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|contents=After the death of Rafael Trujillo in 1961, a dictator who ruled over the Dominican Republic for several years, a new constitution was adopted. The 1963 Constitution protects the right to freedom of religion in Article 57 (“Constitución de la Nacion Dominicana” 1963. 21).
|contents=Article 11, Section 18 of the 1887 Constitution of the Dominican Republic offered religious toleration, observing that Roman Catholicism was the official religion, but allowing that "Other sects may hold their services freely in their respective houses of worship."


“Constitucion de la Nacion Dominicana” 1963 acnur.org
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https://www.acnur.org/fileadmin/Documentos/BDL/2012/8873.pdf
 
English translation of the Constitution of 1887. 757 (2010) Chapter III: National Guarantees:https://heinonline-org.proxygw.wrlc.org/HOL/Page?collection=cow&handle=hein.cow/zzdo0006&id=3&men_tab=srchresults
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Latest revision as of 03:16, 18 March 2024

Freedom of Religion

What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?

Dominican Republic

Article 11, Section 18 of the 1887 Constitution of the Dominican Republic offered religious toleration, observing that Roman Catholicism was the official religion, but allowing that "Other sects may hold their services freely in their respective houses of worship."

References:

English translation of the Constitution of 1887. 757 (2010) Chapter III: National Guarantees:https://heinonline-org.proxygw.wrlc.org/HOL/Page?collection=cow&handle=hein.cow/zzdo0006&id=3&men_tab=srchresults



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