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International Constitutional Law: Rwanda Index (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation of the 1991 constitution plus Background Note, a key number system to locate parts, and links to comparative information; not yet included are the 1995 constitution and the 1993 Arusha Peace Accord.

Constitutional Court, consists of the Court of Cassation and the Council of State

OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Journal officiel de la Republique rwandaise
PARLIAMENT: Assemblee Nationale de Transition
NATLEX: Rwanda (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights

Global Legal Monitor: Rwanda (Law Library of Congress)
Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
Multinational Collections Database: Rwanda (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
ForIntLaw: Rwanda (Washburn University Law Library)
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (United Nations)
JURIST: Rwanda (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
Rwanda's Legal System and Legal Materials (Eunice Musiime via GlobaLex) April 2007
Sources of Online Legal Information for African Countries (Jane Williams, via GlobaLex) June 2006
World Legal Information Institute: Rwanda (WorldLII)
World Legal Materials from Africa: Rwanda (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

Portals to the World: Rwanda (Library of Congress)
Background Note: Rwanda (U.S. Dept. of State)
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Rwanda (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
Consular Information Sheet: Rwanda (U.S. Dept. of State)
Country Information: Rwanda (U.S. Dept. of State)
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Rwanda (U.S. Dept. of State)
Embassy of Rwanda, Washington
Governments on the WWW: Rwanda (Gunnar Anzinger)
Human Rights in Rwanda (Amnesty International)
International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Rwanda (U.S. Dept. of State)
NATIONAL LIBRARY: Bibliotheque Nationale du Rwanda - information (IFLA)
NEWS: BBC World Africa
U.S. Embassy, Kigali (U.S. Dept. of State)
World Factbook: Rwanda (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
World Hunger: Rwanda (World Food Programme)
WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Rwanda (Google); Rwanda (Stanford University); Rwanda (Yahoo); WWW-VL African Studies: Rwanda (Columbia University)

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Last Updated: 02/05/2009