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Status of International Law
- EnglishBrazil shall strive for creation of an international human rights tribunal. (Transitional Constitutional Provisions Act 1988, Art. 7)
- PortugueseO Brasil propugnará pela formação de um tribunal internacional dos direitos humanos. (Ato das Disposições Constitucionais Transitórias 1988, Art. 7)
Status of International Law
- English1. A Special Highest Court shall be established, the jurisdiction of which shall comprise:
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f) The settlement of controversies related to the designation of rules of international law as generally acknowledged in accordance with article 28 paragraph 1.
… (Art. 100) - Greek1. Συνιστάται Aνώτατο Eιδικό Δικαστήριο στο οποίο υπάγονται:
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στ) H άρση της αμφισβήτησης για το χαρακτηρισμό κανόνων του διεθνούς δικαίου ως γενι- κά παραδεγμένων κατά την παράγραφο 1 του άρθρου 28.
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Status of International Law
- English
If the Constitutional Court[,] referred to [the matter] by the President of the Republic or by the President of the National Assembly[,] has declared that an international commitment involves a clause contrary to the Constitution, the authorization to ratify it may only intervene after the revision of the Constitution. (Art. 146)
- French
Si la Cour constitutionnelle saisie par le président de la République ou par le président de l'Assemblée nationale a déclaré qu'un engagement international comporte une clause contraire à la Constitution, l'autorisation de le ratifier ne peut intervenir qu'après révision de la Constitution. (Art. 146)
Status of International Law
- EnglishThe international commitments referred to in Article 120 prior to their ratification, the constitutional laws adopted by parliamentary means, the organic laws before their promulgation, the by-laws of the parliamentary assemblies before their implementation, must be referred to the Constitutional Council, which decides on their conformity with the Constitution.
… (Art. 134) - FrenchLes engagements internationaux visés à l'article 120 avant leur ratification, les lois constitutionnelles adoptées par voie parlementaire, les lois organiques avant leur promulgation, les règlements des assemblées parlementaires avant leur mise en application, doivent être déférés au Conseil constitutionnel, qui se prononce sur leur conformité à la Constitution.
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Status of International Law
- EnglishThe Constitutional Court shall be responsible for knowing in sole instance:
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2. The preventative control of international treaties before their ratification by the legislative organ.
… (Art. 185) - SpanishEl Tribunal Constitucional será competente para conocer en única instancia:
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2) El control preventivo de los tratados internacionales antes de su ratificación por el órgano legislativo;
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Status of International Law
- English
The provisions of the Constitution do not block the obligations deriving from the Statute of the International Criminal Court. (Art. 111)
Status of International Law
- EnglishWhere Eswatini or the Government was a party immediately before the commencement of this Constitution to any treaty, agreement or convention, such treaty, agreement or convention shall not be affected by the commencement of this Constitution, and Eswatini or the Government as the case may be, shall continue to be party to it. (Sec. 279)
Status of International Law
- EnglishThe treaties in which constitutional provisions are restricted or affected in any manner may not be ratified, unless the ratification is conducted with the corresponding reservations. The provisions of the treaty concerning which the reservations are made are not law of the Republic. (Art. 145)
- SpanishNo se podrán ratificar los tratados en que se restrinjan o afecten de alguna manera las disposiciones constitucionales, a menos que la ratificación se haga con las reservas correspondientes. Las disposiciones del tratado sobre las cuales se hagan las reservas no son ley de la República. (Art. 145)
Status of International Law
- English1. Civil Courts shall exercise their competences in respect of civil and criminal jurisprudence in accordance with the provisions of the laws in force in the Kingdom; however, in matters of personal status of foreigners or in civil and commercial matters which it is habitual in international tradition to apply the law of other countries in their regard, such law shall be applied in the manner provided for by the law.
… (Art. 103) - Arabic1. تمارس المحاكم النظامية إختصاصها في القضاء الحقوقي والجزائي وفق أحكام القوانين النافذة المفعول في المملكة، على أنه في مسائل الأحوال الشخصية للأجانب أو في الأمور الحقوقية والتجارية التي قضت العادة في العرف الدولي بتطبيق قانون بلاد أخرى بشأنها ينفذ ذلك القانون بالكيفية التي ينصّ عليها القانون.
... (المادّة 103)
Status of International Law
- EnglishWhen the Constitutional Court establishes that the law is not in conformity with the Constitution and confirmed and published international agreements, that is, that other regulation is not in conformity with the Constitution and the law, that law and other regulation shall cease to be valid on the date of publication of the decision of the Constitutional Court.
… (Art. 152) - MontenegrinKad Ustavni sud utvrdi da zakon nije u saglasnosti sa Ustavom i potvrđenim i objavljenim međunarodnim ugovorima, odnosno da drugi propis nije saglasan sa Ustavom i zakonom, taj zakon i drugi propis prestaje da važi danom objavljivanja odluke Ustavnog suda.
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