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: Switzerland 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
- Global Legal Monitor: Switzerland (Law Library of Congress)
- In Custodia Legis Blog Search: Switzerland (Law Library of Congress)
- Law Library of Congress Search: Switzerland (Library of Congress)
- 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)
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 News: Switzerland Country 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 external link (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)
- 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: 04/27/2021