Constitution

Côte d’Ivoire 2000 Constitution

Table of Contents

TITLE V. OF TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS

Article 84

The President of the Republic negotiates and ratifies the treaties and international agreements.

Article 85

The peace Treaties, the Treaties and Agreements concerning international organization, and those that modify the internal laws of the State can only be ratified after passage of a law.

Article 86

If the Constitutional Council seized by the President of the Republic, or by the President of the National Assembly, or by one-quarter at least of the Deputies, has declared that an international obligation includes a clause contrary to the Constitution, the authorization to ratify it can take place only after revision of the Constitution.

Article 87

The Treaties or Agreements regularly ratified have, on their publication, an authority superior to that of the laws, provided, for each Treaty or Agreement, that it is applied by the other party.