Autore:
Zanghì, Claudio Titolo:
DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE E DIRITTI UMANI NELLA RECENTE COSTITUZIONE DELLA TUNISIAPeriodico:
Ordine internazionale e diritti umaniAnno:
2014 - Fascicolo:
2 - Pagina iniziale:
304 - Pagina finale:
318This article analyses the provisions on the nee Tunisian Constitution, approved on 29
January 2014, which regards International Law and Human Rights Law.
Firstly, It has to be underlined that the new constitution does not contain any
reference to international customary law. Anyway, the author does not consider It a serious
omission, because it is generally recognized that customary laws are applicable to all states
despite their constitutional laws.
About Treaty Laws, artt. 65 and followings contains rules which can raise
interpretative problems. Generally, the ratification laws can be recommended only by the
Chief of the Government, but the Constitution recognize also the possibility to arrange a
referendum, which anyway has to be approved by the President of the Republic.
The most interesting article is surely art. 20 which states that the specific typologies
of listed treaties, after the their approval by the Assembly and the ratification, are superior
to law and “infra-constitutional”. This provision recall the interpretation given by the
Italian Constitutional Court on art. 117 of Italian Constitution and its explanation of
“norme interposte”
Another interpretative concern is about a residual category of treaties which are not
contained in the above list and that are called technical treaties. These kind of treaties are
not approved by the Assembly but only by the Chief of the Government. The doubt is
about those treaties that do not fit in a specific category listed in the constitution and that
cannot be considered neither as technical.
Regarding the part which contains norms on human rights, the constitution is
influenced by the Islamic view on this point. In particular it has to be underlined that even
if is affirmed the principle of secularity, the constitution recognizes that Islam is the State
religion.
SICI: 2284-3531(2014)2<304:DIEDUN>2.0.ZU;2-M
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