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Timestamp: 2017-08-21 02:44:37
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Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 14', 'Art. 25', 'Art. 44', 'Art. 46', 'Art. 48', 'Art. 50', 'Art. 55', 'Art. 79', 'Art. 46']

Cadre constitutionnel - eurel
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Religion is directly mentioned 19 times in eight articles of the Constitution of Montenegro : Separation of the religious communities from the State (art. 14), Temporary limitation of rights and liberties (Art. 25), Right to asylum (Art. 44), Freedom of thought, conscience and religion (Art. 46), Objection of conscience (Art. 48), Prohibition of censorship (Art. 50), Prohibition of operation and establishment (Art. 55), Protection of identity (Art. 79). The most important of them, in which fundamental freedom of religion is guaranteed, titled Freedom of thought, religion and conscience (Art. 46), reads as follows :
One should also mention constitutional norms in which religion is not directly, but certainly is substantially, regarded. The first norm is inward-oriented : “Direct or indirect discrimination on any grounds shall be prohibited” (Article 8 Prohibition of discrimination). The second norm is outward-oriented : “The ratified and published international agreements and generally accepted rules of international law shall make an integral part of the internal legal order, shall have the supremacy over the national legislation and shall apply directly when they regulate relations differently than the national legislation” (Article 9 Legal order). This article represents the door through which international conventions in the field of human rights (The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms with additional protocols..) are entering (and becoming part of) the legal order of Montenegro, placed above legislation, in the hierarchy of legal acts, and below the Constitution, which is the highest legal act of the State.