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Niger
Republic of Niger / République du Niger

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

Constitution

  • Constitution (Niger National Assembly) July 18, 1999 national referendum; in French
  • Proclamation des Forces Armées Nigériennes (Niger Government, via Internet Wayback Machine) archived April 2001; suspended the constitution; revised by national referendum on 12 May 1996

Executive

  • President

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Judicial

  • COURTS: Cour d'Etat; Cour d'Appel

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Legislative

  • PARLIAMENT: National Assembly
  • OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Journal officiel
  • NATLEX - Niger (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: Niger (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
  • Global Legal Monitor: Niger (Law Library of Congress)
  • Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
  • ForIntLaw: Niger (Washburn University Law Library)
  • JURIST: Niger (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
  • Sources of Online Legal Information for African Countries (Jane Williams via GlobaLex)
  • World Legal Information Institute: Niger (WorldLII)
  • World Legal Materials from Africa: Niger (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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General Sources

  • Background Note: Niger (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Niger (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
  • Consular Information Sheet: Niger (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Country Information: Niger (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Niger (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Human Rights in Niger (Amnesty International)
  • International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Niger (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • NEWS: BBC World Africa; BBC French; BBC Hausa
  • U.S. Embassy, Niamey (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • World Factbook: Niger (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
  • World Hunger: Niger (World Food Programme)
  • WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Niger (Stanford University); Niger (Yahoo); WWW-VL African Studies: Niger (Columbia University)

For more information on Niger see:

  • Global Legal Monitor: Niger

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