constituteproject.org PDF generated: 18 Apr 2016, 15:36 The State has the duty to safeguard and to promote the national values of civilization. • Reference to art • Right to culture Article 34 Every citizen has the right to the creation, to the protection and to the enjoyment of their intellectual and artistic works. The State assures the promotion and protection of the national cultural patrimony as well as of artistic and literary production. • Compulsory education • Free education Article 35 Every citizen has the right to education. Public education is secular and gratuitous. Private education is recognized and is exercised within the conditions defined by the law. Basic education is obligatory. Article 36 The State and the decentralized territorial collectivities create the conditions and the institutions which assure and guarantee the education of children. Article 37 The family is the natural and moral base of society. The State and the decentralized territorial collectivities have a duty to see to the well-being of the family. Article 38 • State support for children Parents have the natural right and duty to raise and to educate their children. They are supported in this task by the State and the decentralized territorial collectivities. Children may only be separated from their parents or from those responsible for them when [these] fail in their duty. Article 39 The State and the decentralized territorial collectivities create conditions for the fulfillment and well-being of youth. • State support for the elderly • State support for the disabled Article 40 The State strives to provide for the needs of every citizen who, because of their age or their physical or mental inaptitude, find themselves with an incapacity to work, notably by the institution of organs of social character. • Protection from expropriation • Inalienable rights • Right to own property Article 41 Private property is inviolable and sacred. Chad 1996 (rev. 2005) Page 8