian reform is one of the fundamental factors to achieve rural well-being. It consists of the effective incorporation of the peasant [campesina] population to the economic and social development of the Nation. Equitable systems of distribution, property and tenancy of the land shall be adopted; … (Art. 114)
  • Spanish
    La reforma agraria es uno de los factores fundamentales para lograr el bienestar rural. Ella consiste en la incorporación efectiva de la población campesina al desarrollo económico y social de la Nación. Se adoptarán sistemas equitativos de distribución, propiedad y tenencia de la tierra; … (Art. 114)