Legal Framework
From The Report: Djibouti 2016
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OBG introduces the reader to the different aspects of the legal system in Djibouti, in partnership with Cabinet Guerinot.

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Stepping up: examining current legislation
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The state of Djibouti has a profound attachment to democratic values and refers to this attachment in its first constitution, adapted on the September 4, 1992. The constitution, adopted via referendum by the citizens of Djibouti, integrates the stipulations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights. It underlines the separation of powers, guarantees fundamental rights, recognises the multi-party system (effectively put in place in September…