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Status of International Law
- EnglishWhen conflicts arise between normative-legal acts which form part of the legal system of the Republic of Azerbaijan (with the exception of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the acts passed by way of referendum) and international treaties to which the Republic of Azerbaijan is a party, the international treaties shall apply. (Art. 151)
- AzerbaijaniAzərbaycan Respublikasının qanunvericilik sisteminə daxil olan normativ hüquqi aktlar ilə (Azərbaycan Respublikasının Konstitusiyası və referendumla qəbul edilən aktlar istisna olmaqla) Azərbaycan Respublikasının tərəfdar çıxdığı dövlətlərarası müqavilələr arasında ziddiyyət yaranarsa, həmin beynəlxalq müqavilələr tətbiq edilir. (Maddə 151)
Status of International Law
- EnglishThe constitutional bodies shall take all measures within the scope of their competences to ensure the full integration of Georgia into the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (Art. 78)
- Georgianკონსტიტუციურმა ორგანოებმა თავიანთი უფლებამოსილების ფარგლებში მიიღონ ყველა ზომა ევროპის კავშირსა და ჩრდილოატლანტიკური ხელშეკრულების ორგანიზაციაში საქართველოს სრული ინტეგრაციის უზრუნველსაყოფად. (მუხლი 78)
Status of International Law
- English1. Everyone shall be guaranteed judicial protection of his/her rights and freedoms envisaged in the present Constitution, laws, international treaties to which the Kyrgyz Republic is a party as well as universally recognized principles and norms of international law. … (Art. 40)
- Russian1. Каждому гарантируется судебная защита его прав и свобод, предусмотренных настоящей Конституцией, законами, международными договорами, участницей которых является Кыргызская Республика, общепризнанными принципами и нормами международного права. ... (Статья 40)
- Kyrgyz1. Ар кимге ушул Конституцияда, мыйзамдарда, Кыргыз Республикасы катышуучу болуп саналган эл аралык келишимдерде, эл аралык укуктун жалпыга таанылган принциптеринде жана ченемдеринде каралган анын укуктары менен эркиндигин соттук коргоого кепилдиктер берилет. … (40-берене)
Status of International Law
- English
It is not permitted for any entity in the state to issue regulations, decisions, or instructions that contradict the provisions of the laws and royal decrees in force, or international treaties and agreements that are considered part of the law of the land. (Art. 97)
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لا يجوز لأي جهة في الدولة إصدار لوائح، أو قرارات، أو تعليمات تخالف أحكام القوانين والمراسيم السلطانية النافذة، أو المعاهدات والاتفاقيات الدولية التي تعد جزءا من قانون البلاد. (المادّة ٩٧)
Status of International Law
- English1. The legal system of East Timor shall adopt the general or customary principles of international law.
2. Rules provided for in international conventions, treaties and agreements shall apply in the internal legal system of East Timor following their approval, ratification or accession by the respective competent organs and after publication in the official gazette.
3. All rules that are contrary to the provisions of international conventions, treaties and agreements applied in the internal legal system of East Timor shall be invalid. (Sec. 9) - Tetum1. Orden jurídika Timór nian adopta PRINSÍPIU sira direitu internasionál jerál nian eh hotuhotu nian.
2. Norma sira-ne’ebé mai iha konvensaun, tratadu no akordu internasionál sira-nia laran vigora iha orden lei railaran nian, wainhira hetan aprovasaun, ratifikasaun eh adezaun hosi órgaun kompetente idaidak no wainhira publika tiha ona iha jornál ofisiál.
3. Norma sira-ne’e sei la iha folin, sira latuir karik konvensaun no akordu internasionál sirane’ebé lei Timór nian simu tiha ona. (Art. 9) - Portuguese1. A ordem jurídica timorense adopta os princípios de direito internacional geral ou comum.
2. As normas constantes de convenções, tratados e acordos internacionais vigoram na ordem jurídica interna mediante aprovação, ratificação ou adesão pelos respectivos órgãos competentes e depois de publicadas no jornal oficial.
3. São inválidas todas as normas das leis contrárias às disposições das convenções, tratados e acordos internacionais recebidos na ordem jurídica interna timorense. (Art. 9)
Status of International Law
- English
The political principles of the state consist of the following:
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– Strengthening ties of cooperation and affirming bonds of friendship with all states and nations on the bases of mutual respect, common interests, non-interference in internal affairs, and the adherence to international and regional charters and treaties, as well as generally recognised principles of international law, in a manner conducive to the advancement of peace and security among states and nations.
... (Art. 13) - Arabic
تتمثل المبادئ السياسية للدولة في الآتي:
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– توثيق عرى التعاون وتأكيد أواصر الصداقة مع جميع الدول والشعوب على أساس من الاحترام المتبادل، والمصالح المشتركة، وعدم التدخل في الشؤون الداخلية، ومراعاة المواثيق والمعاهدات الدولية والإقليمية وقواعد القانون الدولي المعترف بها بصورة عامة، وبما يؤدي إلى إرساء السلام والأمن بين الدول والشعوب.
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Status of International Law
- English
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24. The State shall endeavour to promote goodwill and co-operation with nations, foster respect for international law and treaty obligations, and encourage settlement of international disputes by peaceful means in order to promote international peace and security. (Art. 9) - Dzongkha
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༢༤) རྒྱལ་ཁམས་ཀྱིས་ རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ཚུ་དང་གཅིག་ཁར་ ལེགས་སྨོན་དང་མཐུན་འབྲེལ་ཡར་དྲག་གཏང་ནི་དང་ རྒྱལ་སྤྱིའི་ ཁྲིམས་དང་ ཆིངས་ཡིག་གི་འགན་ཁུར་ཚུ་ལུ་བརྩི་བཀུར་བསྐྱེད་དེ་ འཛམ་གླིང་ཞི་བདེ་དང་བདེ་སྲུང་ཡར་དྲག་གཏང་ནི་ལུ་ ཞི་བདེའི་ཐབས་ལམ་གྱི་སྒོ་ལས་ རྒྱལ་སྤྱིའི་ཉོགས་འཛིང་ཚུ་སེལ་ཐབས་ཀྱི་བློ་བསྐུལ་འབད་ནི་ལུ་ བརྩོན་ཤུགས་བསྐྱེད་དགོ། ༼རྩ་ཚན་༩༽
Status of International Law
- English
1. The current law in the Republic of Kazakhstan is the norms of the Constitution, laws corresponding to it, other regulatory legal acts, international treaty and other obligations of the Republic, as well as regulatory resolutions of the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court of the Republic.
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3. International agreements ratified by the Republic have primacy over its laws. The legislation of the Republic determines the procedure and conditions of operation of international agreements in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan to which Kazakhstan is a party.
4. All laws and international agreements, where the Republic is a party, shall be published. Official publication of regulatory and legal acts, dealing with the rights, freedoms, and responsibilities of citizens shall be the necessary condition for their application. (Art. 4) - Kazak
1. Қазақстан Республикасында қолданылатын құқық Конституцияның, соған сәйкес заңдардың, өзге де нормативтiк құқықтық актiлердiң, халықаралық шарттары мен Республиканың басқа да мiндеттемелерiнiң, сондай-ақ Республика Конституциялық Кеңесiнiң және Жоғарғы Соты нормативтiк қаулыларының нормалары болып табылады.
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3. Республика бекiткен халықаралық шарттардың республика заңдарынан басымдығы болады. Қазақстан қатысушысы болып табылатын халықаралық шарттардың Қазақстан Республикасының аумағында қолданылу тәртібі мен талаптары Республиканың заңнамасында айқындалады.
4. Барлық заңдар, Республика қатысушысы болып табылатын халықаралық шарттар жарияланады. Азаматтардың құқықтарына, бостандықтары мен мiндеттерiне қатысты нормативтiк құқықтық актiлердi ресми түрде жариялау оларды қолданудың мiндеттi шарты болып табылады.(4-бап)
Status of International Law
- English(a) Treaties entered into by the Executive in the name of the State with foreign states and international organizations shall be approved by the People’s Majlis, and shall come into force only in accordance with the decision of the People’s Majlis.
(b) Despite the provisions of article (a), citizens shall only be required to act in compliance with treaties ratified by the State as provided for in a law enacted by the People’s Majlis. (Art. 93) - Dhivehi(ހ) ދިވެހިދައުލަތުގެ ނަމުގައި، ވެރިކަން ހިންގާ ފަރާތުން ބައިވެރިވާ ބައިނަލްއަޤްވާމީ މުޢާހަދާތަކަށް އަމަލުކުރާންވާނީ ރައްޔިތުންގެ މަޖިލީހަށް ހުށަހަޅައި އެ މަޖިލީހުން ފާސްކުރުމަށްފަހު، އެ މަޖިލީހުން ނިންމާގޮތުގެ މަތީންނެވެ.
(ށ) މި މާއްދާގެ (ހ) ގައި އެހެން އޮތްކަމުގައިބވިޔަސް، ދިވެހިދައުލަތުން ބައިވެރިވާ، ބައިނަލްއަޤްވާމީ މުޢާހަދާތަކުގެ މައްޗައް ޢަމަލުކުރުމަށް ރައްޔިތުންނަށް ލަޒިމުވަނީ، ރައްޔިތުންގެ މަޖިލީހުން ފާސްކުރާ ޤާނޫނާ އެއްގޮތްވާ ގޮތުގެ މަތީންނެވެ. (ޤާނޫނުއަސާސީގެ 93 ވަނަ މާއްދާ)
Status of International Law
- EnglishThe Commission on Human Rights shall have the following powers and functions:
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(7) Monitor the Philippine Government’s compliance with international treaty obligations on human rights;
… (Art. XIII, Sec. 18) - FilipinoDapat magkaroon ang Komisyong sa Mga Karapatang Pantao ng mga sumusunod na mga kapangyarihan at mga gawain:
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(7) Subaybayan ang pagtalima ng Pamahalaan ng Pilipinas sa mga pananagutan sa pandaigdig na kasunduang-bansa hinggil sa mga karapatang pantao;
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