Section 7.9. Treaties delegating sovereignty powers (legislative, administrative, judicial, military, fiscal or territorial) to a confederation, union, alliance or international body will take effect only if ratified by a majority of Members of Parliament followed by a public referendum achieving a majority vote. All such international commitments must comply with this Constitution and be revocable at any time in accordance with a majority vote in both parliament and a referendum.
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Section 7.9. Section 7.9. Treaties delegating sovereignty powers (legislative, administrative, judicial, military, fiscal or territorial) to a confederation, union, alliance or international body will take effect only if ratified by a majority of Members of Parliament followed by a public referendum achieving a majority vote. All such international commitments must comply with this Constitution and be revocable at any time in accordance with a majority vote in both parliament and a referendum.
Section 7.9. Doesn't the current fiasco over the UK governments UKIM Bill indicate that unilateral revocation of an international treaty is a breach of international law? Any vote/referendum to "revoke" could only authorise the Scottish government to commence negotiations about a revocation and/or invoke any provisions within such a treaty which permit withdrawal from the treaty (such as Article 50 regarding UK withdrawal from the EU).
Section 7.9. Good point. If I've understood the intention of this section - that the government can't enter into any international agreement in perpetuity, and future generations of citizens must have the ability to remove Scotland from any commitments made by previous governments if they no longer wish to be part of them - then I think this is a good thing. However, as you point out, this has time be clarified to ensure it complies with international law.
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Section 7.9. Section 7.9. Treaties delegating sovereignty powers (legislative, administrative, judicial, military, fiscal or territorial) to a confederation, union, alliance or international body will take effect only if ratified by a majority of Members of Parliament followed by a public referendum achieving a majority vote. All such international commitments must comply with this Constitution and be revocable at any time in accordance with a majority vote in both parliament and a referendum.
Section 7.9. Doesn't the current fiasco over the UK governments UKIM Bill indicate that unilateral revocation of an international treaty is a breach of international law? Any vote/referendum to "revoke" could only authorise the Scottish government to commence negotiations about a revocation and/or invoke any provisions within such a treaty which permit withdrawal from the treaty (such as Article 50 regarding UK withdrawal from the EU).
Section 7.9. Good point. If I've understood the intention of this section - that the government can't enter into any international agreement in perpetuity, and future generations of citizens must have the ability to remove Scotland from any commitments made by previous governments if they no longer wish to be part of them - then I think this is a good thing. However, as you point out, this has time be clarified to ensure it complies with international law.