'Ratification/accession/approval' in document 'Andorra - Constitution'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

TITLE I

SOVEREIGNTY OF ANDORRA

Article 3

4.Treaties and international agreements take effect in the legal system from the moment of their publication in the Official Gazette of the Principality of Andorra (4) and cannot be amended or repealed by law.

TITLE IV

THE GENERAL COUNCIL

Chapter III. International treaties

Article 64

1. International treaties shall be approved by the General Council by absolute majority of the Chamber in the following cases:
a) Treaties linking the State to an international organization.
b) Treaties related to internal security and to defence.
c) Treaties related to the territory of Andorra.
d) Treaties affecting the fundamental rights regulated in Title II.
e) Treaties implying the creation of new burdens on the Public Finances.
f) Treaties creating or modifying dispositions of a legislative nature or requiring legislative measures for their implementation.
g) Treaties dealing with diplomatic representation or consular functions, or concerning judicial or penitentiary cooperation.

TITLE IV

THE GENERAL COUNCIL

Chapter III. International treaties

Article 65

For the purpose of furthering the interests of the Andorran people and of international progress and peace, legislative, judicial and executive functions may be relinquished only to international organizations and by means of a treaty which shall be approved by a majority of two-thirds of the members of the General Council.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 125
Signature, ratification, acceptance, approval or accession
1. This Statute shall be open for signature by all States in Rome, at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, on 17 July 1998. Thereafter, it shall remain open for signature in Rome at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy until 17 October 1998. After that date, the Statute shall remain open for signature in New York, at United Nations Headquarters, until 31 December 2000.
2. This Statute is subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by signatory States. Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
3. This Statute shall be open to accession by all States. Instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.