Constitution
- Constituciones external link (Uruguay. Podor Legislativo) includes 1934 to the present; in Spanish
- Uruguay: Constitutions / Constituciones external link (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas) in Spanish
Executive
- Presidencia de la Republica external link
- Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores external link
- Uruguay: Executive Institutions / Instituciones Executiva external link (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas)
Judicial
- Suprema Corte de Justicia
Legislative
- PARLIAMENT: Poder Legislativo – Camara de Representantes external link and Poder Legislativo – Senadores external link (both in Spanish) – Offers access to the Constitution and a virtually all current national laws, plus major regulatory texts. These instruments and essays may be reached through:
- Legislacion external link (in Spanish) Offers present and most recent Constitutions (i.e., of 1967 and 1952), plus a comparative study. Provides copies of all of Uruguay’s law codes, including its aviation, civil, commercial, customs, minerals, penal, tax, water codes; Code of Minors; and General Code of Procedure. Several major regulatory decrees, including those on administrative procedure, Social Security, taxation, and accounting standards, are also included.
- Banco de Prevision Sociale [Social Security Bank] external link
- FAOLEX: Uruguay external link (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) database of national laws and regulations on food, agriculture, and renewable natural resources.
- NATLEX: Uruguay external link (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security, and related human rights
- RefWorld Legal Information: Uruguay external link (UNHCR)
- WIPO Lex: Uruguay external link (World Intellectual Property Organization)
Legal Guides
- Global Legal Monitor: Uruguay (Law Library of Congress)
- Law Library of Congress Search: Uruguay (Library of Congress)
- Foreign Law by Jurisdiction: Uruguay external link (New York University Law Library)
- Update: A Guide to Uruguay’s Legal System and Research external link (GlobaLex)
General Sources
- Country Study: Uruguay (Library of Congress) December 1990
- Handbook of Latin American Studies (Library of Congress)
- Maps: Uruguay (Library of Congress)
- World Digital Library: Uruguay (Library of Congress/UNESCO)
- BBC News: Uruguay Country Profile external link
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Uruguay (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Consular Information Sheet: Uruguay (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Information: Uruguay (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Uruguay (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Embassy of Uruguay, Washington external link
- Fact Sheet: U.S. Relations With Uruguay (U.S. Dept. of State)
- A Guide to Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations: Uruguay (U.S. Dept. of State. Office of the Historian)
- Human Rights in Uruguay external link (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Reports: Uruguay (U.S. Dept. of State)
- U.S. Embassy, Montevido (U.S. Dept. of State)
- World Factbook: Uruguay (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- World Health Organization: Uruguay external link
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Last Updated: 04/27/2021