The state is responsible to each citizen and ensures the creation of conditions for the free development of each personality. The life, honour, dignity and freedom, personal inviolability, and the natural and inalienable rights of the citizen are protected.

Each citizen is responsible for the fulfilment of duties placed upon him by the Constitution and laws.

The state is based on the principle of separation of powers – the legislative, the executive and the judiciary- which shall exercise their authority independently and interactively.

The duties and responsibilities of the state and all its bodies and officials are determined according to the Law.

The Türkmenistan Constitution is the supreme Law of the state. The norms and provisions stipulated therein have direct effect. Laws and other legal acts that contradict the Constitution do not have legal force.

All the Legal information concerning the state bodies is published for general dissemination or made public in other ways, with the exception of that containing state secrets or private information guaranteed by law. Legal acts affecting the rights and freedoms of citizens that are not generally disseminated become invalid from the moment of their adoption.

Türkmenistan recognizes the priority of the generally accepted standards of international law. Türkmenistan is a full member of United Nations and adheres in its foreign policy to the principles of peaceful coexistence, rejection of the use of force, and non-interference in the internal affairs of other states.