87

Swaziland
a constitution was adopted 14 November 2003

Sweden
1 January 1975

Switzerland
revision of Constitution of 1874 approved by the Federal
Parliament 18 December 1998; adopted by referendum 18 April 1999;
officially entered into force 1 January 2000

Syria
13 March 1973

Taiwan
25 December 1946, amended in 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, and 2000

Tajikistan
6 November 1994

Tanzania
25 April 1977; major revisions October 1984

Thailand
new constitution signed by King PHUMIPHON on 11 October 1997

Togo
multiparty draft constitution approved by High Council of the
Republic 1 July 1992; adopted by public referendum 27 September 1992

Tokelau
administered under the Tokelau Islands Act of 1948, as
amended in 1970

Tonga
4 November 1875, revised 1 January 1967

Trinidad and Tobago
1 August 1976

Tunisia
1 June 1959; amended 12 July 1988

Turkey
7 November 1982

Turkmenistan
adopted 18 May 1992

Turks and Caicos Islands
introduced 30 August 1976; suspended in
1986; restored and revised 5 March 1988

Tuvalu
1 October 1978

Uganda
8 October 1995; adopted by the interim, 284-member
Constituent Assembly, charged with debating the draft constitution
that had been proposed in May 1993; the Constituent Assembly was
dissolved upon the promulgation of the constitution in October 1995

Ukraine
adopted 28 June 1996

United Arab Emirates
2 December 1971 (made permanent in 1996)

United Kingdom
unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and
practice

United States
17 September 1787, effective 4 March 1789

Uruguay
27 November 1966, effective February 1967, suspended 27 June
1973, new constitution rejected by referendum 30 November 1980; two
constitutional reforms approved by plebiscite 26 November 1989 and 7
January 1997

Uzbekistan
new constitution adopted 8 December 1992

Vanuatu
30 July 1980

Venezuela
30 December 1999

Vietnam
15 April 1992

Virgin Islands
Revised Organic Act of 22 July 1954

Wallis and Futuna
28 September 1958 (French Constitution)

Yemen
16 May 1991; amended 29 September 1994 and February 2001

Zambia
24 August 1991

Zimbabwe
21 December 1979

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