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)

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Judicial

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

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Legislative

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

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Legal Guides

• Global Legal Information Catalog: Rwanda (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• Global Legal Monitor: Rwanda (Law Library of Congress)
• Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
• ForIntLaw: Rwanda (external link) (Washburn University Law Library)
• International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (external link) (United Nations)
• Rwanda's Legal System and Legal Materials (external link) (Eunice Musiime via GlobaLex)
• Sources of Online Legal Information for African Countries (external link) (Jane Williams via GlobaLex)
• World Legal Information Institute: Rwanda (external link) (WorldLII)
• World Legal Materials from Africa: Rwanda (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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General Sources

• Background Note: 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 (external link)
• Human Rights in Rwanda (external link) (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Reports: Rwanda (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NATIONAL LIBRARY: Bibliotheque Nationale du Rwanda - information (external link) (IFLA)
• NEWS: BBC World Africa (external link)
• U.S. Embassy, Kigali (U.S. Dept. of State)
• UCB Libraries GovPubs: Rwanda (external link) (University of Colorado Boulder)
• World Factbook: Rwanda (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• World Hunger: Rwanda (external link) (World Food Programme)
• WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Rwanda (external link) (Stanford University); Rwanda (external link) (Yahoo); WWW-VL African Studies: Rwanda (external link) (Columbia University)

For more information on Rwanda see:

• Global Legal Monitor: Rwanda

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Last Updated: 08/01/2012