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CONSTITUTION OF ERITREA
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Any person with an administrative question, whose rights or
interests are interfered with or threatened, shall have the right
to seek due administrative redress.
Article 25 - Duties of Citizens
All citizens shall have the duty to:
1. owe allegiance to Eritrea, strive for its development and
promote its prosperity;
2. be ready to defend the country;
3. complete one’s duty in national service;
4. advance national unity;
5. respect and defend the Constitution;
6. respect the rights of others; and
7. comply with the requirements of the law.
Article 26 - Limitation Upon Fundamental Rights and
Freedoms
1.
The fundamental rights and freedoms guaranteed under this
Constitution may be limited only in so far as is in the interests
of national security, public safety or the economic well-being
of the country, health or morals, for the prevention of public
disorder or crime or for the protection of the rights and
freedoms of others.
2. Any law providing for the limitation of the fundamental rights
and freedoms guaranteed in this Constitution must:
a. be consistent with the principles of democracy and justice;
b. be of general application and not negate the essential
content of the right or freedom in question;
c. specify the ascertainable extent of such limitation and
identify the article or articles hereof on which authority to
enact such limitation is claimed to rest.
3. The provisions of Sub-Article 1 of this Article shall not be
used to limit the fundamental rights and freedoms guaranteed
under Articles 14(1) and (2); 15; 16; 17(2), (5), (7) and (8); and
19(1) of this Constitution.
Article 27 - State of Emergency
1.
At a time when public safety or the security or stability of the