or by any other means tending to impede the communication and circulation of
ideas and opinions.
4. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2 above, public entertainments
may be subject by law to prior censorship for the sole purpose of regulating
access to them for the moral protection of childhood and adolescence.
5. Any propaganda for war and any advocacy of national, racial, or religious
hatred that constitute incitements to lawless violence or to any other similar
action against any person or group of persons on any grounds including those of
race, color, religion, language, or national origin shall be considered as offenses
punishable by law.
Article 14. Right of Reply
1. Anyone injured by inaccurate or offensive statements or ideas disseminated to
the public in general by a legally regulated medium of communication has the
right to reply or to make a correction using the same communications outlet,
under such conditions as the law may establish.
2. The correction or reply shall not in any case remit other legal liabilities that
may have been incurred.
3. For the effective protection of honor and reputation, every publisher, and
every newspaper, motion picture, radio, and television company, shall have a
person responsible who is not protected by immunities or special privileges.
Article 15. Right of Assembly
The right of peaceful assembly, without arms, is recognized. No restrictions may
be placed on the exercise of this right other than those imposed in conformity
with the law and necessary in a democratic society in the interest of national
security, public safety or public order, or to protect public health or morals or the
rights or freedom of others.
Article 16. Freedom of Association
1. Everyone has the right to associate freely for ideological, religious, political,
economic, labor, social, cultural, sports, or other purposes.
2. The exercise of this right shall be subject only to such restrictions established
by law as may be necessary in a democratic society, in the interest of national
security, public safety or public order, or to protect public health or morals or the
rights and freedoms of others.
3. The provisions of this article do not bar the imposition of legal restrictions,
including even deprivation of the exercise of the right of association, on
members of the armed forces and the police.
Article 17. Rights of the Family