Constitution of Lithuania 1992
PREAMBLE
The Lithuanian Nation
- having established the State of Lithuania many centuries ago,
- having based its legal foundations on the Lithuanian Statutes and the Constitutions of the Republic of Lithuania,
- having for centuries defended its freedom and independence,
- having preserved its spirit, native language, writing, and customs,
- embodying the inborn right of each person and the People to live and create freely in the land of their fathers and forefathers, the independent State of Lithuania,
- fostering national concord in the land of Lithuania,
- striving for an open, just, and harmonious civil society and law-governed State, by the will of the citizens of the reborn State of Lithuania,
approves and declares this Constitution
CHAPTER 2. THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE STATE
Article 18
The rights and freedoms of individuals shall be in born
Article 21
- The person shall be inviolable.
- Human dignity shall be protected by law.
- It shall be prohibited to torture, injure, degrade, or maltreat a person, as well as to establish such punishments.
- No person may be subjected to scientific or medical testing without his or her knowledge thereof and consent thereto.
Article 22
- The private life of an individual shall be inviolable.
- Personal correspondence, telephone conversations, telegraph messages, and other intercommunications shall be inviolable.
- Information concerning the private life of an individual may be collected only upon a justified court order and in accordance with the law.
- The law and the court shall protect individuals from arbitrary or unlawful interference in their private or family life, and from encroachment upon their honor and dignity.
Article 28
While exercising their rights and freedoms, persons must observe the Constitution and the laws of the Republic of Lithuania, and must not impair the rights and interests of other people.