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C.P.(Gen)Doc. 1.B.4.

Article 13

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4. “The State to which the territory is transferred shall take all measures necessary to secure to all persons within the territory, without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion, the enjoyment of human rights and of the fundamental freedoms, including freedom of expression, of press and publication, of religious worship, of political opinion and of public meeting.

5. The State undertakes that, in order to fulfil its obligations under paragraph 4 of this Article, those obligations shall be recognized as fundamental laws and that no law, regulation, or official action shall conflict or interfere with those obligations, nor shall any law, regulation, or official action prevail over them.”