constituteproject.org PDF generated: 14 Oct 2013, 20:27 preamble We, the Togolese people, placing ourselves under the protection of God, - conscious that since its accession to international sovereignty [on] 27 April 1960, Togo, our country, has been marked by profound socio-political mutation on its march towards progress, - conscious of the solidarity that binds us to the international community and most particularly to the African peoples, - committed to build a State of Law in which the fundamental rights of Man, the public freedoms and the dignity of the human person must be guaranteed and protected, - convinced that such a State can only be founded on political pluralism, the principles of Democracy and the protection of the Rights of Man such as are defined by the Charter of the United Nations of 1945, the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Man of 1948 and the International Pacts of 1966, [and] the African Charter of the Rights of Man and of Peoples adopted in 1981 by the Organization of African Unity, * we proclaim solemnly our firm will to combat any political regime founded on arbitrariness, dictatorship [and] injustice, * we affirm our determination to cooperate in peace, amity and solidarity with all people of the world enamored of the democratic ideal, on the basis of the principles of equality, of mutual respect and of sovereignty, * we engage resolutely to defend the cause of National Unity, of African Unity and to work for the realization of sub-regional and regional integration, * we approve and adopt, solemnly, this Constitution as Fundamental Law of the State[,] of which this preamble is made [an] integral part. Togo 1992 (rev. 2007) Page 2