Constitution

Gabon 1991 Constitution (reviewed 2011)

Table of Contents

TITLE X. OF INTERNATIONAL TREATIES AND ACCORDS

Article 113

The President of the Republic negotiates international treaties and accords and ratifies them after a vote on a law of authorization by the Parliament and the verification of their constitutionality by the Constitutional Court.

The President of the Republic and the Presidents of the Chambers of Parliament are informed of all deliberations leading to the conclusion of an international accord not submitted to ratification.

Article 114

Peace, commercial, and international organization treaties, treaties related to the State’s finances, those that modify legislative operations, and those related to the wellbeing of the people must be approved or ratified through law.

No amendment shall be admissible on this occasion. Treaties will not be put into effect until after being duly ratified and published.

No transfer, exchange, or annexation of territory is valid without the preliminary consultation of the Gabonese people by a referendum vote.