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Article 7 [Secularity] (1) The State and religious groups shall be separate.Article 14 Equality before the Law (1) In Slovenia each individual shall be guaranteed equal human rights and fundamental freedoms irrespective of national origin, race, sex, language, religion, political or other beliefs, financial status, birth, education, social status or whatever other personal circumstance.Article 16 Temporary Revocation or Restriction of Rights (1) It shall be permissible to temporarily revoke restrict the human rights and fundamental freedoms guaranteed by this Constitution, but only in exceptional circumstances of war or a state of emergency. Human rights and fundamental freedoms may only be revoked or restricted for the duration of the war or of the state of emergency, only to the extent required by the same and only inasmuch as the revocation or restriction does not create inequality of treatment based only on national origin, sex, language, religion, political or other beliefs, financial status, birth, education, social or any other personal circumstance.Article 41 Freedom of Conscience (1) The profession of the religious and other beliefs of any person in private and in public shall be free.Article 63 Incitement to Discrimination, Intolerance, Incitement to Violence and War (1) All incitement to ethnic, racial, religious or other discrimination, as well as the inflaming of ethnic, racial, religious or other hatred or intolerance, shall be unconstitutional.Article 123 Duty to Serve in the Defence Forces (2) Any citizen who, because of his religious, philosophical or humanitarian beliefs, is not willing to perform military duty, shall be given the opportunity of participating in the defence of the Statute in some other manner.Note: Further information on the constitutional background of Slovenia is provided by the International Constitutional Law Project at the University of Wuerzburg. |
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