Constitution
- Constitutional Authorities external link (Qatar. Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- WIPO Lex: Constitution of Qatar external link (World Intellectual Property Organization)
- International Constitutional Law: Qatar Index external link (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation and Background Note
Executive
- Monarchy; Prime Minister; Council of Ministers; see Amiri Diwan external link official government portal
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs external link
Judicial
- COURTS: Courts of First Instance, Appeal, and Cassation; Administrative Court and Constitutional Court; see The Judiciary external link (Qatar. Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Legislative
- PARLIAMENT: Majlis al-Shura [Advisory Council]
- Al Meezan external link (Qatar Ministry of Justice) legal portal containing laws and regulations from 1961 to present
- FAOLEX: Qatar external link (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) database of national laws and regulations on food, agriculture, and renewable natural resources.
- NATLEX: Qatar external link (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security, and related human rights
- PARLINE: Qatar external link (Inter-Parliamentary Union)
- RefWorld Legal Information: Qatar external link (UNHCR)
- WIPO Lex: Qatar external link (World Intellectual Property Organization)
Legal Guides
- Global Legal Monitor: Qatar (Law Library of Congress)
- Law Library of Congress Search: Qatar (Library of Congress)
- Update: Qatar’s Legal System Governance and Business external link (GlobaLex)
- World Legal Information Institute: Qatar external link (WorldLII)
General Sources
- Country Studies: Persian Gulf States (Library of Congress) January 1993; includes Qatar
- Maps: Qatar (Library of Congress)
- World Digital Library: Qatar (Library of Congress/UNESCO)
- BBC News: Qatar Country Profile external link
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Qatar (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Consular Information Sheet: Qatar (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Information: Qatar (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Qatar (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Fact Sheet: U.S. Relations With Qatar (U.S. Dept. of State)
- FAO Country Profiles: Qatar (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
- A Guide to Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations: Qatar (U.S. Dept. of State. Office of the Historian)
- Human Rights in Qatar external link (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Reports: Qatar (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Middle East Studies: Qatar external link (Columbia University)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY: Qatar National Library external link
- NEWS: Al Jazira external link
- U.S. Embassy, Doha (U.S. Dept. of State)
- World Factbook: Qatar external link (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- World Health Organization: Qatar external link
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Last Updated: 04/27/2021