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Rwanda
Rwandese Republic / Republika y'u Rwanda



CONSTITUTION

* International Constitutional Law: Rwanda Index (Universitât Bern Institut f?r ˜ffentliches Recht) offers English translation of the 1991 constitution plus background notes, 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

JUDICIAL

* Constitutional Court, consists of the Court of Cassation and the Council of State

LEGISLATIVE

* OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Journal officiel de la Republique rwandaise
* PARLIAMENT: Assemblee Nationale de Transition
* NATLEX: Rwanda (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights


LEGAL GUIDES AND MISCELLANEOUS

* GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
* Multinational Collections Database: Rwanda (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
* ForIntLaw: Rwanda (Washburn University Law Library)
* International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (United Nations)
* JURIST: Rwanda (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
* Rwanda's Legal System and Legal Materials (Eunice Musiime via GlobaLex) April 2007
* Sources of Online Legal Information for African Countries (Jane Williams, via GlobaLex) June 2006
* World Legal Information Institute: Rwanda (WorldLII)
* World Legal Materials from Africa: Rwanda (Cornell Legal Information Institute)


GENERAL SOURCES

* Portals to the World: Rwanda (Library of Congress)
* Background Notes: Rwanda (U.S. Dept. of State)
* 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
* Governments on the WWW: Rwanda (Gunnar Anzinger)
* Human Rights in Rwanda (Amnesty International)
* International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Rwanda (U.S. Dept. of State)
* NATIONAL LIBRARY: Bibliotheque Nationale du Rwanda - information (IFLA)
* NEWS: BBC World Africa
* U.S. Embassy, Kigali (U.S. Dept. of State)
* World Factbook: Rwanda (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
* World Hunger: Rwanda (World Food Programme)
* WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Rwanda (Google); Rwanda (Stanford University); Rwanda (Yahoo); WWW-VL African Studies: Rwanda (Columbia University)