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- EnglishThe right of the indigenous peoples to preserve and to develop their ethnic identity in the respective habitat is recognized and guaranteed. They have the right, likewise, to freely apply their systems of political, social, economic, cultural, and religious organization, as well as the voluntarily subjection to their customary norms for the regulation of [their] internal coexistence [convivencia], as long as they do not infringe upon the fundamental rights established in this Constitution. … (Art. 63)
- SpanishQueda reconocido y garantizado el derecho de los pueblos indígenas a preservar y a desarrollar su identidad étnica en el respectivo hábitat. Tienen derecho, asimismo, a aplicar libremente sus sistemas de organización política, social, económica, cultural y religiosa, al igual que la voluntaria sujeción a sus normas consuetudinarias para la regulación de la convivencia interior siempre que ellas no atenten contra los derechos fundamentales establecidos en esta Constitución. … (Art. 63)
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(2) State bodies may act solely in conformity with the Constitution. Their actions shall be subject to its limits, within its scope and governed by procedures determined by law.
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(2) Štátne orgány môţu konať iba na základe ústavy, v jej medziach a v rozsahu a spôsobom, ktorý ustanoví zákon.
... (Čl. 2)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishThe treaties in which constitutional provisions are restricted or affected in any manner may not be ratified, unless the ratification is conducted with the corresponding reservations. The provisions of the treaty concerning which the reservations are made are not law of the Republic. (Art. 145)
- SpanishNo se podrán ratificar los tratados en que se restrinjan o afecten de alguna manera las disposiciones constitucionales, a menos que la ratificación se haga con las reservas correspondientes. Las disposiciones del tratado sobre las cuales se hagan las reservas no son ley de la República. (Art. 145)
Status of the Constitution
- English1. The Constitution is the fundamental and supreme law of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
All other legal documents must conform to the Constitution.
All violations of the Constitution shall be dealt with.
2. The National Assembly and its agencies, the President, the Government, People’s Courts, People’s Procuracies, other agencies of the State and all the People shall defend the Constitution.
The mechanism to defend the Constitution shall be prescribed by a law. (Art. 119) - Vietnamese1. Hiến pháp là luật cơ bản của nước Cộng hoà xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam, có hiệu lực pháp lý cao nhất.
Mọi văn bản pháp luật khác phải phù hợp với Hiến pháp.
Mọi hành vi vi phạm Hiến pháp đều bị xử lý.
2. Quốc hội, các cơ quan của Quốc hội, Chủ tịch nước, Chính phủ, Tòa án nhân dân, Viện kiểm sát nhân dân, các cơ quan khác của Nhà nước và toàn thể Nhân dân có trách nhiệm bảo vệ Hiến pháp.
Cơ chế bảo vệ Hiến pháp do luật định. (Điều 119)
Status of the Constitution
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3. Customary international law, unless inconsistent with this Constitution or an Act of Parliament, shall form part of the law of the Republic. (Sec. 211)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishThe provisions of the present Constitution which recognize individual rights, as well as those which confer powers and impose duties on public authorities, shall not be without effect by reason of the lack of corresponding regulations, but such regulations shall be supplied on the basis of analogous laws, general principles of justice, and generally accepted doctrines. (Art. 332)
- SpanishLos preceptos de la presente Constitución que reconocen derechos a los individuos, así como los que atribuyen facultades e imponen deberes a las autoridades públicas, no dejarán de aplicarse por falta de la reglamentación respectiva, sino que ésta será suplida, recurriendo a los fundamentos de leyes análogas, a los principios generales de derecho y a las doctrinas generalmente admitidas. (Art. 332)
Status of the Constitution
- English... The Constitution of Ukraine has the highest legal force. Laws and other normative legal acts are adopted on the basis of the Constitution of Ukraine and shall conform to it. The norms of the Constitution of Ukraine are norms of direct effect. Appeals to the court in defence of the constitutional rights and freedoms of the individual and citizen directly on the grounds of the Constitution of Ukraine are guaranteed. (Art. 8)
- Ukrainian... Конституція України має найвищу юридичну силу. Закони та інші нормативно-правові акти приймаються на основі Конституції України і повинні відповідати їй. Норми Конституції України є нормами прямої дії. Звернення до суду для захисту конституційних прав і свобод людини і громадянина безпосередньо на підставі Конституції України гарантується. (Стаття 8)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishThis Constitution is the supreme law of the Kingdom and if any other law is inconsistent with this Constitution, that other law shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void. (Clause 82)
- TonganKoe Konisitutone ni ko e lao pule ia ‘o e Pule‘anga ni pea kapau ‘oku ‘i ai ha lao kehe ‘oku faikehekehe mo e Konisitutone, ko e lao kehe ko ia kuopau ke ta‘e‘aonga ia, ‘o fakatatau ki he ngata‘anga ‘o e faikehekehe ko ia. (Kupu 82)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishThe Constitution shall have the supreme legal force. Laws, decrees, edicts and other instruments of state bodies shall be promulgated on the basis of, and in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus.
Where there is a discrepancy between a law, decree or edict and the Constitution, the Constitution shall apply.
… (Art. 137) - BelarusianКанстытуцыя валодае найвышэйшай юрыдычнай сілай. Законы, дэкрэты, указы і іншыя акты дзяржаўных органаў выдаюцца на падставе і ў адпаведнасці з Канстытуцыяй Рэспублікі Беларусь.
У выпадку разыходжання закона, дэкрэта або ўказа з Канстытуцыяй дзейнічае Канстытуцыя.
… (Артыкул 137) - RussianКонституция обладает высшей юридической силой. Законы, декреты, указы и иные акты государственных органов издаются на основе и в соответствии с Конституцией Республики Беларусь.
В случае расхождения закона, декрета или указа с Конституцией действует Конституция.
… (Статья 137)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishIn matters brought before them for decision, the courts shall not apply laws or principles that are contrary to the Constitution. (Art. 213)
- PortugueseNos feitos submetidos a julgamento os tribunais não podem aplicar leis ou princípios que ofendam a Constituição. (Art. 213)