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Belarus
Republic of Belarus / Respublika Belarus
(formerly: Belorussian (Byelorussian) Soviet Socialist Republic)

Constitution | Executive | Judicial | Legislative | Legal Guides | General Sources

Constitution

  • Constitution (Belarus President) in Russian
  • International Constitutional Law: Belarus Index (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation of the current constitution, the enactment law, and declaration of sovereignty; plus Background Note, a key number system to locate parts, and links to comparative information
  • Constitution Finder (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law)

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Executive

  • President
  • Council of Ministers
  • Ministry of Justice
  • National Bank

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Judicial

  • Supreme Court; Constitutional Court, Supreme Economic Court

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Legislative

  • OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Soveta
  • PARLIAMENT: Natsionalnoye Sobranie [National Assembly] consisting of the Soviet Respubliki [Council of the Republic] and the Palata Pretsaviteley [Chamber of Representatives]
  • National Legal Internet Portal of the Republic of Belarus - includes:
    • National Register of Legal Acts
    • Belarus Legislation Database
    • Legal Acts
    • Legal News
  • NATLEX: Belarus (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights

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Legal Guides

  • GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
  • Multinational Collections Database: Belarus (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
  • EECR: Belarus (East European Constitutional Review)
  • FindLaw: Belarus
  • ForIntLaw: Belarus (Washburn University Law Library)
  • UPDATE: Guide to Legal Research in Belarus (Nadia Shalygina via GlobaLex)
  • World Directory of Parliamentary Libraries: Belarus (Germany Bundestag)
  • World Legal Information Institute: Belarus (WorldLII)
  • World Legal Materials from Europe: Belarus (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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General Sources

  • Country Study: Belarus (Library of Congress) June 1995
  • Portals to the World: Belarus (Library of Congress)
  • Background Note: Belarus (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Belarus (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
  • Consular Information Sheet: Belarus (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Country Information: Belarus (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Belarus (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Governments on the WWW: Belarus (Gunnar Anzinger)
  • Human Rights in Belarus (Amnesty International)
  • International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Belarus (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • National Library of Belarus
  • NEWS: BBC World Europe
  • Permanent Mission of Belarus to the UN, New York (United Nations)
  • U.S. Embassy, Minsk (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • World Factbook: Belarus (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
  • WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Belarus (Google); Belarus (Yahoo)

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