Constitution of the Republic of North Macedonia 1991, as amended to 2019
Limitations and/or Derogations
  • English
    The freedoms and rights of the individual and citizen can be restricted only in cases determined by the Constitution. The freedoms and rights of the individual and citizen can be restricted during states of war or emergency, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution. The restriction of freedoms and rights cannot discriminate on grounds of sex, race, colour of skin, language, religion, national or social origin, property or social status. The restriction of freedoms and rights cannot be applied to the right to life, the interdiction of torture, inhuman and humiliating conduct and punishment, the legal determination of punishable offences and sentences, as well as to the freedom of personal conviction, conscience, thought, public expression of thought, and religious confession. (Art. 54)
  • Macedonian
    Слободите и правата на човекот и граѓанинот можат да се ограничат само во случаи утврдени со Уставот. Слободите и правата на човекот и граѓанинот можат да бидат ограничени за време на воена или вонредна состојба според одредбите на Уставот. Ограничувањето на слободите и правата не може да биде дискриминаторско по основ на пол, раса, боја на кожа, јазик, вера, национално или социјално потекло, имотна или општествена положба. Ограничувањето на слободите и правата не може да се однесува на правото на живот, забраната на мачење, на нечовечко и понижувачко постапување и казнување, на правната одреденост на казнивите дела и казните, како и на слободата на уверувањето, совеста, мислата, јавното изразување на мислата и вероисповеста. (Член 54)
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Constitution of the Republic of North Macedonia 1991, as amended to 2019 (English), available in HeinOnline World Constitutions Illustrated Library (2019). According to Art. 7 (as replaced by Amendment V): “The Macedonian language, written using its Cyrillic alphabet, is the official language throughout the Republic of North Macedonia and in the international relations of the Republic of North Macedonia.” The country's name has been changed from “Macedonia” to “North Macedonia” in accordance with Amendment XXXIII.

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Constitution of the Republic of North Macedonia 1991, as amended to 2019 (Macedonian), available in HeinOnline World Constitutions Illustrated Library (2019).

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Art. 4 as amended by Amendment XXXII and XXXIII.
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Preamble as amended by Amendment IV and XXXIV.
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Preamble as amended by Amendment IV and XXXIV.
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Art. 77 as amended by Amendment XI.
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Art. 48 as amended by Amendment VIII.
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Art. 78 as amended by Amendment XII.
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Art. 8 as amended by Amendment VI.
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Art. 98 as amended by Amendment XXV.
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Art. 106 as amended by Amendment XXX.
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Art. 19 as amended by Amendment VII.