constituteproject.org PDF generated: 18 Apr 2016, 15:22 Article 54 The conditions for the construction of industrial plants, of facilities for storage, for the handling, the incineration and for the removal of toxic, polluting or radioactive waste produced by industrial units or workshops established on the national territory are established by the law. Any pollution or destruction resulting from an economic activity gives rise to compensation and/or to reparation. The law determines the nature of the compensatory measures and reparatory [measures] as well as the modalities of their execution. Article 55 The transportation, the importation, the storage, the spilling [or] the disposal in the internal waters or maritime spaces under national jurisdiction, [or] the release into the airspace[,] of toxic, polluting or radioactive waste or of any other dangerous product, of foreign origin [provenance] or not, constitutes a crime punishable by the law. • International law Article 56 Any act, any agreement, any convention, any arrangement or any other act which has the consequence of depriving the Nation [or] physical or moral persons of all or part of their means of existence drawn from their natural resources or their wealth, is established, without prejudice to the international provisions on economic crimes, as the crime of pillage punishable by the law. Article 57 The acts referred to in the preceding article as well as the attempt of them, whatever their modalities may be, if they are acts of a person invested with public authority[,] are punishable as infractions of high treason. Article 58 All Congolese have the right to enjoy the national wealth. The State has the duty to redistribute it equitably and to guarantee the right to development. Article 59 All Congolese have the right to enjoy the common patrimony of humanity. The State has the duty to facilitate the enjoyment of it. Article 60 The respect of the rights of man and of the fundamental freedoms consecrated in the Constitution is imposed on the public powers and on every person. Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 2005 (rev. 2011) Page 16