Constitution of Syria

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Syrian Arab Republic
This article is part of the series: Syrian Constitution of 13 March 1973
Text of the Constitution Arabic, English
Preamble and Chapter 1 Basic Principles
Chapter 2 Powers of the State
Chapter 3 The Judicial Authority
Chapter 4 General and Transitory Provisions
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The Constitution of Syria delineates the basic function of that state's government. Among other things, it determines Syria's character to be Arab, Socialist and republican. Further, in line with the official pan-Arabist ideology, it describes the country as a region of the wider Arab world.

Older versions of the Constitution include one drafted by Ibrahim Hananu and subsequent Provisional Constitution of 25 April 1964. The modern constitution, which has undergone only minor changes since its adoption in 1973, entrenches the power of the Baath party. Its §8 describes this organization as "the leading party in the society and the state", even if Syria is not, as is often believed, a single-party system in formal terms.^{[citation needed]} Effective power in Syria rests with the President of the Republic (since 2000, Bashar al-Asad, reelected in 2007), who, according to §84 of the constitution, is elected in an uncontested popular referendum on the proposal of the Syrian branch of the Baath Party.

The constitution guarantees equal rights and opportunities under the law, supplemented by labor laws which guarantee equal pay and maternity benefits for women.^[1]

References

1. ^ "Girls ahead in Syria", National Center for Biotechnology Information. 1993. Accessed June 11, 2011

External links

• Constitution of Syria as of 1973 at the International Constitutional Law (ICL) Project