SEARCH DATABASE
The Global Gender Equality Constitutional Database is a repository of gender equality related provisions in 194 constitutions from around the world. The Database was updated in partnership with the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and with support from the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) and the Government of Japan. Experience its wealth and depth of information by starting your search now.
Status of International Law
- English1. No derogation from rights contained in this Chapter10 shall be permissible save to the extent provided for by this section and no such derogation shall be made unless there has been a declaration of a state of emergency within the meaning of this section.
2. There shall be no derogation with regard to—
a. the right to life;
b. the prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
c. the prohibition of genocide;
d. the prohibition of slavery, the slave trade and slave-like practices;
e. the prohibition of imprisonment for failure to meet contractual obligations;
f. the prohibition on retrospective criminalization and the retrospective imposition of greater penalties for criminal acts;
g. the right to equality and recognition before the law;
h. the right to freedom of conscience, belief, thought and religion and to academic freedom; or
i. the right to habeas corpus.
…
4. Derogation from the rights contained in this Chapter, other than the rights listed in subsection (2), shall be permissible during a state of emergency within the meaning of this section and to the extent that—
a. such derogation is consistent with the obligations of Malawi under international law;
… (Sec. 45)
Status of International Law
- EnglishThe Office of the Ombudsman monitors the protection of the fundamental rights and guarantees recognized in this Constitution as well as of those which are provided for by international human rights conventions and the law through the non-judicial control of the facts, acts and omissions of public servants and providers of public services and makes sure that they are observed.
… (Art. 129) - SpanishLa Defensoría del Pueblo velará por la protección de los derechos y las garantías fundamentales consagradas en esta Constitución, así como los previstos en los convenios internacionales de derechos humanos y la Ley, mediante el control no jurisdiccional de los hechos, actos u omisiones de los servidores públicos y de quienes presten servicios públicos, y actuará para que ellos se respeten.
… (Art. 129)
Status of International Law
- English…
2) The Constitutional Court shall also have jurisdiction to review the constitutionality of laws and international treaties and the legality of Government ordinances; in such matters, it may declare their annulment.
… (Art. 104) - German…
2) In seine Kompetenz fallen weiter die Prüfung der Verfassungsmässigkeit von Gesetzen und Staatsverträgen sowie der Gesetzmässigkeit der Regierungsverordnungen; in diesen Angelegenheiten urteilt er kassatorisch.
… (Art. 104)
Status of International Law
- EnglishUnless otherwise provided by this Constitution or Act of Parliament, the general rules of public international law and international agreements binding upon Namibia under this Constitution shall form part of the law of Namibia. (Art. 144)
Status of International Law
- EnglishThe recitation of rights and guarantees contained in this Constitution and in international instruments concerning human rights are not to be understood as negating others inherent to individuals, not expressly mentioned in such recitation. The absence of a law regulating these rights shall not adversely affect the exercise thereof. (Art. 22)
- SpanishLa enunciación de los derechos y garantías contenidos en esta Constitución y en los instrumentos internacionales sobre derechos humanos no debe entenderse como negación de otros que, siendo inherentes a la persona, no figuren expresamente en ellos. La falta de ley reglamentaria de estos derechos no menoscaba el ejercicio de los mismos. (Art. 22)
Status of International Law
- English…
2. In accordance with universally recognised principles and norms of international law and the legislation of Georgia, citizens of Georgia, regardless of their ethnic and religious affiliation or language, shall have the right to maintain and develop their culture, and use their mother tongue in private and in public, without any discrimination.
… (Art. 11) - Georgian…
2. საერთაშორისო სამართლის საყოველთაოდ აღიარებული პრინციპებისა და ნორმების და საქართველოს კანონმდებლობის შესაბამისად საქართველოს მოქალაქეებს, განურჩევლად მათი ეთნიკური, რელიგიური თუ ენობრივი კუთვნილებისა, უფლება აქვთ ყოველგვარი დისკრიმინაციის გარეშე შეინარჩუნონ და განავითარონ თავიანთი კულტურა, ისარგებლონ დედაენით პირად ცხოვრებაში ან საჯაროდ.
… (მუხლი 11)
Status of International Law
- EnglishRights and liberties shall be exercised on the basis of the Constitution and the confirmed international agreements.
… (Art. 17) - MontenegrinPrava i slobode ostvaruju se na osnovu Ustava i potvrđenih međunarodnih sporazuma.
… (Član 17)
Status of International Law
- English
If the Constitutional Council has declared that an international commitment involves a clause contrary to the Constitution, the authorization to ratify it or to approve it may only intervene after the revision of the Constitution. (Art. 97)
- French
Si le Conseil constitutionnel a déclaré qu'un engagement international comporte une clause contraire à la Constitution, l'autorisation de le ratifier ou de l'approuver ne peut intervenir qu'après la révision de la Constitution. (Art. 97)
Status of International Law
- EnglishThe Constitutional Court shall, in the manner stipulated by the Law on the Constitutional Court:
…
3. Prior to the ratification of an international treaty, determine the conformity with the Constitution of obligations enshrined therein;
… (Art. 168) - ArmenianՍահմանադրական դատարանը Սահմանադրական դատարանի մասին օրենքով սահմանված կարգով՝
…
3) մինչև միջազգային պայմանագրի վավերացումը որոշում է դրանում ամրագրված պարտավորությունների համապատասխանությունը Սահմանադրությանը.
… (Հոդված 168)
Status of International Law
- English...
3. International treaties to which the Kyrgyz Republic is a party that have entered into force under the established legal procedure and also the universally recognized principles and norms of international law shall be the constituent part of the legal system of the Kyrgyz Republic.
The procedure and modalities of application of international laws as well as universally recognized principles and norms of the international law shall be defined in the law.
… (Art. 6) - Russian...
3. Вступившие в установленном законом порядке в силу международные договоры, участницей которых является Кыргызская Республика, а также общепризнанные принципы и нормы международного права являются составной частью правовой системы Кыргызской Республики.
Порядок и условия применения международных договоров и общепризнанных принципов и норм международного права определяются законами.
... (Статья 6) - Kyrgyz...
3. Кыргыз Республикасы катышуучусу болуп эсептелген, мыйзамда белгиленген тартипте күчүнө кирген эл аралык келишимдер, ошондой эле эл аралык укуктун жалпы кабыл алынган принциптери менен ченемдери Кыргыз Республикасынын укук системасынын ажыралгыс бөлүгү болуп саналат.
Эл аралык келишимдерди жана эл аралык укуктун жалпы таанылган принциптерин жана ченемдерин колдонуу тартиби жана шарттары мыйзамдар менен аныкталат.
… (6-берене)