Title

Qatar: The Permanent Constitution of the State of Qatar

Date of adoption

8 June 2004

Entry into force

8 June 2005

Text versions

Arabic

Source:

–  Official Journal Issue No. 6 (8 June 2005), p.7. Retrieved from:

–   Legal Information Network of the Gulf Cooperation Council, accessed: 9 May 2013, 

– Hukoomi – Qatar e-Government, accessed: 29 June 2013, 

Abstract

Article 38 of the constitution stipulates that no citizen of the state of Qatar shall ever be exiled from the country or denied re-entry.

Article 41 of the constitution establishes that Qatari citizenship and the rules governing it are to be prescribed by laws which shall have the same power as the constitution.

Article 58 prohibits the extradition of political refugees and determines that the conditions for granting political asylum shall be established by law.