Ratification of International Agreements Act, 2016 (No. 34 of 2016). País/Territorio Zambia Tipo de documento Legislación Fecha 2016 Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Título completoAn Act to provide for the ratification of international agreements and the domestication process; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing. Materia Agricultura y desarrollo rural Palabra clave Relaciones internacionales/cooperación Procedimientos judiciales/procedimientos administrativos Área geográphica Africa, Africa Oriental, Naciones en desarrollo sin litoral, Países menos desarrollados Resumen This Act concerns the process of ratification of international multilateral agreement by Zambia and incorporation of such agreements into national law. The ratification process shall be initiated by the Minister responsible for the subject matter of the international agreement. Cabinet shall consider and approve or disapprove a proposal set out in a Cabinet Memorandum to ratify an international agreement. Agreements shall be ratified by the National Assembly. Where the National Assembly has approved the ratification of an international agreement in accordance with section five, the Ministry responsible for the subject matter of the international agreement shall, where necessary, initiate the domestication process. An international agreement may be domesticated by— (a) an Act that sets out the international agreement in a schedule; (b) setting out salient provisions of the international agreement, in the substantive part of an Act, that will require specific interventions or measures to be undertaken, and annexing the international agreement to the Act; (c) rephrasing the terms of the international agreement in an Act and annexing the agreement to the Act; (d) adopting, in an Act, the terms of the international agreement in its entirety; or (e) the use of any other enforceable means, where applicable. The Ministry responsible for foreign affairs shall cause to be laid before the National Assembly, annually, a report on international agreements. Texto completo Inglés Página web www.parliament.gov.zm