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TITLE II - FREEDOMS
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Right to liberty and security
Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person.
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Respect for private and family life
Everyone has the right to respect for his or her private and family life, home and
communications.
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Protection of personal data
1. Everyone has the right to the protection of personal data concerning him or her.
2. Such data must be processed fairly for specified purposes and on the basis of the
consent of the person concerned or some other legitimate basis laid down by law.
Everyone has the right of access to data which has been collected concerning him or
her, and the right to have it rectified.
3. Compliance with these rules shall be subject to control by an independent authority.
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Right to marry and right to found a family
The right to marry and the right to found a family shall be guaranteed in accordance
with
the national laws governing the exercise of these rights.
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Freedom of thought, conscience and religion
1. Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This right
includes freedom to change religion or belief and freedom, either alone or in community
with others and in public or in private, to manifest religion or belief, in worship, teaching,
practice and observance.
2. The right to conscientious objection is recognised, in accordance with the national
laws governing the exercise of this right.
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Freedom of expression and information
1. Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom
to
hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by
public authority and regardless of frontiers.
2. The freedom and pluralism of the media shall be respected.
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Freedom of assembly and of association
1. Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and to freedom of
association at all levels, in particular in political, trade union and civic matters, which
implies the right of everyone to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his or
her interests.
2. Political parties at Union level contribute to expressing the political will of
the citizens
of the Union.
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Freedom of the arts and sciences
The arts and scientific research shall be free of constraint. Academic freedom shall
be
respected.
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Right to education
1. Everyone has the right to education and to have access to vocational and continuing
training.
2. This right includes the possibility to receive free compulsory education.
3. The freedom to found educational establishments with due respect for democratic
principles and the right of parents to ensure the education and teaching of their children
in conformity with their religious, philosophical and pedagogical convictions shall be
respected, in accordance with the national laws governing the exercise of such freedom
and right.
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Freedom to choose an occupation and right to engage in
work
1. Everyone has the right to engage in work and to pursue a freely chosen or accepted
occupation.
2. Every citizen of the Union has the freedom to seek employment, to work, to exercise
the right of establishment and to provide services in any Member State.
3. Nationals of third countries who are authorised to work in the territories of the
Member
States are entitled to working conditions equivalent to those of citizens of the Union.
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Freedom to conduct a business
The freedom to conduct a business in accordance with Union law and national laws and
practices is recognised.
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Right to property
1. Everyone has the right to own, use, dispose of and bequeath his or her lawfully
acquired possessions. No one may be deprived of his or her possessions, except in the
public interest and in the cases and under the conditions provided for by law, subject to
fair compensation being paid in good time for their loss. The use of property may be
regulated by law insofar as is necessary for the general interest.
2. Intellectual property shall be protected.
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Right to asylum
The right to asylum shall be guaranteed with due respect for the rules of the Geneva
Convention of 28 July 1951 and the Protocol of 31 January 1967 relating to the status of
refugees and in accordance with the Constitution.
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Protection in the event of removal, expulsion or extradition
1. Collective expulsions are prohibited.
2. No one may be removed, expelled or extradited to a State where there is a serious
risk that he or she would be subjected to the death penalty, torture or other inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment.
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