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This amendment made France, as of passage, the only nation to guarantee the right to an abortion. [3] The amendment describes abortion as a "guaranteed freedom"; [4] while Yugoslavia included similar measures in 1974 guaranteeing the right to "decide on having children", the French amendment is the first to explicitly guarantee abortion.
The Constitutional law on the Modernisation of the Institutions of the Fifth Republic (French: loi constitutionnelle de modernisation des institutions de la V e République) was enacted into French constitutional law by the Parliament of France in July 2008, to reform state institutions. The position of Defender of Rights was established in ...
The current Constitution of France was adopted on 4 October 1958. It is typically called the Constitution of the Fifth Republic (French: la Constitution de la Cinquième République), [1] and it replaced the Constitution of the Fourth Republic of 1946 with the exception of the preamble per a 1971 decision of the Constitutional Council. [2]
These may be known under various names – constitution, charter, constitutional laws or acts – and take precedence over other legislative texts. [a] The constitutional text currently in force in France is the constitution of 1958, which founded the Fifth Republic. It was approved by the people in a referendum on 28 September 1958, and ...
The charter project was initiated by the President of the French Republic Jacques Chirac and prepared by a Commission headed by Yves Coppens, professor of anthropology at the Collège de France. In changing the Constitution, the Charter is one of the Constitutional amendments under the French Fifth Republic.
Constitutional amendments under the French Fifth Republic (4 P) Pages in category "Constitutions of France" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
Pages in category "Constitutional amendments under the French Fifth Republic" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
On 1 June 1958, Charles de Gaulle was appointed head of the government; [10] on 3 June 1958, a constitutional law empowered the new government to draft a new constitution of France, [3] and another law granted Charles de Gaulle and his cabinet the power to rule by decree for up to six months, except on certain matters related to the basic ...