Constitution of Malawi

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The Constitution of Malawi is the supreme law establishing the country’s democratic framework, defining the structure and powers of government, and guaranteeing fundamental rights and freedoms for its citizens.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Constitution of Malawi canonical 7
1966 Constitution of Malawi 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national constitution ⓘ
supreme law ⓘ
adopted 1994 ⓘ
amendmentProcedure requires specified parliamentary majorities ⓘ
cameIntoForce 1995-05-18 ⓘ
contains Bill of Rights ⓘ
linked to: bill of rights

preamble ⓘ
provisions on amendment procedures ⓘ
provisions on judicial independence ⓘ
provisions on local government ⓘ
provisions on separation of powers ⓘ
country Malawi ⓘ
defines powers of the executive ⓘ
powers of the judiciary ⓘ
powers of the legislature ⓘ
structure of government of Malawi ⓘ
establishes Cabinet of Malawi ⓘ
Constitutional Court jurisdiction within the High Court ⓘ
Electoral Commission of Malawi ⓘ
Human Rights Commission of Malawi ⓘ
Judiciary of Malawi ⓘ
Local Government Authorities ⓘ
National Assembly of Malawi ⓘ
Office of the Auditor General ⓘ
Office of the Director of Public Officers’ Declarations ⓘ
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions ⓘ
Office of the Vice President ⓘ
Ombudsman of Malawi ⓘ
President of Malawi ⓘ
form written constitution ⓘ
guarantees civil and political rights ⓘ
economic, social and cultural rights ⓘ
fundamental rights and freedoms ⓘ
inspiredBy international human rights instruments ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Malawi ⓘ
linked to: Malawi
language English ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of Malawi ⓘ
protects freedom of assembly ⓘ
freedom of association ⓘ
freedom of conscience ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ
right to equality before the law ⓘ
right to fair trial ⓘ
right to human dignity ⓘ
right to life ⓘ
replaced 1966 Constitution of Malawi ⓘ
requires regular elections ⓘ
universal and equal suffrage ⓘ
systemOfGovernment multi-party democracy ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Assembly of Malawi → meetsUnder → Constitution of Malawi ⓘ
President of Malawi → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of Malawi ⓘ
President of Malawi → subordinateTo → Constitution of Malawi ⓘ
Government of Malawi → constitutionalDocument → Constitution of Malawi ⓘ
Executive branch of Malawi → legalBasis → Constitution of Malawi ⓘ
Judiciary of Malawi → foundationDocument → Constitution of Malawi ⓘ
Judiciary of Malawi → subjectTo → Constitution of Malawi ⓘ
Constitution of Malawi → replaced → 1966 Constitution of Malawi ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Malawi