CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE
2. The Republic of Mozambique shall accept, observe and apply the principles of
the Charter of the United Nations and of the Charter of the Organisation of
African Unity.
Article 18
International Law
1. Validly approved and ratified International treaties and agreements shall enter
into force in the Mozambican legal order once they have been officially published
and while they are internationally binding on the Mozambican State.
2. Norms of international law shall have the same force in the Mozambican legal
order as have infra-constitutional legislative acts of the Assembly of the Republic
and the Government, according to the respective manner in which they are
received.
Article 19
International Solidarity
1. The Republic of Mozambique shall be in solidarity with the struggle of the
peoples and States of Africa, for unity, freedom, dignity and the right to economic
and social progress.
2. The Republic of Mozambique shall seek to strengthen relations with countries
engaged in the consolidation of their national independence, democracy and the
recovery of the use and control of their natural wealth for their respective
peoples.
3. The Republic of Mozambique shall join with all States struggling for the
establishment of a just and equitable economic order in international relations.
Article 20
Support for Freedom of Peoples and Asylum
1. The Republic of Mozambique shall support and be in solidarity with the
struggles of peoples for their national liberation and for democracy.
2. The Republic of Mozambique shall grant asylum to foreigners persecuted on
the grounds of their struggle for national liberation, for democracy, for peace and
for the protection of human rights.
3. The law shall define political refugee status.
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