State and all its bodies, officials, citizens, and their associations shall observe
and comply with the Constitution and laws of the republic.
International legal documents recognized by Tajikistan shall be a component
part of the legal system of the republic. In case the republican laws do not stipulate
to the recognized international legal documents, the rules of the international
documents shall apply.
Laws and international documents recognized by Tajikistan shall come into
force after their official publication.
Article 11. Implementing a peacefiil policy Tajikistan shall respect the
sovereignty and independence of other states of the world and determine its foreign
policy on the basis of international norms.
Agitation of war shall be prohibited.
Following the supreme interests of the people, Tajikistan shall join the
commonwealth and other international organizations and as well as sessions from
them, to establish relations with foreign countries.
The state shall cooperate with compatriots living abroad.
Article 12. The economy of Tajikistan shall be based on various forms of
ownership.
The state shall guarantee freedom of economic activities, entrepreneurship,
equality of rights, and the protection of all forms of ownership including private
ownership.
Article 13. Land, its entrails, water, airspace, flora and fauna, and other
natural resources shall be owned by the state, and the state guarantee their effective
use in the interests of the people.
CHAPTER TWO
RIGHTS, LIBERTIES, BASIC DUTIES OF
INDIVIDUALS AND CITIZENS
Article 14. The rights and liberties of individual and citizen shall be protected
by the Constitution, the laws of the republic, and international legal documents
recognized by Tajikistan.
The rights and liberties of individual and citizen shall be implemented
directly. These shall determine the goals, content and effect of the laws, and the
appiicatior, activities of the legislative, executive and local authorities, selfgovernment local bodies and shall be insured by the judiciary.
The limitation in implementing rights and liberties of citizen shall be allowed
only to ensure the rights and liberties of others, public order, and to safeguard the
constitutional structure and the territorial integrity of the republic.