constituteproject.org • Right to strike • Right to establish a business • Right to competitive marketplace PDF generated: 18 Apr 2016, 15:13 The right to strike is guaranteed and is exercised within the framework of laws that regulate it and cannot, in any case, adversely affect either the freedom to work or the free exercise of the right to property. Article 11 Free enterprise is guaranteed within the framework of the laws in force. • Right to health care Article 12 The State will do everything it can to guarantee the right to health and medical protection. Article 13 • Freedom of association • Right to form political parties All citizens have the right to freely form associations, groups, political parties, societies, organisations and institutions of public use, as long as they conform to the laws in force. • Prohibited political parties Associations, groups, political parties, societies, organisations and institutions whose activities are contrary to the public order as well as to the unity and cohesion of the people of Central Africa or represent a threat to the State or to its national territorial integrity are banned. Article 14 • Reference to art • Freedom of expression • Right to information Freedom of information, of expression and to disseminate one’s opinions through speech, writing and art, under condition of respect of the rights of others, is guaranteed at an individual and collective level. • Freedom of assembly The State guarantees the freedom to demonstrate peacefully. • Right to privacy • Telecommunications The privacy of correspondence, as well as that of postal, electronic, telegraphic and telephonic communications, is inviolable. The above mentioned provisions cannot be restricted save through application of a law. • Freedom of press Freedom of press is recognised and guaranteed. It is exercised within the conditions prescribed by law. • Media commission The exercise of this freedom and equal access for all to the media are guaranteed by an independent body, with regulatory and decision-making powers, and whose status is established by law. • Reference to art • Right to culture Freedom of intellectual, artistic and cultural creativity is recognised and guaranteed. It is to be exercised within the conditions prescribed by law. Article 15 • Protection from expropriation • Right to own property Every physical or moral person has the right to property. No one shall be deprived of their property, save for a matter of public utility legally established and under the condition of a just and prior indemnisation. • Right to privacy The home, like all private property, is inviolable. It can only be infringed upon following a judicial decision and for a set period of time, and, if there is a danger within the home, by other authorities designated by law and obliged to do so in ways prescribed by law. Central African Republic 2013 Page 6