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Marriage and Family Life

Togo
  • English
    The law establishes the rules concerning:
    …
    - … the matrimonial regimes, … (Art. 84)
  • French
    La loi fixe les règles concernant :
    ...
    - … les régimes matrimoniaux, ... (Art. 84)

Marriage and Family Life

Togo
  • English
    The State has the obligation to assure the protection of marriage and of the family.
    Parents have the duty to provide for the support and the education of their children. They are supported in this task by the State.
    Children, whether they are born within marriage or outside of marriage, have the right to the same familial and social protection. (Art. 31)
  • French
    L’Etat a l’obligation d’assurer la protection du mariage et la famille.
    Les parents ont le devoir de pourvoir à l’entretien et à l’éducation de leurs enfants. Ils sont soutenus dans cette tâche par l'Etat.
    Les enfants, qu'ils soient nés dans le mariage ou hors mariage, ont droit à la même protection familiale et sociale. (Art. 31)

Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure

Togo
  • English
    The law establishes the rules concerning:
    …
    - … inheritance ...
    - the regime of property, … (Art. 84)
  • French
    La loi fixe les règles concernant :
    ...
    - … les successions ...
    - le régime de la propriété, ... (Art. 84)

Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure

Togo
  • English
    The right to property is guaranteed by the law. … (Art. 27)
  • French
    Le droit de propriété est garanti par la loi. … (Art. 27)

Protection from Violence

Togo
  • English
    The State has the obligation to guarantee the physical and mental integrity, the life and the security of every living person in the national territory. … (Art. 13)
  • French
    L'Etat a l'obligation de garantir l'intégrité physique et mentale, la vie et la sécurité de toute personne vivant sur le territoire national. … (Art. 13)

Protection from Violence

Togo
  • English
    The State protects youth against any form of exploitation or of manipulation. (Art. 36)
  • French
    L'Etat protège la jeunesse contre toute forme d'exploitation ou de manipulation. (Art. 36)

Protection from Violence

Togo
  • English
    The State recognizes and guarantees within the conditions established by the law, the exercise of the freedoms of association, of assembly and of peaceful demonstration without instruments of violence. … (Art. 30)
  • French
    L'Etat reconnaît et garantit dans les conditions fixées par la loi, l'exercice des libertés d'association, de réunion et de manifestation pacifique et sans instruments de violence. … (Art. 30)

Protection from Violence

Togo
  • English
    The human person is sacred and inviolable.
    No one may be submitted to torture or to other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatments.
    No one may evade [soustraire] the punishment incurred by committing such violations by invoking the order of a superior or [that] of a public authority.
    Any individual, [or] any agent of the State, culpable of such acts, either on their own initiative, or on instruction, will be punished in accordance with the law. … (Art. 21)
  • French
    La personne humaine est sacrée et inviolable.
    Nul ne peut être soumis à la torture ou à d'autres formes de traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants.
    Nul ne peut se soustraire à la peine encourue du fait de ces violations en invoquant l'ordre d'un supérieur ou d'une autorité publique.
    Tout individu, tout agent de l'Etat coupable de tels actes, soit de sam propre initiative, soit sur instruction, sera puni conformément à la loi. ... (Art. 21)

Public Institutions and Services

Togo
  • English
    The law establishes the rules concerning:
    …
    – the right … of social institutions;
    …
    – the economic regime;
    … (Art. 84)
  • French
    La loi fixe les règles concernant :
    …
    - le droit ... des institutions sociales ;
    …
    - le régime économique ;
    … (Art. 84)

Public Institutions and Services

Togo
  • English
    The right to an equitable redistribution of the national wealth by the State is recognized to the citizens and to the territorial collectivities. (Art. 38)
  • French
    Il est reconnu aux citoyens et aux collectivités territoriales le droit à une redistribution équitable des richesses nationales par l’Etat. (Art. 38)