Should your country’s laws take precedence over international agreements?

AI-generated summary, admin reviewed: The initiative aimed to ensure that Swiss constitutional law would prevail over international agreements in case of conflicts. It proposed that Switzerland would not apply international agreements unless they were approved by a referendum if they conflicted with the Constitution.
VoteWorld wording adapted from a Swiss federal vote. Seed votes are official Swiss results for the original linked proposal, not votes cast on this adapted wording.
AI model: gpt-4o-mini

Seed source: Swissvotes federal popular vote dataset.
Swissvotes page: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/624.00
Official result data: https://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/va/20181125/det624.html
Vote date: 2018-11-25
Original Swissvotes English title: Self-determination initiative
Original German title: Selbstbestimmungsinitiative
Swissvotes keyword/additional content: SBI
Swissvotes short-description title: Das Völkerrecht wird dem Landesrecht nicht untergeordnet
Original French title: Initiative pour l’autodétermination
Official English explanatory information: https://web.archive.org/web/20181118081436/https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/votes/20181125/self-determination-initiative.html
Année Politique Suisse description: https://anneepolitique.swiss/prozesse/58004
Department information (German): https://web.archive.org/web/20181019190400/https://www.ejpd.admin.ch/ejpd/de/home/aktuell/abstimmungen/selbstbestimmungsinitiative.html
Department information (French): https://web.archive.org/web/20181028225856/https://www.ejpd.admin.ch/ejpd/fr/home/aktuell/abstimmungen/selbstbestimmungsinitiative.html
easyvote explainer video (German): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3I1CTtwik8
easyvote explainer video (French): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgu48ANf4tg
BFS result map (German): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic⟨=de#c=indicator&i;=vp20181125.prop_oui_624_0
BFS result map (French): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic⟨=fr#c=indicator&i;=vp20181125.prop_oui_624_0
Official chronology (German): https://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/vi/vis460.html
Official chronology (French): https://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/f/pore/vi/vis460.html