Constitution
- International Constitutional Law: Rwanda Index external link (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.
Executive
- President
- Prime Minister
- Government external link
Judicial
- Constitutional Court, consists of the Court of Cassation and the Council of State
- Juricaf: Rwanda external link decisions in French
Legislative
- OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Journal officiel de la Republique rwandaise
- PARLIAMENT: Assemblee Nationale de Transition
- FAOLEX: Rwanda external link (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) database of national laws and regulations on food, agriculture, and renewable natural resources.
- NATLEX: Rwanda external link (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security, and related human rights
- RefWorld Legal Information: Rwanda external link (UNHCR)
- WIPO Lex: Rwanda external link (World Intellectual Property Organization)
Legal Guides
- Global Legal Monitor: Rwanda (Law Library of Congress)
- Law Library of Congress Search: Rwanda (Library of Congress)
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda external link (United Nations)
- Update: Rwanda’s Legal System and Legal Materials external link (GlobaLex)
- World Legal Information Institute: Rwanda external link (WorldLII)
General Sources
- Maps: Rwanda (Library of Congress)
- World Digital Library: Rwanda (Library of Congress/UNESCO)
- BBC News: Rwanda CountryProfile external link
- 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 external link
- Fact Sheet: U.S. Relations With Rwanda (U.S. Dept. of State)
- A Guide to Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations: Rwanda (U.S. Dept. of State. Office of the Historian)
- Human Rights in Rwanda external link (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Reports: Rwanda (U.S. Dept. of State)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY: Bibliotheque Nationale du Rwanda external link
- Stanford University: Africa South of the Sudan: Rwanda external link
- U.S. Embassy, Kigali (U.S. Dept. of State)
- World Factbook: Rwanda (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- World Food Programme: Rwanda external link
- World Health Organization: Rwanda external link
- WWW-VL African Studies: Rwanda external link (Columbia University)
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Last Updated: 04/27/2021
