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Status of International Law
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Nicaragua adheres to the principles that form the American International Law sovereignly recognized and ratified.
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Nicaragua se adhiere a los principios que conforman el Derecho Internacional Americano reconocido y ratificado soberanamente.
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Status of International Law
- EnglishIf the Constitutional Council, on a referral from the President of the Republic, from the Prime Minister, from the President of one or the other Houses, or from sixty Members of the National Assembly or sixty Senators, has held that an international undertaking contains a clause contrary to the Constitution, authorization to ratify or approve the international undertaking involved may be given only after amending the Constitution. (1958 Constitution, Art. 54)
- FrenchSi le Conseil constitutionnel, saisi par le Président de la République, par le Premier ministre, par le président de l'une ou l'autre assemblée ou par soixante députés ou soixante sénateurs, a déclaré qu'un engagement international comporte une clause contraire à la Constitution, l'autorisation de ratifier ou d'approuver l'engagement international en cause ne peut intervenir qu'après révision de la Constitution. (Constitution 1958, Art. 54)
Status of International Law
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3. Laws, treaties and other acts of the state, local government bodies and public bodies in general shall only be valid if they conform to the Constitution. (Art. 6) - Portuguese…
3. As leis, os tratados e os demais actos do Estado, dos órgãos do poder local e dos entes públicos em geral só são válidos se forem conformes à Constituição. (Art. 6)
Status of International Law
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Considering the imperative to reinforce the role which belongs to it on the international scene, the Kingdom of Morocco, active member within the international organizations, is committed to subscribe to the principles, rights and obligations enounced in their respective charters and conventions; it affirms its attachment to the Rights of Man such as they are universally recognized, as well as its will to continue to work to preserve peace and security in the world.
… the Kingdom of Morocco, [a] united State, totally sovereign, belonging the Grand Maghreb, reaffirms that which follows and commits itself:
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• To protect and to promote the mechanisms [dispositifs] of the Rights of Man and of international humanitarian law and to contribute to their development within their indivisibility and their universality;
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• To comply with [accorder] the international conventions duly ratified by it, within the framework of the provisions of the Constitution and of the laws of the Kingdom, within respect for its immutable national identity, and on the publication of these conventions, [their] primacy over the internal law of the country, and to harmonize in consequence the pertinent provisions of national legislation.
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وإدراكا منها لضرورة تقوية الدّور الذي تضطلع به على الصعيد الدولي، فإن المملكة المغربية، العضو العامل النشيط في المنظمات الدولية، تتعهد بالتزام ما تقتضيه مواثيقها من مبادئ وحقوق وواجبات، وتؤكد تشبثها بحقوق الإنسان كما هي متعارف عليها عالميا. كما تؤكد عزمها على مواصلة العمل للمحافظة على السلام والأمن في العالم.
... فإن المملكة المغربية، الدولة الموحدة، ذات السيادة الكاملة، المنتمية إلى المغرب الكبير، تؤكد وتلتزم بما يلي:
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• حماية منظومتي حقوق الإنسان والقانون الدّولي الإنساني والنهوض بهما، والإسهام في تطويرهما ؛ مع مراعاة الطابع الكوني لتلك الحقوق، وعدم قابليتها للتجزئة.
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• جعل الاتفاقيات الدّولية، كما صادق عليها المغرب، وفي نطاق أحكام الدستور، وقوانين المملكة، وهويتها الوطنية الراسخة، تسمو، فور نشرها، على التشريعات الوطنية، والعمل على ملاءمة هذه التشريعات، مع ما تتطلبه تلك المصادقة.
... (التّصدير)
Status of International Law
- EnglishLegal regulations in force in the Republic of Suriname shall not apply, if this application should be incompatible with provisions that are directly applicable to anyone, to agreements entered into either before or after the enactment of the regulations. (Art. 106)
- DutchBinnen de Republiek Suriname geldende wettelijke voorschriften vinden geen toepassing, wanneer deze toepassing niet verenigbaar zou zijn met een ieder verbindende bepalingen van overeenkomsten, die hetzij voor, hetzij na de totstandkoming van de voorschriften zijn aangegaan. (Art. 106)
Status of International Law
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The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania,
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expressing its conviction that the European Union respects human rights and fundamental freedoms and that Lithuanian membership in the European Union will contribute to the more efficient securing of human rights and freedoms,
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adopts and proclaims this Constitutional Act:
1. The Republic of Lithuania as a Member State of the European Union shall share with or confer on the European Union the competences of its state institutions in the areas provided for in the founding Treaties of the European Union and to the extent it would, together with the other Member States of the European Union, jointly meet its membership commitments in those areas, as well as enjoy membership rights.
2. The norms of European Union law shall be a constituent part of the legal system of the Republic of Lithuania. Where it concerns the founding Treaties of the European Union, the norms of the European Union law shall be applied directly, while in the event of the collision of legal norms, they shall have supremacy over the laws and other legal acts of the Republic of Lithuania.
… (The Constitutional Act of the Republic of Lithuania on Membership of the Republic of Lithuania in the European Union 2004)4 - Lithuanian
Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas,
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reikšdamas įsitikinimą, kad Europos Sąjunga gerbia žmogaus teises ir pagrindines laisves, o Lietuvos narystė Europos Sąjungoje prisidės prie žmogaus teisių ir laisvių efektyvesnio užtikrinimo,
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priima ir skelbia šį Konstitucinį aktą:
1. Lietuvos Respublika, būdama Europos Sąjungos valstybe nare, dalijasi ar patiki Europos Sąjungai valstybės institucijų kompetenciją sutartyse, kuriomis yra grindžiama Europos Sąjunga, numatytose srityse ir tiek, kad kartu su kitomis Europos Sąjungos valstybėmis narėmis bendrai vykdytų narystės įsipareigojimus šiose srityse, taip pat naudotųsi narystės teisėmis.
2. Europos Sąjungos teisės normos yra sudedamoji Lietuvos Respublikos teisinės sistemos dalis. Jeigu tai kyla iš sutarčių, kuriomis grindžiama Europos Sąjunga, Europos Sąjungos teisės normos taikomos tiesiogiai, o teisės normų kolizijos atveju jos turi viršenybę prieš Lietuvos Respublikos įstatymus ir kitus teisės aktus.
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Status of International Law
- English
The Constitutional Council takes cognizance of the constitutionality of the laws and of the international commitments, of the conflicts of competence between the executive power and the legislative power, as well as of the exceptions [pleadings] of unconstitutionality raised before the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court.
... (Art. 92) - French
Le Conseil constitutionnel connaît de la constitutionnalité des lois et des engagements internationaux, des conflits de compétence entre le pouvoir exécutif et le pouvoir législatif, ainsi que des exceptions d'inconstitutionnalité soulevées devant la Cour d'Appel ou la Cour suprême.
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Status of International Law
- EnglishThe Constitutional Court shall, in the manner stipulated by the Law on the Constitutional Court:
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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՝
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3) մինչև միջազգային պայմանագրի վավերացումը որոշում է դրանում ամրագրված պարտավորությունների համապատասխանությունը Սահմանադրությանը.
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Status of International Law
- EnglishIraq shall observe the principles of good neighborliness, adhere to the principle of noninterference in the internal affairs of other states, seek to settle disputes by peaceful means, establish relations on the basis of mutual interests and reciprocity, and respect its international obligations. (Art. 8)
- Arabicيرعى العراق مبدأ حسن الجوار، ويلتزم بعدم التدخّل في الشؤون الداخلية للدول الاخرى، ويسعى لحل النزاعات بالوسائل السلمية، ويقيم علاقاته على اساس المصالح المشتركة والتعامل بالمثل، ويحترم إلتزاماته الدولية. (المادة 8)
Status of International Law
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The court shall rule on the basis of the Constitution, laws and confirmed and published international agreements.
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Sud sudi na osnovu Ustava, zakona i potvrđenih i objavljenih međunarod-nih ugovora.
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