Constitution

• Constitution de la Republique du Burundi (external link) (International Development Law Organization) PDF; in French
• International Constitutional Law: Burundi Index (external link) (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) Background Note only
• Constitution Finder (external link) (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law)

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Executive

• President; see Government (external link)

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Judicial

• COURTS: Cour Supreme

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Legislative

• OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Bulletin Officiel du Burundi
• PARLIAMENT: bicameral Parlement, consisting of Senat (external link) and Assemblée Nationale (external link)
• NATLEX: Burundi (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights

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Legal Guides

• Global Legal Information Catalog: Burundi (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
• The Burundi Legal System and Research (external link) (Syldie Bizimana; GlobaLex)
• Update: Sources of Online Legal Information for African Countries (external link) (Jane Williams; GlobaLex)
• World Legal Information Institute: Burundi (external link) (WorldLII)
• World Legal Materials from Africa: Burundi (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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General Sources

• Background Note: Burundi (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Burundi (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: Burundi (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: Burundi (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Burundi (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Human Rights in Burundi (external link) (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Reports: Burundi (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NATIONAL LIBRARY: Bibliotheque Nationale du Burundi
• NEWS: BBC World Africa (external link)
• Stanford University: Africa South of the Sahara: Burundi (external link)
• U.S. Embassy, Bujumbura (U.S. Dept. of State)
• World Bank: Burundi (external link)
• World Factbook: Burundi (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• World Health Organization: Burundi (external link)
• World Hunger: Burundi (external link) (World Food Programme)
• WWW-VL African Studies: Burundi (external link) (Columbia University)
• Yahoo: Burundi (external link)

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Last Updated: 08/07/2012