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Status of the Constitution
Portugal
- EnglishPolitical power lies with the people and shall be exercised in accordance with the Constitution. (Art. 108)
- PortugueseO poder político pertence ao povo e é exercido nos termos da Constituição. (Art. 108)
Status of the Constitution
Comoros
- EnglishThe State submits itself to the Constitution, supports itself on [s’appuie] democratic legality, respects the laws and has [them] respected. (Art. 4)
- Arabicتخضع الدولة نفسها للدستور وتعتمد على الشرعية الديمقراطية وتحترم القوانين وتعمل على احترامها. (المادة 4)
- FrenchL'État se soumet à la Constitution, s'appuie sur la légalité démocratique, respecte et fait respecter les lois. (Art. 4)
Status of the Constitution
Togo
- EnglishThis Constitution will be executed as fundamental law of the Togolese Republic. (Art. 159)
- FrenchLa présente Constitution sera exécutée comme loi fondamentale de la République Togolaise. (Art. 159)
Status of the Constitution
Thailand
- English... Any right or liberty stipulated by the Constitution to be as provided by law, or to be in accordance with the rules and procedures prescribed by law, can be exercised by a person or community, despite the absence of such law, in accordance with the intent of the Constitution. ... (Sec. 25)
- Thai… สิทธิหรือเสรีภาพใดที่รัฐธรรมนูญให้เป็นไปตามที่กฎหมายบัญญัติ หรือให้เป็นไปตามหลักเกณฑ์และวิธีการที่กฎหมายบัญญัติ แม้ยังไม่มีการตรากฎหมายนั้นขึ้นใช้บังคับ บุคคลหรือชุมชนย่อมสามารถใช้สิทธิหรือเสรีภาพนั้นได้ตามเจตนารมณ์ของรัฐธรรมนูญ … (มาตรา ๒๕)
Status of the Constitution
Azerbaijan
- EnglishI. The Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan is the supreme law in the Republic of Azerbaijan.
II. The Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan has direct binding effect.
III. The Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan is the foundation of the legal system in the Republic of Azerbaijan. (Art. 147) - AzerbaijaniI. Azərbaycan Respublikasının Konstitusiyası Azərbaycan Respublikasında ən yüksək hüquqi qüvvəyə malikdir.
II. Azərbaycan Respublikasının Konstitusiyası birbaşa hüquqi qüvvəyə malikdir.
III. Azərbaycan Respublikasının Konstitusiyası Azərbaycan Respublikasının qanunvericilik sisteminin əsasıdır. (Maddə 147)
Status of the Constitution
Russian Federation
- English…
6. … international treaties of the Russian Federation, which do not correspond to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, shall not be implemented or used.
… (Art. 125) - Russian…
6. … не соответствующие Конституции Российской Федерации международные договоры Российской Федерации не подлежат введению в действие и применению.
… (Art. 125)
Status of the Constitution
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- EnglishThere is no excuse of ignorance of the law.
All persons are required to respect the Constitution and to comply with the laws of the Republic. (Art. 62) - FrenchNul n’est censé ignorer la loi.
Toute personne est tenue de respecter la Constitution et de se conformer aux lois de la République. (Art. 62)
Status of the Constitution
Argentina
- EnglishThis Constitution shall rule even when its observance is interrupted by acts of force against the institutional order and the democratic system. These acts shall be irreparably null.
… (Sec. 36) - SpanishEsta Constitución mantendrá su imperio aun cuando se interrumpiere su observancia por actos de fuerza contra el orden institucional y el sistema democrático. Estos actos serán insanablemente nulos.
… (Art. 36)
Status of the Constitution
United Arab Emirates
- EnglishNothing in the application of this Constitution shall affect treaties or agreements concluded by member Emirates with states or international organizations unless such treaties or agreements are amended or abrogated by agreement between the parties concerned. (Art. 147)
- Arabicﻻ ﻳﺨﻞ ﺗﻄﺒﻴﻖ ﻫﺬﺍ اﻟﺪﺳﺘﻮﺭ ﺑﻤﺎ ارﺗﺒﻄﺖ ﺑﻪ اﻻ ﻣﺎراﺕ اﻷﻋﻀﺎﺀ ﻓﻲ اﻻﺗﺤﺎﺩ ﻣﻊ اﻟﺪ وﻝ واﻟﻬﻴﺌﺎﺕ اﻟﺪوﻟﻴﺔ ﻣﻦ ﻣﻌﺎﻫﺪاﺕ أﻭ اﺗﻔﺎﻗﻴ ﺎﺕ، ﻣﺎ ﻟﻢ ﻳﺠﺮ ﺗﻌﺪﻳﻠﻬﺎ أﻭ اﻟﻐ ﺎؤﻫﺎ ﺑﺎﻻﺗﻔﺎﻕ ﺑﻴﻦ اﻷ ﻃﺮاﻑ اﻟ ﻤﻌﻨﻴﺔ. (المادّة 147)
Status of the Constitution
Bhutan
- English
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11. Every person shall have the duty and responsibility to respect and abide by the provisions of this Constitution. (Art. 8) - Dzongkha
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༡༡) མི་ག་ར་གིས་ རྩ་ཁྲིམས་ཆེན་མོ་འདིའི་དགོངས་དོན་ཚུ་ལུ་བརྩི་བཀུར་ཞུ་ནི་དང་ གནས་དགོ་ པའི་འགན་ཁུར་དང་ཁག་འགན་ཡོད། ༼རྩ་ཚན་༨༽