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Status of International Law
- EnglishDuring the transitional period, state agencies shall work on performing the following duties:
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c. Apply UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and the relevant African Union resolutions regarding participation of women at all levels in the peace process, and apply regional and international charters regarding women’s rights.
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g. Start implementing transitional justice and accountability measures for crimes against humanity and war crimes, and present the accused to national and international courts, in application of the no-impunity principle;
h. Facilitate the mission of the UN delegation of the High Commissioner of Human Rights to work in Sudan.
... (Art. 67) - Arabicتعمل اجهزة الدولة في الفترة الإنتقالية علي إنفاذ المهام الاتية:
3. تطبيق قرار الامم المتحده 1325 وقرارات الإتحاد الافريقي ذات علاقة والخاصة بمشاركة النساء علي كافة المستويات في عملية السلام وضمان تطبيق المواثيق الإقليمية والدولية الخاصة بحقوق المرأة.
7. البدء في انفاذ إجراءات العدالة الانتقالية والمحاسبة علي الجرائم ضد الانسانية وجرائم الحرب وتقديم المتهمين الي المحاكم الوطنية والدولية اعمالاً لمبدأ عدم الافلات من العقاب...8...تسهيل مهمة المبعوث الأممي للمفوضية السامية لحقوق الانسان للعمل بالسودان.
(الماده 68)
Status of International Law
- English
The provisions of the Constitution do not block the obligations deriving from the Statute of the International Criminal Court. (Art. 111)
Status of International Law
- English1. Civil Courts shall exercise their competences in respect of civil and criminal jurisprudence in accordance with the provisions of the laws in force in the Kingdom; however, in matters of personal status of foreigners or in civil and commercial matters which it is habitual in international tradition to apply the law of other countries in their regard, such law shall be applied in the manner provided for by the law.
… (Art. 103) - Arabic1. تمارس المحاكم النظامية إختصاصها في القضاء الحقوقي والجزائي وفق أحكام القوانين النافذة المفعول في المملكة، على أنه في مسائل الأحوال الشخصية للأجانب أو في الأمور الحقوقية والتجارية التي قضت العادة في العرف الدولي بتطبيق قانون بلاد أخرى بشأنها ينفذ ذلك القانون بالكيفية التي ينصّ عليها القانون.
... (المادّة 103)
Status of International Law
- English(1) Customary international law is part of the law of Zimbabwe, unless it is inconsistent with this Constitution or an Act of Parliament.
(2) When interpreting legislation, every court and tribunal must adopt any reasonable interpretation of the legislation that is consistent with customary international law applicable in Zimbabwe, in preference to an alternative interpretation inconsistent with that law. (Sec. 326)
Status of International Law
- EnglishWhen the Constitutional Court establishes that the law is not in conformity with the Constitution and confirmed and published international agreements, that is, that other regulation is not in conformity with the Constitution and the law, that law and other regulation shall cease to be valid on the date of publication of the decision of the Constitutional Court.
… (Art. 152) - MontenegrinKad Ustavni sud utvrdi da zakon nije u saglasnosti sa Ustavom i potvrđenim i objavljenim međunarodnim ugovorima, odnosno da drugi propis nije saglasan sa Ustavom i zakonom, taj zakon i drugi propis prestaje da važi danom objavljivanja odluke Ustavnog suda.
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Status of International Law
- EnglishDuly approved or ratified treaties and international agreements shall, following the publication, override national laws, provided the other party implements the said treaty or agreement. (Art. 45)
- FrenchLes traités ou accords internationaux régulièrement approuvés ou ratifiés ont, dès leur publication, une autorité supérieur à celle des lois, sous réserve pour chaque accord ou traité, de son application par lʼautre partie. (Art. 45)
Status of International Law
- EnglishWhen interpreting and applying the rights and freedoms contained within this Chapter7 a court or tribunal shall promote the values that underlie an open and democratic society based on human dignity, equality and freedom, and shall consider international treaties to which the Maldives is a party. (Art. 68)
- Dhivehiކޯޓުތަކުންނާއި ޓްރައިބިއުނަލްތަކުން މި ބާބުގައި ބަޔާންކޮށްފައިވާ ހައްޤުތަކާއި މިނިވަންކަން މާނަކުރުމުގައްޔާއި ލިބިދިނުމުގައި، އިންސާނީ ޝަރަފާއި ހަމަހަމކަމާއި މިނިވަންކަމަށް ބިނަކޮށް އުފެދިފައިވާ، ހުޅުވިގެންވާ ދީމިޤްރާތީ މުޖްތަމައަކުން ޤަބޫލުކުރާ އުސޫލްތަކަށް ރިއާޔަތްކޮށް އެ އުސޫލްތައް ނަގަހައްޓަންވާނެއެވެ. އަދި ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ ބައިވެރިވެފައިވާ ބައިނަލްއަޤްވާމީ މުއާހަދާތަކަށް ރިޢާޔަތްކުރާންވާނެއެވެ. (ޤާނޫނުއަސާސީގެ 68 ވަނަ މާއްދާ)
Status of International Law
- EnglishI. Every person, natural and legal, as well as public organs, public functions and institutions, are subject to the present Constitution.
II. The Constitution is the supreme norm of Bolivian law and enjoys supremacy before any other normative disposition. The components of constitutional law include the international Treaties and Conventions in the matter of human rights and the norms of Communitarian Law, which have been ratified by the country. The application of the legal norms shall be governed by the following hierarchy, in accordance with the authority of the territorial entities:
1. Constitution of the State.
2. International treaties.
3. National laws, statutes of the autonomies, organic charters and the other departmental, municipal and indigenous legislation.
4. Decrees, regulations and other resolutions issued by the corresponding executive organs. (Art. 410) - SpanishI. Todas las personas, naturales y jurídicas, así como los órganos públicos, funciones públicas e instituciones, se encuentran sometidos a la presente Constitución.
II. La Constitución es la norma suprema del ordenamiento jurídico boliviano y goza de primacía frente a cualquier otra disposición normativa. El bloque de constitucionalidad está integrado por los Tratados y Convenios internacionales en materia de Derechos Humanos y las normas de Derecho Comunitario, ratificados por el país. La aplicación de las normas jurídicas se regirá por la siguiente jerarquía, de acuerdo a las competencias de las entidades territoriales:
1. Constitución Política del Estado.
2. Los tratados internacionales.
3. Las leyes nacionales, los estatutos autonómicos, las cartas orgánicas y el resto de legislación departamental, municipal e indígena.
4. Los decretos, reglamentos y demás resoluciones emanadas de los órganos ejecutivos correspondientes. (Art. 410)
Status of International Law
- English1. International agreements, previously ratified by the Republic of Poland upon the basis of constitutional provisions valid at the time of their ratification and promulgated in Dziennik Ustaw, shall be considered as agreements ratified with prior consent granted by statute, and shall be subject to the provisions of Article 91 of the Constitution if their connection with the categories of matters mentioned in Article 89, para. 1 of the Constitution derives from the terms of an international agreement.
2. The Council of Ministers shall, within 2 years of the coming into force of the Constitution, present to the Sejm a list of international agreements containing provisions not in conformity to the Constitution.
… (Art. 241) - Polish1. Umowy międzynarodowe ratyfikowane dotychczas przez Rzeczpospolitą Polską na podstawie obowiązujących w czasie ich ratyfikacji przepisów konstytucyjnych i ogłoszone w Dzienniku Ustaw, uznaje się za umowy ratyfikowane za uprzednią zgodą wyrażoną w ustawie i stosuje się do nich przepisy art. 91 Konstytucji, jeżeli z treści umowy międzynarodowej wynika, że dotyczą one kategorii spraw wymienionych w art. 89 ust. 1 Konstytucji.
2. Rada Ministrów w ciągu 2 lat od wejścia w życie Konstytucji przedstawi Sejmowi wykaz umów międzynarodowych zawierających postanowienia niezgodne z Konstytucją.
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Status of International Law
- English
We, the People of Côte d'Ivoire;
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Reaffirm our determination to build a State of law in which human rights, public freedoms, the dignity of the human person, justice and good governance as defined in the international juridical instruments to which Cote d'Ivoire is party, notably the Charter of the United Nation of 1945, the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Man of 1948, the African Charter of the Rights of Man and of Peoples of 1981 and its additional protocols, [and] the Constitutive Act of the African Union of 2001, are promoted, protected and guaranteed.
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Nous, Peuple de Côte d’Ivoire ;
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Réaffirmons notre détermination à bâtir un État de droit dans lequel les droits de l’Homme, les libertés publiques, la dignité de la personne humaine, la justice et la bonne gouvernance tels que définis dans les instruments juridiques internationaux auxquels la Côte d’Ivoire est partie, notamment la Charte des Nations unies de 1945, la Déclaration universelle des droits de l’Homme de 1948, la Charte africaine des droits de l’Homme et des Peuples de 1981 et ses protocoles additionnels, l’Acte constitutif de l’Union africaine de 2001, sont promus, protégés et garantis ;
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