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Status of International Law
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(2) With a view to participating in the European Union as a Member State and on the basis of an international treaty, Hungary may, to the extent necessary to exercise the rights and fulfil the obligations deriving from the Founding Treaties, exercise some of its competences arising from the Fundamental Law jointly with other Member States, through the institutions of the European Union. Exercise of competences under this paragraph shall comply with the fundamental rights and freedoms provided for in the Fundamental Law and shall not limit the inalienable right of Hungary to determine its territorial unity, population, form of government and state structure.
(3) The law of the European Union may, within the framework set out in paragraph (2), lay down generally binding rules of conduct.
… (Foundation, Art. E) - Hungarian...
(2) Magyarország az Európai Unióban tagállamként való részvétele érdekében nemzetközi szerződés alapján – az alapító szerződésekből fakadó jogok gyakorlásához és kötelezettségek teljesítéséhez szükséges mértékig – az Alaptörvényből eredő egyes hatásköreit a többi tagállammal közösen, az Európai Unió intézményei útján gyakorolhatja. Az e bekezdés szerinti hatáskörgyakorlásnak összhangban kell állnia az Alaptörvényben foglalt alapvető jogokkal és szabadságokkal, továbbá nem korlátozhatja Magyarország területi egységére, népességére, államformájára és állami berendezkedésére vonatkozó elidegeníthetetlen rendelkezési jogát.
(3) Az Európai Unió joga – a (2) bekezdés keretei között – megállapíthat általánosan kötelező magatartási szabályt.
... (Alapvetés, E) cikk)
Status of International Law
- EnglishThe State shall guarantee to every individual, in accordance with the progressive principle and without discrimination of any kind, no renounceable, indivisible and interdependent enjoyment and exercise of human rights. Respect for and the guaranteeing of these rights is obligatory for the organs of Public Power, in accordance with the Constitution, the human rights treaties signed and ratified by the Republic and any laws developing the same. (Art. 19)
- SpanishEl Estado garantizará a toda persona, conforme al principio de progresividad y sin discriminación alguna, el goce y ejercicio irrenunciable, indivisible e interdependiente de los derechos humanos. Su respeto y garantía son obligatorios para los órganos del Poder Público de conformidad con la Constitución, los tratados sobre derechos humanos suscritos y ratificados por la República y las leyes que los desarrollen. (Art. 19)
Status of International Law
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- Reaffirm our commitment to the principles of democracy and of the rights of man which have been defined by the Charter of the United Nations 1945 and the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Man of 1948, the African Charter of the Rights of Man and of Peoples adopted in 1981 by the Organization of African Unity, [which was] ratified by Benin on 20 January 1986 and whose provisions are made an integral part of this Constitution and of Beninese law and which have a standing superior to the internal law;
… (Preamble) - French
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Réaffirmons notre attachement aux principes de la Démocratie et des droits de l' Homme tels qu'ils ont été définis par la charte des Nations-Unies de 1945 et la déclaration Universelle des Droits de l' Homme de 1948, à la charte Africaine des Droits de l' Homme et des peuples adoptés en 1981par l'Organisation de l' Unité Africaine, ratifiée par le Bénin le 20 janvier 1986 et dont les dispositions font partie intégrante de la présente constitution et du Droit béninois et ont une valeur supérieure à la loi interne;
… (Préambule)
Status of International Law
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(4) The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Somalia promotes human rights, the rule of law, general standards of international law, justice, participatory consultative and inclusive government, the separation of powers between the legislature, executive and an independent judiciary, in order to ensure accountability, efficiency and responsiveness to the interests of the people.
… (Art. 3) - Somali...
(4) Dastuurka Soomaaliya wuxuu dhiirri-gelinayaa xuquuqda Aadanaha, talinta sharciga, shuruudaha guud ee xeerarka caalamiga ah, caddaaladda, xukuumad loo dhan yahay oo ku dhisan wadatashi, kala-soocidda awoodaha sharci-dejinta, fulinta iyo garsoor madaxbanaan, iyagoo leh hannaan ku dhisan isla-xisaabtan iyo hufnaan ka jawaabaya danaha dadweynaha.
… (Qodobka 3aad.)
Status of International Law
- EnglishThe Principality of Monaco is a sovereign and independent State within the framework of the general principles of international law and the particular conventions with France.
… (Art. 1) - FrenchLa Principauté de Monaco est un Etat souverain et indépendant dans le cadre des principes généraux du droit international et des conventions particulières avec la France.
… (Art. 1)
Status of International Law
- EnglishWhen conflicts arise between normative-legal acts which form part of the legal system of the Republic of Azerbaijan (with the exception of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the acts passed by way of referendum) and international treaties to which the Republic of Azerbaijan is a party, the international treaties shall apply. (Art. 151)
- AzerbaijaniAzərbaycan Respublikasının qanunvericilik sisteminə daxil olan normativ hüquqi aktlar ilə (Azərbaycan Respublikasının Konstitusiyası və referendumla qəbul edilən aktlar istisna olmaqla) Azərbaycan Respublikasının tərəfdar çıxdığı dövlətlərarası müqavilələr arasında ziddiyyət yaranarsa, həmin beynəlxalq müqavilələr tətbiq edilir. (Maddə 151)
Status of International Law
- English1. Treaties duly concluded and promulgated in accordance with the Constitution and the generally recognized rules of international law shall have the same effect as the domestic laws of the Republic of Korea.
... (Art. 6) - Korean①헌법에 의하여 체결·공포된 조약과 일반적으로 승인된 국제법규는 국내법과 같은 효력을 가진다.
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Status of International Law
- EnglishWe, the Togolese people, …
– convinced that such a State can only be founded on political pluralism, the principles of Democracy and the protection of the Rights of Man such as are defined by the Charter of the United Nations of 1945, the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Man of 1948 and the International Pacts of 1966, [and] theAfrican Charter of the Rights of Man and of Peoples adopted in 1981 by the Organization of African Unity,
… (Preamble) - FrenchNous, Peuple togolais, …
- convaincu qu’un tel Etat ne peut être fondé que sur le pluralisme politique, les principes de la Démocratie et de la protection des Droits de l’Homme tels que définis par la Charte des Nations Unies de 1945, la Déclaration Universelle des Droits de l’Homme de 1948 et les Pactes Internationaux de 1966, la Charte Africaine des Droits de l’Homme et des Peuples adoptée en 1981 par l’Organisation de l’Unité Africaine,
... (Préambule)
Status of International Law
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Courts judge on the basis of the Constitution and laws and international agreements ratified in accordance with the Constitution.
… (Art. 98)10 - Macedonian…
Судовите судат врз основа на Уставот и законите и меѓународните договори ратификувани во согласност со Уставот.
… (Член 98)
Status of International Law
- EnglishThe Republic of the Union of Myanmar shall honour all legitimate obligations arising out of treaties or agreements which before the commencement of this Constitution have been in operation between the Government of the Union of Myanmar and the Government of other State, provided that such other State honours any reciprocal obligations towards the Union of Myanmar. (Sec. 456)
- Burmeseဤဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေ အာဏာမတည်မီကာလက ပြည်ထောင်စုမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် အစိုးရနှင့် အခြားနိုင်ငံအစိုးရတို့ ချုပ်ဆိုအတည်ဖြစ်ခဲ့သော စာချုပ်များအရသော်လည်းကောင်း၊ သဘောတူညီချက်များအရ သော်လည်းကောင်း ပေါ်ထွက်လာသော တရားမျှတသည့်တာဝန်များကို အဆိုပါအခြားနိုင်ငံကလည်း ပြည်ထောင်စုမြန်မာနိုင်ငံနှင့် စပ်လျဉ်း၍ ထားရှိအပ်သော ပဋိညာဉ်များကို လေးစားပါက ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်ကလည်း လေးစားသည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၄၅၆)