CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEES IN PROMOTING AND PROTECTING THE NATIONAL IDENTITY OF MINORITIES IN IRAQ
Abstract
The constitutional guarantees are governed by subjecting the law issued by the legislative authority to a kind of oversight by an independent body to ensure the extent of conformity and agreement of this law with the principles contained in the constitution. Therefore, we find that the guarantees in local international laws and documents came to take into account the protection of rights and freedoms of all kinds by certain texts and were included in the local or international constitutions as a document that everyone dispute if their freedoms are violated. The oversight of respect for constitutional legitimacy is one of the important guarantees of rights and freedoms for minorities, and it is one of the pillars to prevent abuse of power. Therefore, the matter is entrusted to a body of a judicial nature to monitor the extent of respect for constitutional articles related to the rights of minorities, and this oversight is present in all countries of the world, including independent and what is different. The importance of the constitutional articles appears qualitatively with the provisions of their formulations and their conformity with the conventions and norms of human rights and the protection of the rights of minorities. We mean by type here the extent of the ability of the constitutional article to express itself on the ground with the provisions of interpretations for each of the articles related to guaranteeing the rights of minorities and the criterion for measuring the effectiveness and importance of those articles.
Keyword : guarantees, the constitution, reinforcement, protection, National identity, Minorities
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