A/HRC/19/60/Add.1 6. The Special Rapporteur is furthermore guided in his mandate by other relevant declarations, resolutions and guidelines of various United Nations bodies, including those issued by the Human Rights Committee, the General Assembly, the Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council. Of these instruments, of particular relevance for the mandate are articles 2, 18 and 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief. The Special Rapporteur also takes into account human rights instruments adopted at the regional level containing provisions relating to the freedom of religion or belief, for example articles 1, 12 and 13 of the American Convention on Human Rights, as well as related jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. III. Domestic legal framework on freedom of religion or belief 7. The Constitution of Paraguay, adopted in 1992, recognizes in its article 24 the right to freedom of religion, worship and ideology without any restrictions other than those established in the Constitution and the law. Article 24, paragraph 1, also provides that no religion enjoys official status. At the same time, article 82 explicitly recognizes the predominant role of the Catholic Church in the historical and cultural shaping of the nation, and article 24, paragraph 2, stipulates that relations between the State and the Catholic Church are based on independence, cooperation and autonomy. Article 24, paragraph 3, guarantees the independence and autonomy of all churches and religious denominations, with no limitations other than those laid down by the Constitution and by law. Pursuant to article 24, paragraph 4, no one may be harassed, investigated or obliged to testify because of his or her beliefs or ideology. Article 25 guarantees ideological pluralism in the country. 8. Articles 46 and 47 of the Constitution guarantee non-discrimination and recognize that all persons are equal. Article 88 of the Constitution stipulates that no discrimination is permitted between workers on ethnic grounds or on the basis of sex, age, religion, social status and political or trade union preferences. 9. Article 63 of the Constitution recognizes and guarantees the right of indigenous peoples to preserve and develop their ethnic identity in their respective habitat, as well as the right to freely apply their systems of political, socioeconomic, cultural and religious organization and to voluntarily observe customary practices that regulate their communal life, provided that such systems are not at variance with the fundamental rights laid down in the Constitution. 10. Pursuant to article 74 of the Constitution, freedom to teach is also guaranteed with no requirements other than appropriateness and ethical integrity, as well as the right to religious education and ideological pluralism. 11. While article 37 of the Constitution recognizes the right to conscientious objection in general on ethical or religious grounds, article 129 of the Constitution establishes compulsory military service. Those who declare their conscientious objection to military service should offer their service in the benefit of the society through social centres under civil jurisdiction designated by law. Article 129 of the Constitution also provides that the regulation and exercise of this right should not be done in a punitive way and should not impose a cost higher than that established for military service. 12. Law No. 4.013, as promulgated on 18 June 2010, regulates the right to exercise conscientious objection to military service and establishes the option of undertaking alternative service for the benefit of society. Pursuant to its article 4, objectors have a maximum delay of 20 days to establish their objection from the time of notification to enrol in the army. Article 7 establishes the composition of the National Council for Conscientious 5