The right to a healthy environment is recognized to all. Article 20 Every person has the right to a free and equal access to Justice. Article 21 No one can be prosecuted, arrested, detained [gardé à vue] or charged, except by virtue of a law previously promulgated to the acts of which he is accused. Article 22 No one can be arbitrarily detained. Any accused is presumed innocent until his culpability has been established following a procedure offering to him the guaranties indispensable to his defense. CHAPTER II OF THE DUTIES Article 23 Every person living in the national territory is held to respect the Constitution, the laws and the regulations of the Republic. Article 24 The defense of the Nation and of the territorial integrity is a duty for every Ivorian. It is assured exclusively by the forces of defense and of national security within the conditions determined by the law. Article 25 The public assets are inviolable. Every person is held to respect them and to protect them. Article 26 Every citizen, invested with a public mandate or entrusted with a public employment or with a mission of public service, has the duty to accomplish it with conscience, loyalty and probity. Article 27 The duty of acquitting onself of ones fiscal obligations, in conformity with the law, is imposed on all. Article 28 The protection of the environment and the promotion of the quality of life are a duty for the community and for each physical or moral person.

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