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2.
State Parties shall recognize popular participation through universal
suffrage as the inalienable right of the people.
Article 5
State Parties shall take all appropriate measures to ensure constitutional rule,
particularly constitutional transfer of power.
Article 6
State Parties shall ensure that citizens enjoy fundamental freedoms and human
rights taking into account their universality, interdependence and indivisibility.
Article 7
State Parties shall take all necessary measures to strengthen the Organs of the
Union that are mandated to promote and protect human rights and to fight
impunity and endow them with the necessary resources.
Article 8
1.
State Parties shall eliminate all forms of discrimination, especially those
based on political opinion, gender, ethnic, religious and racial grounds as
well as any other form of intolerance.
2.
State Parties shall adopt legislative and administrative measures to
guarantee the rights of women, ethnic minorities, migrants, people with
disabilities, refugees and displaced persons and other marginalized and
vulnerable social groups.
3.
State Parties shall respect ethnic, cultural and religious diversity, which
contributes to strengthening democracy and citizen participation.
Article 9
State Parties undertake to design and implement social and economic policies
and programmes that promote sustainable development and human security.