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Article 145
The law organizes the democratic participation of the populations in the free
administration of the territorial collectivities.
TITLE XII: OF AFRICAN UNITY
• Regional group(s)
Article 146
Burkina Faso may conclude with any African State agreements of association or of
community implying a total or partial abandonment of sovereignty.
• Regional group(s)
Article 147
The agreements consecrating the entry of Burkina Faso into a Confederation, a
Federation or a Union of African States are submitted to the approval of the People
by referendum.
TITLE XIII: OF TREATIES AND
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
• International law
��� Treaty ratification
Article 148
The President of Faso negotiates, signs and ratifies the international treaties and
agreements.
• Treaty ratification
• Legal status of treaties
Article 149
Peace treaties, the treaties of commerce, the treaties which engage the finances of
the State, those which modify the provisions of legislative nature, [and] those that
concern the state of persons, can only be ratified or approved by virtue of law.
They can only take effect after having been ratified or approved.
• Legal status of treaties
Article 150
If the Constitutional Council, referred to [the matter] conforming to Article 157, has
declared that an international commitment contains a provision contrary to the
Constitution, the authorization to ratify it or to approve it can only take place after
the revision of the Constitution.
• International law
• Treaty ratification
• Legal status of treaties
Article 151
The treaties and agreements regularly ratified or approved have, on their
publication, an authority superior to that of the laws, under reserve, for each
agreement or treaty, of its application by the other party.
Burkina Faso 1991 (rev. 2012)
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