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Executive Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States

Website for the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), an intergovernmental organisation made up of 11 member states: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine.  The site provides background information about CIS, including details on its history and leadership, as well as a news section covering current projects and areas of cooperation between member countries.  There is a searchable register of documents containing full text CIS resolutions, treaties and other material dating back to 1991.  Do

Council of the Republic of Belarus

Website of the Council of the Republic, the upper house of the bicameral National Assembly of Belarus. The Council is the regional representative body and its main function is to approve or decline draft legislation that has been approved by the House of Representatives. Copies of current draft laws and decrees are provided. There is information on the structure, leadership and membership of the Council with details of members given back to 2000. The site can be viewed in Russian and Belarusian.

CIS Countries Legislation

Subscription database providing access to legislation of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries including Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine. Legislation can be searched by country, subject, legislation type and date. An introduction and contents page is made freely available for each document with the full text for subscribers only.

President of the Republic of Belarus

This website is maintained by the Presidency of the Republic of Belarus. Summaries of laws are given in English with the full texts in Belarusian. Press releases, interviews, news and information are given in English along with background on the country covering the economy, civil society, history, culture and institutions of Belarus. An outline of the governmental system is provided and there are links to the websites of government ministries, regional executive committees and other agencies.

World Law: Belarus

Belarus section of WorldLII's Countries service. A full range of browse and search features are available on the site. Browse sections highlight links relating to: Courts, Government, Legislation and Parliament. Additional subject areas include Banking and Finance, Civil Law, Intellectual Property and Elections. A collection of stored searches will automatically search for materials relating to Belarus on all of WorldLII.

National Centre of Legal Information of the Republic of Belarus

The National Centre of Legal Information of the Republic of Belarus was created in 1997. It is a centre for the accumulation, storage, systematisation and dissemination of legal information in both paper and electronic formats. In the field of Internet technology, the Centre has the tasks of: providing free online access to Belarus laws and other legal acts; providing online access to the National Register of Legal Acts of the Republic of Belarus; providing the world community with official texts of Belarus legislation in English.

National Legal Internet Portal of the Republic of Belarus

Online portal to Belarus legal information provided by the state National Center of Legal Information of the Republic of Belarus (NCLI). The site provides an outline of the Belarus legal system and the legislative process. There is government information and news covering Belarus legal developments. Access is also given to the Belarus legislation databank "ETALON" which contains over 12000 legal acts made freely available online in Russian.

Constitution of Belarus

This site contains the Belarus Constitution of 1994. The document is made freely available in English by International Constitutional Law (ICL) at the University of Bern in Switzerland. The Constitution includes sections covering the principles of the constitutional system, the individual, society and the state, the electoral system, legislative, executive and judicial power, local government and state monitoring and supervision. The site also provides other constitutional documents, background information to the Constitution and a brief history of Belarus.

Guide to Legal Research in Belarus

An article offering an outline of the legal system and notes on legal materials for the Republic of Belarus in Eastern Europe. The guide has been written by Nadia Shalygina, Director of the International Law Library in Minsk. The guide was published in 2005 and updated in 2008 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law.

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