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The Constitution of the Republic of Togo

1992 · Africa · 17 title (titre)s

Togo adopted a new constitution in 2024, moving from a presidential to a parliamentary system (the Fifth Republic). The text below is the 1992 constitution it replaced — kept for reference while the 2024 text is prepared.

Preamble+

We, the Togolese people, placing ourselves under the protection of God,

conscious that since its accession to international sovereignty [on] 27 April 1960, Togo, our country, has been marked by profound socio-political mutation on its march towards progress,

conscious of the solidarity that binds us to the international community and most particularly to the African peoples,

committed to build a State of Law in which the fundamental rights of Man, the public freedoms and the dignity of the human person must be guaranteed and protected,

convinced that such a State can only be founded on political pluralism, the principles of Democracy and the protection of the Rights of Man such as are defined by the Charter of the United Nations of 1945, the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Man of 1948 and the International Pacts of 1966, [and] the African Charter of the Rights of Man and of Peoples adopted in 1981 by the Organization of African Unity,

we proclaim solemnly our firm will to combat any political regime founded on arbitrariness, dictatorship [and] injustice,

we affirm our determination to cooperate in peace, amity and solidarity with all people of the world enamored of the democratic ideal, on the basis of the principles of equality, of mutual respect and of sovereignty,

we engage resolutely to defend the cause of National Unity, of African Unity and to work for the realization of sub-regional and regional integration,

we approve and adopt, solemnly, this Constitution as Fundamental Law of the State[,] of which this preamble is made [an] integral part.

Title (Titre)s

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  1. Title (Titre) OneThe State and of SovereigntyArticles 1 – 9
  2. Title (Titre) TwoOf the Rights, Freedoms and Duties of the CitizensArticles 10 – 50
  3. Title (Titre) ThreeOf the Legislative PowerArticles 51 – 57
  4. Title (Titre) FourOf the Executive PowerArticles 58 – 80
  5. Title (Titre) FiveOf the Relations Between the Government and the ParliamentArticles 81 – 98
  6. Title (Titre) SixOf the Constitutional CourtArticles 99 – 106
  7. Title (Titre) SevenOf the Court of AccountsArticles 107 – 111
  8. Title (Titre) EightOf the Judicial PowerArticles 112 – 129
  9. Title (Titre) NineOf the High Authority of Audiovisual and of CommunicationArticles 130 – 131
  10. Title (Titre) TenOf the Economic and Social CouncilArticles 132 – 136
  11. Title (Titre) ElevenOf the International Treaties and AgreementsArticles 137 – 140
  12. Title (Titre) TwelveOf the Territorial Collectivities and of the Traditional ChiefdomsArticles 141 – 143
  13. Title (Titre) ThirteenOf RevisionArticle 144
  14. Title (Titre) FourteenSpecial ProvisionsArticles 145 – 151
  15. Title (Titre) FifteenOf the National Commission of the Rights of Man and of the Mediator of the RepublicArticles 152 – 154
  16. Title (Titre) SixteenOf the Transitory ProvisionsArticles 155 – 158
  17. Title (Titre) SeventeenOf the Final ProvisionsArticle 159

Official source: Journal officiel de la République togolaise — jo.gouv.tg