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Congo, Democratic Republic of
République Democratique du Congo (formerly: Belgian Congo, Congo/Leopoldville, Congo/Kinshasa, Zaïre)
Constitution
- International Constitutional Law: Congo-Kinshasa Index (external link) (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) background information only
- WIPO Lex: The Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Congo as amended by Law No 11/002 of January 20, 2011 Amending Some Articles of the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Congo of February 18, 2006 (external link) (World Intellectual Property Organization)
Executive
- President; Prime Minister; Ministers of State
Judicial
- COURTS: Supreme Court of Justice (organized into legislative and judiciary sections and consists of 26 justices); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges) via World Factbook: Congo, Democratic Republic of (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Juricaf: Congo Démocratique (external link) decisions in French
Legislative
- PARLIAMENT: Haut Conseil de la République - Parlement de Transition (High Council of the Republic - Parliament of Transition)
- FAOLEX: Democratic Republic of the Congo (external link) (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) database of national laws and regulations on food, agriculture, and renewable natural resources
- GLIN Archive: Democratic Republic of the Congo [1949–2012] (Law Library of Congress)
- NATLEX: Congo, Democratic Republic (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security, and related human rights
- RefWorld Legal Information: Democratic Republic of the Congo (external link) (UNHCR)
- WIPO Lex: Democratic Republic of the Congo (external link) (World Intellectual Property Organization)
Legal Guides
- Crimes Against Humanity: Congo, Democratic Republic of the [Kinshasa] (Law Library of Congress)
- Global Legal Information Catalog: Zaire (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- Global Legal Monitor: Congo, The Democratic Republic of the (Law Library of Congress)
- Law Library of Congress Search: Democratic Republic of Congo (Library of Congress)
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- Foreign Official Gazette Database: Congo (Democratic Republic) (external link) (Center for Research Libraries)
- Update: The Legal System and Research of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): An Overview (external link) (GlobaLex)
- World Legal Information Institute: Congo (Dem. Rep.) (external link) (WorldLII)
- World Legal Materials from Africa: Democratic Republic of the Congo (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
General Sources
- Country Study: Zaire (Library of Congress) December 1993
- Maps: Democratic Republic of Congo (Library of Congress)
- World Digital Library: Democratic Republic of Congo (Library of Congress/UNESCO)
- BBC News: Democratic Republic of Congo Country Profile
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Congo, Democratic Republic of the (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Columbia University African Studies: Democratic Republic of Congo (external link)
- Consular Information Sheet: Congo, Democratic Republic of (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Information: Congo, Democratic Republic of the (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Congo, Democratic Republic of (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Embassy of Democratic Republic of the Congo, Washington (external link)
- FAO Country Profiles: Democratic Republic of the Congo (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
- Fact Sheet: U.S. Relations With Democratic Republic of the Congo (U.S. Dept. of State)
- A Guide to Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations: Democratic Republic of the Congo (U.S. Dept. of State. Office of the Historian)
- Human Rights in Democratic Republic of the Congo (external link) (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Reports: Democratic Republic of Congo (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Permanent Mission of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the United Nations in New York (external link)
- Stanford University: Africa South of the Sudan: Democratic Republic of the Congo (external link)
- U.S. Embassy, Kinshasa (U.S. Dept. of State)
- World Factbook: Congo, Democratic Republic of (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- World Food Programme: Congo DR (external link)
- World Health Organization: Democratic Republic of the Congo (external link)
For more information on Democratic Republic of Congo, see:
- Global Legal Monitor: Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Law Library of Congress Search: Democratic Republic of Congo
Last Updated: 02/18/2021
