Constitution of the Republic of Mali 1992
Religious Law
  • English
    The sovereign people of Mali …
    – commit [themselves] solemnly to defend the republican form and the secularity of the State,
    … (Preamble)
  • French
    Le PEUPLE Souverain du Mali, …
    • s’engage solennellement à défendre la forme républicaine et la laïcité de l’Etat;
    … (Préambule)
Religious Law
  • English
    Mali is an independent, sovereign, indivisible, democratic, secular and social Republic.
    … (Art. 25)
  • French
    Le Mali est une République indépendante, souveraine, indivisible, démocratique, laïque et sociale.
    … (Art. 25)
Religious Law
  • English
    …
    The republican form and the secularity of the State as well as the [regime of] plural-parties [multipartisme] cannot be the object of revision. (Art. 118)
  • French
    …
    La forme républicaine et la laïcité de l'Etat ainsi que le multipartisme ne peuvent faire l'objet de révision. (Art. 118)
1

Constitution of the Republic of Mali 1992 (English), available in HeinOnline World Constitutions Illustrated Library (2019). According to Art. 25: “French is the official language of expression.”

2

Constitution of the Republic of Mali 1992 (French).

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