The Constitution of the Republic of South Ossetia (russian: Конститу́ция Респу́блики Ю́жная Осе́тия) was adopted by

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on April 8, 2001. The previous

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was adopted on November 2, 1993.Республика Южная Осетия

Structure

The constitution consists of 93 articles arranged into nine chapters and has concluding and transitional provisions besides. #Fundamentals of the Constitutional System of the

Republic of South Ossetia South Ossetia, ka, სამხრეთი ოსეთი, ( , ), officially the Republic of South Ossetia – the State of Alania, is a partially recognised landlocked state in the South Caucasus. It has an officially stated populat ...

Rights Rights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical the ...

Liberties Liberty is the ability to do as one pleases, or a right or immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant (i.e. privilege). It is a synonym for the word freedom. In modern politics, liberty is understood as the state of being free within society fr ...

, and Civil Duties of Man and Citizen #

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of the Republic of South Ossetia #

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of the Republic of South Ossetia #Government of the Republic of South Ossetia #

Judiciary The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law ...

of the Republic of South Ossetia #Office of the Prosecutor of the Republic of South Ossetia #Local State Administration and

Self-Government __NOTOC__ Self-governance, self-government, or self-rule is the ability of a person or group to exercise all necessary functions of regulation without intervention from an external authority. It may refer to personal conduct or to any form of ...

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s and Revision of the Constitution of the Republic of South Ossetia *Concluding and Transitional Provisions

References

External links

Text of the 2001 constitution
South Ossetia

South Ossetia South Ossetia, ka, სამხრეთი ოსეთი, ( , ), officially the Republic of South Ossetia – the State of Alania, is a partially recognised landlocked state in the South Caucasus. It has an officially stated populat ...

Politics of South Ossetia 1993 in law 1993 documents 2001 documents {{Europe-law-stub