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Article 3 The Republic of Djibouti as composed of the entirety of the persons that it recognizes as members and who have accepted the duties, without distinction of language, of race, of sex or of religion. • Equality regardless of gender • Equality regardless of race • Equality regardless of language • Equality regardless of religion The national sovereignty belongs to the Djiboutian people who exercise it through their representatives or by way of referendum. No fraction of the people nor any individual may arrogate the exercise of it. • Referenda No one may be arbitrarily deprived of the status of member of the national community. constituteproject.org PDF generated: 28 Feb 2020, 00:44 Page 4Djibouti 1992 (rev. 2010)