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- EnglishIndigenous communes, communities, peoples and nations are recognized and guaranteed, in conformity with the Constitution and human rights agreements, conventions, declarations and other international instruments, the following collective rights:
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10. To create, develop, apply and practice their own legal system or common law, which cannot infringe constitutional rights, especially those of women, children and adolescents.
… (Art. 57) - SpanishSe reconoce y garantizará a las comunas, comunidades, pueblos y nacionalidades indígenas, de conformidad con la Constitución y con los pactos, convenios, declaraciones y demás instrumentos internacionales de derechos humanos, los siguientes derechos colectivos:
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10. Crear, desarrollar, aplicar y practicar su derecho propio o consuetudinario, que no podrá vulnerar derechos constitucionales, en particular de las mujeres, niñas, niños y adolescentes.
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Status of the Constitution
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3. The Supreme Court and other courts shall have no right to apply laws that are incompatible with the Constitution or have not been promulgated officially. (Art. 50) - Mongolian
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3. Улсын дээд шүүх, бусад шүүх нь Үндсэн хуульд нийцээгүй, албан ёсоор нийтлээгүй хуулийг хэрэглэх эрхгүй. (Тавьдугаар зүйл)
Status of the Constitution
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(1) The laws and other normative acts are deemed valid to the extent to which they do not conflict with this Constitution.
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(1) Legile şi celelalte acte normative rămîn în vigoare în măsura în care nu contravin prezentei Constituţii.
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Status of the Constitution
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Before any ratification, the treaties are submitted by the President of the Republic, to the control of constitutionality of the High Constitutional Court. In the case of non-conformity with the Constitution, there may not be ratification until after revision of it.
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Avant toute ratification, les traités sont soumis par le Président de la République, au contrôle de constitutionnalité de la Haute Cour Constitutionnelle. En cas de non conformité à la Constitution, il ne peut y avoir ratification qu’après révision de celle-ci.
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Status of the Constitution
- EnglishAll the Constitutions of the Republic of Guatemala and the constitutional reforms decreed prior to the present, are abrogated, as well as any laws and provisions that may have had equal effects. (Transitory and Final Provisions, Art. 22)
- SpanishSe derogan todas las Constituciones de la República de Guatemala y reformas constitucionales decretadas con anterioridad a la presente, así como cualesquiera leyes y disposiciones que hubiesen surtido iguales efectos. (Disposiciones Transitorias y Finales, Art. 22)
Status of the Constitution
- EnglishThe provisions of this Basic Law shall apply during the interim period and may be extended until the entry into force of the new Constitution of the State of Palestine. (Art. 115)
- Arabicيعمل بأحكام هذا القانون الأساسي مدّة المرحلة الانتقالية و يمكن تمديد العمل به إلى حين دخول الدّستور الجديد للدّولة الفلسطينية حيّز التنفيذ. (المادّة 115)