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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
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The ratification or the approval of an international engagement containing a clause contrary to the provisions of this Constitution may intervene only after the revision of it.
… (Art. 62) - Arabic...
لا يجوز المصادقة أو الموافقة على التزام دولي يتضمن شرطاً يتعارض مع أحكام الدستور، إلا بعد مراجعة الدستور.
... (المادة 62) - French…
La ratification ou l'approbation d'un engagement international comportant une clause contraire aux dispositions de ladite constitution ne peut intervenir que postérieurement à la révision de celle-ci.
… (Art. 62)
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)
Status of International Law
- EnglishThe international treaties ratified by Ecuador shall be subject to the provisions set forth in the Constitution. In the case of treaties and other international instruments for human rights, principles for the benefit of the human being, the non-restriction of rights, direct applicability, and the open clause as set forth in the Constitution shall be applied. (Art. 417)
- SpanishLos tratados internacionales ratificados por el Ecuador se sujetarán a lo establecido en la Constitución. En el caso de los tratados y otros instrumentos internacionales de derechos humanos se aplicarán los principios pro ser humano, de no restricción de derechos, de aplicabilidad directa y de cláusula abierta establecidos en la Constitución. (Art. 417)
Status of International Law
- English(1) The Romanian State pledges to fulfil as such and in good faith its obligations as deriving from the treaties it is a party to.
(2) Treaties ratified by Parliament, according to the law, are part of national law.
(3) If a treaty Romania is to become a party to comprises provisions contrary to the Constitution, its ratification shall only take place after the revision of the Constitution. (Art. 11) - Romanian(1) Statul român se obligă să îndeplinească întocmai şi cu bună-credinţă obligaţiile ce-i revin din tratatele la care este parte.
(2) Tratatele ratificate de Parlament, potrivit legii, fac parte din dreptul intern.
(3) În cazul în care un tratat la care România urmează să devină parte cuprinde dispoziţii contrare Constituţiei, ratificarea lui poate avea loc numai după revizuirea Constituţiei. (Art. 11)
Status of International Law
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(2) The State shall pursue policies to protect the rights and freedoms of the disabled, the aged, children and other vulnerable members of society and to ensure that such persons are provided just and equitable social opportunities.
(3) The State, in pursuing policies under subsection (2), shall be bound by the fundamental rights and freedoms in the Constitution and shall be guided by international human rights instruments to which The Gambia is a signatory and which recognise and apply particular categories of basic human rights to development processes.
… (Sec. 216)
Status of International Law
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(15) The State shall promote international peace, security and co-operation, and the establishment of a just and equitable international economic and social order and shall endeavour to foster respect for international law and treaty obligations in dealings among nations. (Art. 27) - Sinhala
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(15) ජාත්යන්තර සාමය, සුරක්ෂිතභාවය හා සහයෝගීතාව වර්ධනය කිරීම ද, ජාතීන් අතර කටයුතුවල දී ජාත්යන්තර නීතිය සහ ගිවිස ගත් බැඳීම් කෙරෙහි ගෞරවය ඇති කිරීමට උත්සාහ කිරීම ද, ධර්මිෂ්ඨ හා සාධාරණ ජාත්යන්තර ආර්ථීක හා සමාජ ක්රමයක් ඇති කිරීමට උත්සාහ කිරීම ද රජය විසින් කළ යුත්තේ ය. (27 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Status of International Law
- English(1) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (6), every person, as contemplated by the respective international treaties set out in the Fourth Schedule to which Guyana has acceded is entitled to the human rights enshrined in the said international treaties, and such rights shall be respected and upheld by the executive, legislature judiciary and all organs and agencies of Government and, where applicable to them, by all natural and legal persons and shall be enforceable in the manner hereinafter prescribed.
(2) The rights referred to in paragraph (1) do not include any fundamental right under this Constitution.
(3) The State shall, having regard to the socio-cultural level of development of the society, take reasonable legislative and other measures within its available resources to achieve the progressive realisation of the rights provided for in paragraph (1).
(4) If any person alleges that any of the rights referred to in paragraph (1), has been, is being or is about to be contravened in relation to him or her, then, without prejudice to any other action with respect to the same matter which is lawfully available, that person may apply to the Human Rights Commission in such manner as the Commission may prescribe, for redress.
(5) Nothing contained in this article shall be construed so as to abrogate any human right, not enumerated herein, which a person had at the time of the commencement of this Article.
(6) The State may divest itself or otherwise limit the extent of its obligation under any of the treaties listed in the Fourth Schedule, provided that two thirds of the elected members of the National Assembly have voted in favour of such divestment or limitation. (Art. 154A)
Status of International Law
- English… Individual rights shall be exercised individually and collective rights in community with others, in accordance with the Constitution, law and international treaties.
… (Art. 75) - Serbian Cyrillic… Индивидуална права остварују се појединачно, а колективна у заједници са другима, у складу са Уставом, законом и међународним уговорима.
… (Члан 75)
Status of International Law
- EnglishIn addition to the issues that are directed to it by other Articles of the Constitution, the High Constitutional Court, within the conditions established by an organic law:
1°. decides on the conformity with the Constitution of the treaties, of the laws, of the ordinances, and of the autonomous regulations;
… (Art. 116) - FrenchOutre les questions qui lui sont renvoyées par d’autres articles de la Constitution, la Haute Cour Constitutionnelle, dans les conditions fixées par une loi organique :
1° statue sur la conformité à la Constitution des traités, des lois, des ordonnances, et des règlements autonomes ;
… (Art. 116)