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North Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)
Chosun Minchu-chui Inmin Konghwa-guk
Constitution | Executive | Judicial | Legislative | Legal Guides | General Sources
Constitution
- Constitution Finder (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law) in English
- DPRK's Socialist Constitution (People's Democratic Republic of Korea)
- International Constitutional Law: North Korea Index (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers background information
Executive
- Chairman of the National Defense Commission; President of the Supreme People's Assembly Presidium; Premier; DPRK Cabinet
Judicial
- COURTS: Central Court
Legislative
- PARLIAMENT: Ch'oego Inmin Hoeui (Supreme People's Assembly)
- LAWS: DPRK Constitution and Laws (People's Korea)
- NATLEX: Korea, Democratic People's Republic (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
Legal Guides
- Global Legal Monitor: North Korea (Law Library of Congress)
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- Multinational Collections Database: North Korea (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- AsianLII: Korea (North) (Asian Legal Information Institute)
- FindLaw: Korea (North)
- Judicial Assistance: Democratic People's Republic of Korea (U.S. Dept. of State)
- JURIST: North Korea (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
- Korean Legal Research at the University of Washington (University of Washington School of Law, Gallagher Law Library)
- Overview of the North Korean Legal System and Legal Research (Patricia Goedde via GlobaLex)
- State Party Report - Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Human Rights Internet) - Contains text of United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child CRC/C/3/Add.41 of 17 June 1996
- World Legal Information Institute: North Korea (WorldLII)
- World Legal Materials from Asia: North Korea (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
General Sources
- Country Study: North Korea (Library of Congress) June 1993
- Portals to the World: North Korea (Library of Congress)
- Background Note: North Korea (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Korea, North - NDE (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Consular Information Sheet: Democratic People's Republic of (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Information: Korea, North (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Governments on the WWW: North Korea (Gunnar Anzinger)
- Human Rights in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: North Korea (U.S. Dept. of State)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY: Grand People's Study House DPRK - information (IFLA)
- NEWS: BBC World Service Asia-Pacific and Korean Central News Agency
- World Factbook: North Korea (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- World Hunger: DPR Korea (World Food Programme)
- WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: North Korea (Google); North Korea (Yahoo); WWW-VL Asian Studies: North Korea (Duke University)
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Last Updated: 02/05/2009