The Constitution of Chad 1996 

EDUCATION 

Article 35

Each citizen has the right to education. Public education is secular and free. Private education is recognised and is exercised within conditions defined by law. Basic education is compulsory.

 Article 36

The state and the Decentralised Territorial Collectivities establish the conditions and institutions which assure and guarantee the education of children.

 Article 33

Each Chadian has the right to culture. The state has the duty to safeguard and promote the national values of civilisation.

 EQUALITY

 Article 14

The state assures to all equality before the law, without distinction of origin, race, sex, religion, political opinion, or social position. It has the duty to see to the elimination of all forms of discrimination with regard to women and to assure the protection of their rights in all areas of private and public life.

GENDER

Article 13

Chadians of either sex have the same rights and the same duties. They are equal before the law.

 DISABILITIES

 Article 40

The state strives to provide for the needs of each citizen who, on account of his age or his physical inability, finds himself unable to work, notably by the institution of organs of a social character.

LANGUAGE

Article 9

The official languages are French and Arabic. The law establishes the conditions of promotion and development of the national languages.

RELIGION

Preamble

Affirm by this Constitution, our will to live together in respect of ethnic, religious, regional and cultural diversity; to build a state of law and a united nation founded on public liberties and fundamental human rights, dignity of the human person, and political pluralism, on the African values of solidarity and brotherhood;

PARENTS

Article 38

Parents have the natural right and the duty to raise and educate their children. In this task they are supported by the state and the Decentralised Territorial Collectivities. The children may be separated from their parents or from those who have them in charge, only when these fail in their duty.

HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS

Preamble

Reaffirm our commitment to the principles of human rights as defined by the Charter of the United Nations of 1945, by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 and the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights of 1981