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Switzerland
Swiss Confederation / Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft / Confédération Suisse / Confederazione Svizzera
Constitution
- Federal Constitution (external link) (Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation) April 18, 1999; PDF in English (external link) (PDF), French (external link) (PDF), German (external link) (PDF), and Italian (external link) (PDF)
- Bund und Kantone (external link) / Confédération et Cantons (external link) / Confederazione e Cantoni (external link) [Cantons Constitutions] (Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation) in French, German, and Italian
- International Constitutional Law: Switzerland (external link) (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation and Background Note
Executive
- Federal Council (external link) portal of the Swiss government
- Federal Chancellery (external link)
- Federal Commissioner for Data Protection (external link) includes judgments (external link)
- Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (external link)
- Federal Office for Communications (external link)
- Addresses of Administrative Authorities (external link) includes federal, cantonal, and communal
- Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA (external link)
Judicial
- COURTS: Schweizerisches Bundesgericht / Tribunal fédéral suisse / Tribunale federale svizzero [Federal Supreme Court] (external link)
- Courts of the Swiss Confederation (external link)
- Bundesstrafgericht/Tribunal pénal fédéral-Tribunale penale federale [Federal Criminal Court] (external link)
- Bundesverwaltungsgericht/Tribunal administratif fédéral/Tribunale administrativo federale [Federal Administrative Court] (external link)
- Juricaf: Suisse (external link) decisions in French
Legislative
- PARLIAMENT: Bundesversammlung / Assemblee Federale / Assemblea Federale [Federal Assembly] (external link); consists of Standerat / Conseil des Etats / Consiglio degli Stati [Council of States] and the Nationalrat / Conseil National / Consiglio Nazionale [National Council] - information available in official languages and English (external link)
- Federal Law (external link) includes selections in English
- Classified Compilation (external link) includes selections in English
- Bundesblatt (external link) draft laws and decrees
- FAOLex (external link) (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) database of national laws and regulations on food, agriculture, and renewable natural resources
- NATLEX: Switzerland (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security, and related human rights
- RefWorld Legal Information: Switzerland (external link) (UNHCR)
- WIPO Lex: Switzerland (external link) (World Intellectual Property Organization)
Legal Guides
- Firearms - Control Legislation and Policy: Switzerland (Law Library of Congress)
- Global Legal Information Catalog: Switzerland (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- Global Legal Monitor: Switzerland (Law Library of Congress)
- In Custodia Legis Blog Search: Switzerland (Law Library of Congress)
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- Law Library of Congress Legal Topics: Switzerland(Library of Congress)
- Law Library of Congress Search: Switzerland (Library of Congress)
- Foreign Official Gazette Database: Switzerland (external link) (Center for Research Libraries)
- ForIntLaw: Switzerland (external link) (Washburn University Law Library)
- Foreign Law by Jurisdiction: Switzerland (external link) (New York University Law Library)
- Institut suisse de droit comparé [Swiss Institute of Comparative Law] (external link) provides information on the Institute, its library and library catalog (external link), and links to foreign, comparative and international law websites
- International Judicial Assistance: Switzerland (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Update: Swiss Legal System and Research (external link) (GlobaLex)
- World Legal Information Institute: Switzerland (external link) (WorldLII)
- World Legal Materials from Europe: Switzerland (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
General Sources
- Map Search: Switzerland (Library of Congress)
- Swiss Collections at the Library of Congress (Library of Congress)
- World Digital Library: Switzerland (Library of Congress/UNESCO)
- BBC World Europe: Switzerland Profile (external link)
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Switzerland (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Consular Information Sheet: Switzerland (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Information: Switzerland (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Switzerland (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Economist Topics: Switzerland (external link)
- Embassy of Switzerland, Washington (external link)
- Fact Sheet: U.S. Relations With Switzerland (U.S. Dept. of State)
- FAO Country Profiles: Switzerland (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
- A Guide to Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations: Switzerland (U.S. Dept. of State. Office of the Historian)
- Human Rights in Switzerland (external link) (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Reports: Switzerland (U.S. Dept. of State)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY: Schweizerische Landesbibliothek (external link)
- National Libraries of Europe: Switzerland (external link) (European Library)
- U.S. Embassy, Bern (U.S. Dept. of State)
- UCB Libraries GovPubs: Switzerland (external link) (University of Colorado Boulder)
- World Bank: Switzerland (external link)
- World Factbook: Switzerland (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- World Health Organization: Switzerland (external link)
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Last Updated: 12/10/2015
