Observed in the Principality
of Andorra on March 14 annually, Constitution Day is a public holiday that
commemorates the constitutional referendum held on this day in Andorra on March
14, 1993. The first Constitution of Andorra was approved by 74.2% of voters in
the country on this date and became the country’s first constitution.
This constitution contained 107
articles and included a universal declaration of human rights. Under this
constitution, all people in Andorra are equal under the law, and it
forbids not only torture and other cruel forms of punishment but also the death
penalty as well.
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