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Status of International Law
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(1) When interpreting the Bill of Rights, a court, tribunal or forum-
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(b) must consider international law;
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Status of International Law
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(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Constitution, no law nor any provision thereof providing for detention, prosecution or punishment of any person, who is a member of any armed or defence or auxiliary forces or any individual, group of individuals or organisation or who is a prisoner of war, for genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes and other crimes under international law shall be deemed void or unlawful, or ever to have become void or unlawful, on the ground that such law or provision of any such law is inconsistent with, or repugnant to, any of the provisions of this Constitution. (Art. 47) - Bengali...
(৩) এই সংবিধানে যাহা বলা হইয়াছে, তাহা সত্ত্বেও গণহত্যাজনিত অপরাধ, মানবতাবিরোধী অপরাধ বা যুদ্ধাপরাধ এবং আন্তর্জাতিক আইনের অধীন অন্যান্য অপরাধের জন্য কোন সশস্ত্র বাহিনী বা প্রতিরক্ষা বাহিনী বা সহায়ক বাহিনীর সদস্য বা অন্য কোন ব্যক্তি, ব্যক্তি সমষ্টি বা সংগঠন কিংবা যুদ্ধবন্দীকে আটক, ফৌজদারীতে সোপর্দ কিংবা দন্ডদান করিবার বিধান-সংবলিত কোন আইন বা আইনের বিধান এই সংবিধানের কোন বিধানের সহিত অসমঞ্জস বা তাহার পরিপন্থী, এই কারণে বাতিল বা বেআইনী বলিয়া গণ্য হইবে না কিংবা কখনও বাতিল বা বেআইনী হইয়াছে বলিয়া গণ্য হইবে না । (অনুচ্ছেদ ৪৭)
Status of International Law
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The Italian legal order shall conform to the generally recognised principles of international law.
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L'ordinamento giuridico italiano si conforma alle norme del diritto internazionale generalmente riconosciute.
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Status of International Law
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- SUBSCRIBING to the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Man of 1948 and to the international instruments concerning economic, political, social and cultural problems;
- REAFFIRMING solemnly our commitment vis-a-vis the African Charter of the Rights of Man and of Peoples of 198;
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SOUSCRIVANT à la déclaration universelle des Droits de l’Homme de 1948 et aux instruments internationaux traitant des problèmes économiques, politiques, sociaux et culturels;
REAFFIRMANT solennellement notre engagement vis-à-vis de la Charte Africaine des Droits de l’Homme et des Peuples de 1981;
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Status of International Law
- EnglishThe treaties or agreements regularly ratified or approved have, on their publication, an authority superior to the laws, under reserve, for each agreement or treaty, of its application by the other party. (Art. 140)
- FrenchLes traités ou accords régulièrement ratifiés ou approuvés ont, dès leur publication, une autorité supérieure à celle des lois, sous réserve, pour chaque accord ou traité, de son application par l’autre partie. (Art. 140)
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.
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Status of International Law
- EnglishThe rights and the duties proclaimed and guaranteed by the international texts relative to the rights of man regularly ratified are [an] integral part of the Constitution. (Art. 19)
- KirundiAmateka n’ibitegerejwe vyatangajwe bigakingirwa n’amasezerano y’isi yose yerekeye agateka ka zina muntu Uburundi bwemeje biri mu bigize iri Bwirizwa shingiro. (Art. 19)
- FrenchLes droits et devoirs proclamés et garantis par les textes internationaux relatifs aux droits de l’homme régulièrement ratifiés font partie intégrante de la Constitution. (Art. 19)
Status of International Law
- EnglishFor the purposes of this Chapter6,
"Agreement" means the Agreement establishing the Caribbean Court of Justice, to which Barbados is a party, and which was signed at Bridgetown, Barbados on 14th February, 2002;
"Court" means the Caribbean Court of Justice;
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"Treaty" means the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas establishing the Caribbean Community, including the CARICOM Single Market and Economy,
(a) which was signed in the Bahamas on 5th July, 2001; and
(b) to which Barbados is a party. (Sec. 79B)
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
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Courts judge on the basis of the Constitution and laws and international agreements ratified in accordance with the Constitution.
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Судовите судат врз основа на Уставот и законите и меѓународните договори ратификувани во согласност со Уставот.
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