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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
- EnglishIn the United Mexican States all persons will enjoy the human rights recognized in this Constitution and in the treaties to which the Mexican State is a party, as well as the guarantees for their protection, of which [the] exercise may not be restricted or suspended, except in the cases and under the conditions that this Constitution establishes.
The norms concerning human rights will be interpreted in accordance with this Constitution and with the international treaties of the matter[,] favoring at all times to persons the greatest possible [más amplia] protection.
… (Art. 1) - SpanishEn los Estados Unidos Mexicanos todas las personas gozarán de los derechos humanos reconocidos en esta Constitución y en los tratados internacionales de los que el Estado Mexicano sea parte, así como de las garantías para su protección, cuyo ejercicio no podrá restringirse ni suspenderse, salvo en los casos y bajo las condiciones que esta Constitución establece.
Las normas relativas a los derechos humanos se interpretarán de conformidad con esta Constitución y con los tratados internacionales de la materia favoreciendo en todo tiempo a las personas la protección más amplia.
… (Art. 1)
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 treaties of Peace, of union, the treaties of commerce, the treaties or agreements concerning the international organization, those which engage the finances of the State, those which modify the provisions of a legislative nature, those that concern the status of the persons, and the treaties concerning the frontiers of the State, may only be ratified by virtue of a law.
They only take effect after being ratified or approved.
… (Art. 78) - Arabicمعاهدات السلم و الاتحاد و معاهدات التجارة و المعاهدات والاتفاقيات المتعلقة بالتنظيم الدولي, و تلك التي تلزم مالية الدولة, والمعاهدات الناسخة أحكاما ذات طابع تشريعي وتلك المتعلقة بحدود الدولة , كلها لا يمكن التصديق عليها إلا بموجب قانون.
ولا تصبح هذه المعاهدات نافذة المفعول إلا بعد تصديقها أو الموافقة عليها.
... (المادّة 78) - FrenchLes traités de paix, d'union, les traités de commerce, les traités ou accords relatifs à l'organisation internationale, ceux qui engagent les finances de l'État, ceux qui modifient les dispositions de nature législative, ceux qui sont relatifs à l'état des personnes et les traités relatifs aux frontières de l'État ne peuvent être ratifiés qu'en vertu d'une loi.
Ils ne peuvent prendre effet qu'après avoir été ratifiés ou approuvés.
… (Art. 78)
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
- English
The internal jurisdiction exhausted, whoever considers themselves injured concerning the rights that the Constitution recognizes may recur to the international tribunals or organs [organismos] constituted according to treaties or agreements of which Peru is a part. (Art. 205)
- Spanish
Agotada la jurisdicción interna, quien se considere lesionado en los derechos que la Constitución reconoce puede recurrir a los tribunales u organismos internacionales constituidos según tratados o convenios de los que el Perú es parte. (Art. 205)
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
- EnglishUpon publication in the Official Gazette, international treaties and agreements which have been duly ratified or approved have the force of law as national legislation in accordance with the hierarchy of laws provided for under the first paragraph of Article 95 of this Constitution. (Art. 168)
- KinyarwandaIyo amaze gutangazwa mu Igazeti ya Leta, amasezerano mpuzamahanga yemejwe burundu mu buryo buteganywa n’amategeko, agira agaciro nk’ak’andi mategeko akurikizwa mu gihugu hakurikijwe ibiteganywa mu gika cya mbere cy’ingingo ya 95 y’iri Tegeko Nshinga. (Ingingo ya 168)
- FrenchLes traités et accords internationaux régulièrement ratifiés ou approuvés, dès leur publication au Journal Officiel, ont une force obligatoire comme la législation nationale et suivant la hiérarchie des lois prévue à l’alinéa premier de l’article 95 de la présente Constitution. (Art. 168)
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…
(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
- EnglishThe Decree declaring a state of exception, which shall provide for regulating the right whose guarantee is restricted, shall be submitted within eight days of promulgation for consideration and approval by the National Assembly, or Delegated Committee and for a ruling by the Constitutional Division of the Supreme Tribunal or Justice on its constitutionality. The Decree must be in compliance with the requirements, principles and guarantees established in the International Pact on Civil and Political flights and the American Convention on Human Rights. … (Art. 339)
- SpanishEl Decreto que declare el estado de excepción, en el cual se regulará el ejercicio del derecho cuya garantía se restringe, será presentado, dentro de los ocho días siguientes de haberse dictado, a la Asamblea Nacional, o a la Comisión Delegada, para su consideración y aprobación, y a la Sala Constitucional del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia, para que se pronuncie sobre su constitucionalidad. El Decreto cumplirá con las exigencias, principios y garantías establecidos en el Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos y en la Convención Americana sobre Derechos Humanos. … (Art. 339)