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- EnglishThe Republic of San Marino receives generally recognised rules of international law as integral part of its constitutional order, to which it shall conform its acts and conduct. It recognises the provisions set forth in the international declarations on human rights and fundamental freedoms.
It reasserts the right to political asylum. It rejects war as a means to settle disputes between States and, in its international policy, adheres to the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations.
San Marino constitutional order recognises, guarantees and enforces the rights and fundamental freedoms set forth by the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
Regularly signed and implemented international agreements on the protection of human rights and freedoms shall prevail over domestic legislation in case of conflict. (Art. 1) - ItalianLa Repubblica di San Marino riconosce, come parte integrante del proprio ordinamento, le norme di diritto internazionale generalmente riconosciute e conforma ad esse i suoi atti e la condotta. Si uniforma alle norme contenute nelle dichiarazioni internazionali in tema di diritti dell'uomo e delle libertà fondamentali.
Riconferma il diritto di asilo politico. Rifiuta la guerra come strumento di risoluzione delle controversie fra Stati e si conforma, nell'azione internazionale, ai principi sanciti dallo Statuto delle Nazioni Unite.
L'ordinamento sammarinese riconosce, garantisce ed attua i diritti e le libertà fondamentali enunciate nella Convenzione Europea per la salvaguardia dei diritti dell'uomo e delle libertà fondamentali.
Gli accordi internazionali in tema di protezione delle libertà e dei diritti dell'uomo, regolarmente stipulati e resi esecutivi, prevalgono in caso di contrasto sulle norme interne. (Art. 1)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishThe judgments and decisions issued by the Supreme Constitutional Court shall be published in the Official Gazette, and they shall be binding upon everyone and all of the State authorities. They shall have Res judicata vis-à-vis all of them.
The law shall regulate the consequences of a judgment rendering a text of law unconstitutional. (Art. 195) - Arabicتنشر فى الجريدة الرسمية الأحكام والقرارات الصادرة من المحكمة الدستورية العليا، وهي ملزمة للكافة وجميع سلطات الدولة، وتكون لها حجية مطلقة بالنسبة لهم.
وينظم القانون ما يترتب على الحكم بعدم دستورية نص تشريعى من آثار. (المادّة 195)
Status of the Constitution
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20. The Druk Gyalpo shall abdicate the Throne for willful violations of this Constitution or for being subject to permanent mental disability, on a motion passed by a joint sitting of Parliament in accordance with the procedure as laid down in sections 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 of this Article.
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༢༠) འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ་མཆོག་གིས་མཁྱེན་བཞིན་དུ་ རྩ་ཁྲིམས་ཆེན་མོ་འདི་ལས་འགལ་བ་ ཡང་ན་ དྲན་ཤེས་ཀྱིས་རྩ་གཏན་ལས་ ལྕོགས་ གྲུབ་ མེད་ པའི་དབང་ལུ་ཐལ་བའི་གྲོས་དོན་ཅིག་ རྩ་ཚན་འདིའི་དོན་ཚན་༢༡ པ་དང་ ༢༢ པ་ ༢༣ པ་ ༢༤ པ་ ༢༥ པ་བཅས་ ཀྱི་ནང་བཀོད་པའི་ བྱ་བའི་ གནད་སྤྱོད་དང་འཁྲིལ་ཏེ་ སྤྱི་ཚོགས་ལྷན་བཞུགས་ཀྱིས་ཆ་འཇོག་གྲུབ་ཚེ་ རྒྱལ་ཁྲི་སྤང་ནི།
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Status of the Constitution
- EnglishEach rural, native, or indigenous autonomy shall draft its Statute according to its own norms and procedures, in conformity with the Constitution and the law. (Art. 292)
- SpanishCada autonomía indígena originario campesina elaborará su Estatuto, de acuerdo a sus normas y procedimientos propios, según la Constitución y la Ley. (Art. 292)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishAll matters established by laws, regulations, decrees, orders and decisions in the various member Emirates of the UAE in effect upon the coming into force of this Constitution, shall continue to be applicable unless amended or replaced in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.
Similarly, the measures and organizations existing in the member Emirates shall continue to be effective until the promulgation of laws amending them in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution. (Art. 148) - Arabicكل ما قررته القوانين واللوائح والمراسيم والأوامر والقرارات المعمول بها عند نفاذ هذا الدستور ، في الامارات المختلفة الأعضاء في الاتحاد ووفقا للأوضاع السائدة فيها يظل ساريا ما لم يعدل أو يلغ وفقا لما هو مقرر في هذا الدستور .
كما يستمر العمل بالتدابير والأنظمة السائدة فيها حتى تصدر القوانين المعدلة لها وفقا لأحكامه. (المادّة 148)
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(3) Likewise, any provisions contrary to those contained in the Constitution are hereby repealed. (Repeals) - Spanish…
3) Asimismo quedan derogadas cuantas disposiciones se opongan a lo establecido en esta Constitución. (Disposición derogatoria)
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21) Each citizen has the duty to defend the fatherland and the obligation to protect and to respect the Constitution, the laws and the regulations of the Republic;
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21°) Chaque citoyen a le devoir de défendre la patrie et l’obligation de protéger et de respecter la Constitution, les lois et les règlements de la République;
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Status of the Constitution
- English1. Subject to the provisions of Article 1A, this Constitution shall be the supreme law of the Republic.
2. No law or decision of the House of Representatives or of any of the Communal Chambers and no act or decision of any organ, authority or person in the Republic exercising executive power or any administrative function shall in any way be repugnant to, or inconsistent with, any of the provisions of this Constitution or any obligation imposed on the Republic as a result of its participation as a member state of the European Union. (Art. 179) - Greek1. Τηρουμένων των διατάξεων του άρθρου 1Α, το Σύνταγμα είναι ο υπέρτατος νόμος της Δημοκρατίας.
2. Ουδείς νόμος ή απόφασις της Βουλής των Αντιπροσώπων ή εκατέρας Κοινοτικής Συνελεύσεων ως και ουδεμία πράξις ή απόφασις ιουδήποτε οργάνου, αρχής ή προσώπου εν τη Δημοκρατία ασκούντος εκτελεστικήν εξουσίαν ή οιονδήποτε διοικητικόν λειτούργημα δύναται να είναι καθ’ οιονδήποτε τρόπον αντίθετος ή ασύμφωνος προς οιανδήποτε των διατάξεων του Συντάγματος ή προς οποιαδήποτε υποχρέωση επιβάλλεται στη Δημοκρατία ως αποτέλεσμα της συμμετοχής της ως κράτους μέλους στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση. (Αρθρον 179) - Turkish1. Madde 1A hükümleri saklı kalmak şartıyla, bu Anayasa Cumhuriyetin en yüksek kanunudur.
2. Temsilciler Meclisinin veya Cemaat Meclislerinden herhangi birinin hiçbir kanun veya kararı ve Cumhuriyet dâhilinde yürütme gücünü kullanan veya herhangi bir idari görev gören herhangi bir organ, makam veya şahsın hiçbir muamele veya kararı hiçbir suretle, bu Anayasa hükümlerinden herhangi birine ya da Avrupa Birliğine üye devlet olarak katılımının sonucu olarak Cumhuriyetin yüklendiği herhangi bir yükümlülüğe aykırı veya uyuşmaz olamaz. (Madde 179)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishThe Costa Ricans must observe the Constitution and the laws, … (Art. 18)
- SpanishLos costarricenses deben observar la Constitución y las leyes, … (Art. 18)
Status of the Constitution
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2. The judgment admitting the unconstitutionality of a treaty shall prevent its ratification. In all cases the conclusion of an international treaty including stipulations contrary to the Constitution shall require the previous revision of the latter. (Art. 101) - Catalan…
2. La resolució estimatòria d'inconstitucionalitat impedirà la ratificació del tractat. En tot cas, la celebració d'un tractat internacional que contingui estipulacions que contradiguin la Constitució exigirà la reforma prèvia d'aquesta. (Art. 101)