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Draft Annex I: Constitution of Cyprus
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Part II: Fundamental Rights and Liberties Article 9 Fundamental Rights 1. In accordance with Article 4(3) of this Constitution, the European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and its Additional Protocols which are in force for Cyprus and the United Nations Covenant on Civil and Political Rights shall be an integral part of this Constitution. 2. There shall be no discrimination against any person on the basis of his or her gender, ethnic or religious identity, or internal <component state> citizenship status. 3. There shall be freedom of movement and freedom of residence throughout Cyprus, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Constitution or any other parts of the Foundation Agreement or a Constitutional Law. 4. The rights of religious and other minorities, including the Maronite, the Latin and the Armenian, shall be safeguarded. The <common state> and the <component states> shall, within their respective spheres of competence, afford minorities the status and rights foreseen in the European Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, in particular the right to administer their own cultural and educational affairs and to be represented in the legislature. 5. Greek Cypriots residing in the Karpas villages of Rizokarpaso/Dipkarpaz, Agialousa/Yeni Erenköy, Agia Trias/Sipahi, Melanarga/Adacay, and Maronites residing in the villages of Agia Marina/G?rpinar, Asomatos/Özhan, Karpasha/Karpa?a and Kormakiti/Koruçam, and Turkish Cypriots residing in the Tillyria villages of Amadhies/G?nebakan, Limnitis/Ye?ilyirmak, Selemani/Suleymaniye, Xerovounos/Kurutepe and Agios Georgios/Madenliköy, as well as the Mesaoria villages of Pyla and [insert other villages with more than 20% Turkish Cypriots in 1960 should they fall within the area of territorial adjustment] shall, within the <component states> in which these villages are situated, enjoy the right to administer their own cultural and educational affairs and to be represented in the <component state> legislature..[10] Article 10 Citizenship 1. There is a single Cypriot citizenship. 2. All persons holding Cypriot citizenship shall also enjoy internal <component state> citizenship status as provided for by Constitutional Law. Such status, like the European Union citizenship status, is complementary to and does not replace Cypriot citizenship. 3. Where any provision of this Constitution or of the Foundation Agreement refers to the <component state> origins of a person (or where a person hails from), the criterion shall be the holding of internal <component state> citizenship status. Persons holding the internal <component state> citizenship status of both <component states> shall be considered to be from the <component state> in which they reside or last resided. Article 11 Exercise of political rights Cypriot citizens who are at least 18 years old shall enjoy political rights at the <common state> level and exercise them at their place of legal residency. |
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